A VINTED seller has revealed the simple detail she includes in her bio that buyers love.
Rachel Cairns, from Edinburgh,has made almost £2,000 on the marketplace app and racked up 135 five-star reviews from satisfied shoppers.
The 24-year-old only started using Vinted as a “decluttering tool” but is now raking in enough cash to start thinking about a major milestone.
Every penny she makes is being stashed away for a house deposit, with the goal of buying in three years’ time.
She said: “I started using Vinted two years ago. I’m into all your side hustles and trying to find ways to make some more money and that was one of the things that came up on social media.
“I would say now I’ve made between £1,000 and £2,000 which is decent, it does help.
“But it’s also great just in the sense of decluttering a lot of things because I’ve got such a small room and things just build up and build up. So it’s fantastic to just get rid of it and I don’t need it.
“The earnings I am taking away from it is going towards a house deposit.
“I think it’s probably going to be about two or three years away from now. But I’m not ready at the minute anyway so I’m happy with that.”
Rachel flogs a selection of old clothes, accessories and even books and insists “the more you sell, the more it builds up” even if you’re only listing them for £2-£5.
And she makes sure she’s super quick with delivery to encourage people to buy her items, even advertising it on her bio.
“My top tip is to state your posting times in your bio as it makes you look more professional”, she revealed.
Indeed, the bio on her Vinted page (@3edc7ujm) reads: “Same day postage 99% of the time, will post next day if you order after 7pm.”
Rachel added: “Not everyone does that, but I found that it helps.
“Obviously if there’s anything that happens in my life I’ll let people know. I can’t stick to that firmly, but I do find that helps and I feel when I’m buying things it kind of puts me off if other people don’t put that in their bio.”
The savvy seller also advises to use good lighting, keep backgrounds tidy and space out your listings.
Rachel, an online customer service assistant, told Fabulous: “My most basic tips I would say are just keep clear backgrounds.
According to Vinted bosses:
“If you’re posting a top on your bed or something, make sure the bed’s pristine, like there’s no other objects or clothes or whatever on the bed because then it just clogs up your pictures.
“I would also say take it in good lighting, so don’t take it at 10pm at night when you’re going to have that yellow light over the item, it doesn’t really look that good.”
She added: “I would also say instead of uploading say five items at once, spread those five items over five days. It seems to help the algorithm pick things up, I don’t know, that’s just how I feel anyway about it.
“Also if you’re wanting to sell an item for say £10, I would maybe list it for between, I don’t know, £12 to £15. So when someone offers you £10, you can accept it because you will get lower offers 99% of the time when you’re trying to sell something.”
Online marketplaces like Vinted and Depop have millions of users across the UK, with the cost-of-living crisis only increasing their popularity.
Financial pressures in British homes saw sales of second-hand goods jump by 15 per cent to £21 billion in 2022.
One in six people now say they buy used items, according to research commissioned by review site Trustpilot.
So, now’s the perfect time to make yourself some extra cash on the likes of Vinted.
According to the popular platform, sellers do not have to pay tax on earnings they make from the site.
This, HMRC stated, is because selling personal items through platforms like Vinted is not itself taxable.
”If the money a member makes on Vinted over a year is less than the amount they paid for the items they are selling, then there is no tax to pay,” a Vinted spokesperson explained.
”Generally, only business sellers “trading” for profit might need to pay tax.
“A tax-free allowance of £1,000 has been in place since 2017 for people who trade for profit.”
RESEARCH by Vinted has found:
This summer, Vinted is encouraging people in the UK to sell the clothes they no longer wear, make some extra cash and find love for their pre-loved and never-loved items
This new study comes as Vinted marks 10 years of buying and selling pre-loved clothes in the UK. With more than 16 million UK registered members and no seller fees across its entire platform including for fashion, home and more since 2016, Vinted has become a platform of choice for people wanting to maximize earnings from selling their unwanted clothes.
Natacha Blanchard, Consumer Lead at Vinted says: “Although a shift in how we consume fashion is already in motion, particularly among Vinted members, many of us still have items in our wardrobes that rarely make a public appearance, or not at all.
“So we’re encouraging people to have a summer declutter and sell their pre-loved and never loved pieces as there’s extra cash to be made from them.
“Selling unwanted clothing also contributes to more fashion circularity and encourages a more responsible approach to fashion as it becomes easier to find unique and quality items second-hand.”
