STRAPPED for cash after an indulgent Christmas and New Year and keen to make a few extra pennies?
Unsure what to do with that ugly floral shirt your mother in law gifted you?
A thrifty mum has shared her top tips for selling old clothes on Vinted after revealing that she was able to make an impressive £200 in her first month flogging unwanted items online.
Vinted is an online marketplace where people can buy and sell second hand clothes, shoes and accessories.
It’s completely free to upload clothes to the app and, unlike other sites like eBay and Depop, Vinted does not take a cut of sellers’ profits and instead charges buyers a small fee to purchase each item.
Lyndsay shared her savvy selling hacks via a video posted to her TikTok channel @lyndsay.and.the.girls which she often uses to share tips and trick on decluttering.
Opening her video, Lyndsay said: “Today I’m going to show u how I made £200 in my first month using Vinted”.
Lyndsay’s first tip is to take “clear bright photos” of the clothes, making sure that the background is completely clear or any posters of picture frames.
The selling pro’s next tip is to list your items with as many keywords as possible, to make them “searchable”.
“You want people to find you and your item”, she said.
Lyndsay’s third tip is to list your items in bulk.
She said: “If you haven’t got time, do a few and put them in your drafts and then publish them at the same time”.
The seller said that this will save you “so many trips to the post office“.
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% 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.
People should be warned that under new laws, sellers on Vinted, eBay and Depop will have to pay tax on any annual earnings they make from the site over £1,000.
TikTok users raced to the video’s comments sections to share their thoughts on Lyndsay’s savvy tips.
One user said: “I just started using it and it’s amazing.”
Another user added: “I’ve made £900 in January alone…”
A third user said: “In the first 24 hours I made £867.”
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