Vinted USA

So i downloaded 2 apps at the same time to sell some of my clothes that still had a lot of life let in them. And to my surprise Vinted came out the winner compared to Poshmark. So a few things that made vinted easy to use are. 1. You get to keep a 100% of your earnings so, even if you are putting up things that are $5, you get to keep the $5. Unlike poshmark where you get $2’s back from your sale. 2. Putting up the item for sale and contacting the buyer is also very easy. If anyone likes your item, you can message them to start a conversation. Describe the item, give measurements,give the buyer a private discount if you want. You can also meet up with someone in your area to buy/sell the item( but i have never done that..so not sure how safe that is). 3. You don't constantly have to check the app to promote your clothes. However Vinted will charge a small fee to show your item more often or something. But i don't mind that, because if you don't want to you don't have to. With poshmark you have to share your items all the time, get likes so someone might be interested in your items. 4. You can review someone as a buyer and seller. Instead of just the buyer giving you a review like in poshmark. You can choose not to sell to someone with bad reviews or buy from someone with bad reviews as well. So overall its a good app...but i have noticed that with less use you do get less interested buyer, compared to when you are super active on the app.

I still use poshmark more because there is no easy way for me to look at ONLY who liked my items, only in notifications which is messy. I don’t like my likes being mixed with notifications about the people I follow’s uploads. I have to scroll through forever to check all the interested people in my stuff so I can message them offers. There should be a way to see who likes your listing from within the listing, like on poshmark or on Facebook or instagram (when someone likes your pictures or comments it shows their name under that picture) that would be extremely helpful. Or a way to organize notifications so you can only see notification related to your own closet. App would also make me switch from poshmark if there was a way to filter while shopping for listings that have “swap” in them. Like if I wanted to look for items that people have checked off “swap this item” there should be a search parameter for that, so I can find items that are definitely swappable and not have to awkwardly ask people if they would swap. Other than that the app is excellent and if it weren’t for those things I’d be using it over poshmark but right now poshmark makes it easier to sell to specific people because I can SEE who liked my listing from within the listing.

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There are several apps like this and I use two others besides Vinted. Vinted makes the purchaser pay a buyer protection fee. I have recently found out this fee is a scam and offers the buyer no protection. Buy from this app at your own risk. My package was damaged in transit. The tracking update had listed visible damage from two different post offices. I didn’t think anything about it, I had recently received some packages that did have damage but the contents was fine. Not this time. This time I received a label in a USPS envelope and no package. This was not my fault or the seller’s but we were both out. Vinted informed me the buyer protection fee is in case of a lost package and since my tracking showed it was delivered, it didn’t count as lost. It didn’t matter that only the label was delivered, I was told to check with neighbors to make sure they didn’t receive it. If only I had the time to check with the million of households between my home and the seller to see if they received it. Or the post offices where it was obviously damaged. The seller and I worked something out but, we were both still out on this issue and Vinted was useless. I can guarantee you with other selling apps, this is not a problem. They take care of the seller and buyer. I’d suggest checking out the other apps, there are two I really like and two my daughter likes. She sells a lot and refuses to use Vinted due to issues. So, choose another one, you’ll have better luck!

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Vinted has changed a lot since I started in 2014 (when it was awesome) but things are changing and they’re making no effort to respond to these changes and improve the app. First, I think profiles that haven’t been active in literally years need to be deleted all together. Not put on vacation mode, but deleted. One of the only way to make sales is to follow people, but I’d say a good 75% of everyone I follow is inactive, not just for a month, but for years as I said. That also compounds the other problem. I can only follow a limit of 10,000 people which is the only way to make sales. I wouldn’t even mind paying a percentage of every sale just to get them to update the app, but the only way to get people to buy is to follow people and 7,000 of those 10,000 haven’t used the app in years. Vinted was sure quick to chastise me for a forum post, but seems to care less about things that actually make a difference. That’s probably why so many people have given up on the app in the first place. I feel like it had to of been bought out by someone, and whoever that someone is doesn’t care about the app because they don’t make money on the sales themselves. I’ve been on this app for 6 years and I’m very close to giving up on it, even though it’s by far my favorite layout and user interface compared to other apps. It’s a shame.

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1st problem: I uploaded a Kylie Ulta Special Ed lipstick NWT and the app marked it as fake and deleted my listing, then proceeded to block me from using the app for a day. It wouldn’t let me post it again, I had to verify a bunch of personal info to make sure I wasn’t some kind of ‘robot’. It was my 1st day using the app. Unimpressed 2nd problem: They keep taking down my posts for no reason??? T shirts ect 3rd problem: I uploaded a bundle of VS PINK leggings for $35 and PAID the app to put it on the welcome page as a ‘promo’. They took it down within an hour and marked it as ‘scam’ because one of the leggings in the bundle was listed separately aswell ($12). They said they would KEEP my money I gave them for the promo because my post was a ‘scam’ although it was in the welcome page for less than an hour. 4th problem: You can’t use stock photos??? How can you show people how a lipstick looks on if you can’t upload pics. I uploaded some swatches and they took it down for copyright Extra notes: The app forces you to buy ‘buyer protection’ in every purchase you make. (So basically you pay $ for the item, $ for shipping + $ for buyer protection) The app let’s people ship your items in +21 days. Not so cool. App is worse than Mercari. I’ll just stick to Depop.