Vinted: Pre-loved marketplace

Vinted Review: Sellers Pay Nothing, Buyers Pay 5%

A $30 Shirt Costs the Buyer $32.20

The fee is visible before purchase rather than buried: an item listed at $30.00 shows $32.20 including Buyer Protection on its page, which matches the published formula of 5% of the item price plus a fixed $0.70. Vinted states there are no selling fees and that sellers keep 100% of the price, and the sold-item screen confirms it — $30.00 transfers to the balance after delivery. Shipping is bought separately by the buyer, and the seller simply gets a label to print. Because the seller sees the full price and the buyer sees the total, both sides know exactly what the platform takes.

Listing Takes Photos, a Title and a Category

The sell flow is deliberately short: up to 20 photos, a title, a free-text description, then category, brand, size and condition from pickers. Nothing about pricing strategy or shipping profiles is required before publishing, which is why casual sellers persist here — the app is closer to posting a photo than to running a shop. Buyer and seller then talk in a normal chat thread, with the seller's rating and review count shown at the top of the conversation. There is no shop setup, no branding step and no subscription tier for sellers, which keeps the barrier to a first listing very low.

Buyer Protection Is What the Fee Buys

The fee covers refunds when an item does not arrive or does not match its description, provided the purchase used the Buy now button rather than a private arrangement. That is the trade-off with paying a percentage: buying outside the system loses the protection entirely. Google Play lists eight collected categories with location, personal information and four others shared with third parties, and the listing carries a Contains ads badge — sponsored listings appear inside the browse feed. Ratings sit at 4.8 on the App Store and 4.4 on Google Play, a gap that mostly reflects delivery experiences rather than the app.