I’m a Vinted seller and ex-marketer – here is the best time to set your items live on the app and get massive sales
THOUGH selling your preloved items on Vinted can be a great side hustle, but it can often take months for things to sell.
If you’ve got clothes cluttering your wardrobe, one savvy seller has revealed the best time to upload bits – and you’ll be surprised at her suggestion.
Rather than uploading your items right away, content creator @yougettimeto says it is often better to wait for a bit.
In a now viral video on TikTok, the former marketing manager explained that the app will often have more traffic over the weekend which when you should be uploading any listings.
Before you start re-uploading all your clothing though, there is a very specific time you should post according to the expert.
“Vinted sellers, if you didn’t know Sunday night continues to be the best night to list your items,” she told fans in the short clip.
While this may seem strange, there is actually some very simple psychology behind this with people often wanting a little pick me up before Monday morning.
Unsurprisingly, this will often result in people having a scroll through apps like Vinted and seeing if anything catches their eye.
According to the TikTok star, 9pm is nearly always the best time to post with her adding: “If you think about it everyone is settling down after a weekend, they need cheering up a bit so they go online and they buy some bits.”
If you do have some clothes that just won’t budge on your page, @yougettimeto also suggests adding key details to your listing.
Instead of just putting the brand and size in the description, she also suggests adding it to your title as these keywords will make it easier to search for.
Just like high street brands, this savvy seller also includes the RRP (recommended retail price) and how she styled the clothing to encourage more sales.
In the comments, fans seemed to love these simple hacks and one even suggested using the holiday mode method to boost your sales.
For anyone who is unfamiliar with this tactic, you simply adjust your settings to show that you are on holiday and items won’t be available for purchase for 3-4 days.
Though it seems counter-intuitive, any clothing you’ve listed will be automatically boosted when you turn off this setting.
While it can help you make some much needed sales, it is worth noting that this hack should be used sparingly as the app adjusts to you being away more often.
For clothing that just doesn’t seem to sell, you can also re-list your items with slightly cropped images for a further boost.
With all these tips and tricks, you’ll clear out your closet in no time.
New Vinted rules to be aware of
IF you fancy clearing out your wardrobe and getting rid of your old stuff on Vinted, you’ll need to consider the new rules that recently came into play.
If people are selling personal items for less than they paid new (which is generally the case for second-hand sales), there is no impact on tax.
However, since January 1, digital platforms, including eBay, Airbnb, Etsy, Amazon and Vinted, must share seller information with HMRC as part of a crackdown.
You’re unlikely to be affected if you only sell a handful of second-hand items online each year – 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 business sellers trading for profit – the only time that an individual personal item might be taxable is if it sells for more than £6,000 and there is a profit from the sale.
However, firms now have to pass on your data to HMRC if you sell 30 or more items a year or earn over £1,700.
It is part of a wider tax crackdown to help ensure that those who boost their income via side hustles pay up what they owe.
While your data won’t be shared with HMRC if you earn between £1,000 and £1,700, you’ll still need to pay tax as normal.