
I stumbled across this app a few years ago when I first moved out (coming on 6 years now – Jesus I’m getting old) and sold off a couple of bits in order to have enough money for the essentials in life, the rent, food for dinner, you know living. Anyway, it was quite small back then and has since grown to be a pretty well known app for buying and selling used clothes. So in the name of being sustainable, I wanted to have a little shop on there to give it a proper review for all of you – even if you’re not wanting to buy, it can be a great place to sell, so keep on reading to find out more!
You can connect your Facebook profile with the app so there’s no need to fill out endless forms to get a profile. Unfortunately I’ve been unable to change my username from Banner to Albon which is a bit naff, although I could amend my “real name” in the settings section, I would have liked to use my married name as I have across all other social media platforms. You can add a bio section where I’ve just added a little note about me and what I do – I did laugh when I wrote 20 something as I’m getting closer to 30 than I’d care to admit (okay, I’ll be 27 in April which I guess isn’t so bad, but it’s definitely late 20’s after then).
When you upload clothes to sell it appears in your “wardrobe” so users can have a mooch at your throwaways and decide if your trash is their treasure. I haven’t uploaded anything yet, but do plan on doing so once I’ve Marie Kondo’d everything I own. What I did like about searching through the home feed was that the app will feature people’s wardrobes as you scroll through so you might come across something you didn’t know you needed (read: wanted) until it flashed before your eyes. One huge selling point of this app is that you can swap clothes instead of selling, so when you upload an item you can mark it by saying “I’d be interested in swapping this”. If you come across an item you like and it’s marked with the same thing, you can ask the seller/swapper if they’d be interested in swapping said item for one of your pieces – just like if you’re rummaging through your sister’s wardrobe (or if you’re my sister, borrowing and never returning).
When I started writing this post, I wasn’t entirely sure what I wanted to purchase to show you about the shopping experience, so I ended up spiralling into hours (no joke) of shopping people’s wardrobes. Tip, make sure you have something in mind if you don’t want to waste your precious hours when you could be doing something productive.
In the end, I found a couple of bits that I deemed worthy of my wardrobe and placed my order with two different sellers;
In terms of shopping experience, you can search for particular items and brands, you put your size details in for all of your searches to show you items that will fit and have an enormous selection of clothes to shop from.
For me, the only downside is you can’t pay by PayPal which you all know is a big thing for me – buyer protection is a must, however they do have a refund policy if you purchase within the app which will cover you if you don’t receive your item, it’s not as described, is damaged in transit or cancelled for whatever reason.
I’ll make sure to write a follow up post on the items I’ve ordered and do a post on the selling experience once I’ve found some suitable items to sell. If you want to try out the app, you can download it from the Apple App Store here.
Have you shopped with the Vinted app and what did you think?
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I love the Vinted app! My favourite feature is that you can save the search results to automatically filter to your size, so you don’t have to scroll through loads of things that won’t fit in order to find the right things for you. The filtering options make it a lot easier to use than other similar apps in my opinion. I’ve sold a few things on there as well as purchasing a few, and I’ve found some right bargains so far! My most recent purchase was a pair of New Look ankle boots for a fiver not long ago that I absolutely love. I do agree that there should be a Paypal option however luckily I’ve had no problems with their payment method yet.
Alice x
I can’t believe I forgot about it for so long! It’s such a great app, but like any seller market place (eBay, Depop) you can have bad experiences, but it doesn’t mean it’s the fault of the site/app! I’m glad you’ve heard of it – so many people didn’t years ago 😂❤️❤️
Al has spoken to me about this app SO many times but I still haven’t downloaded it, oops. I really need to as I am trying to be more sustainable with my fashion, too! I’ve found some really lovely and super cheap pieces in charity shops recently so I’m excited to see an even wider range of stuff on there. I’ve been kind of put off by shopping or selling on Depop after seeing it being taken the absolute mick out of on social media sites for people taking the piss with price offerings! I usually just stick to eBay but I’m excited to see your next post and if the shopping/selling experience was positive!
Alice Xx
Oh it’s so much better than Depop – people don’t take the piss with the prices like they do on Depop either which is much better! I’ve always been an eBay gal but have found the stuff on there to be a bit shit lately! Xx
I have heard of Vinted, but haven’t yet used it! I’m guessing it’s fairly similar to Depop?? It does sound like a great app xo
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Yeah, I think Depop tends to be a bit more expensive and you can swap clothes on Vinted which is pretty cool! Deffo recommend! xx