Vinted user Millie Beaton has revealed her secret to successfully flogging piles of unwanted clothes on the selling site, raking in more than £6,000 in one single year…
A savvy seller has shared her secrets to successfully flogging piles of unwanted clothes.
Vinted user Millie Beaton has had roaring success with the site, which has become highly popular in recent years due to its lack of selling fees. She currently has more than 600 five-star reviews and has over 1,551 items currently for sale on her account – from £2 shoes to £54 t-shirt and short sets.
Last year, she made a whopping £6,713.11 – with her highest months being December (£1,502.76) and October (£1,020.16). Even in her lowest month (July) Millie made £199 by decluttering her wardrobe.
When asked on TikTok how to boost sales, the seller replied: “I found engaging with Facebook Vinted pages really helped [getting] followers and selling, as you can see what items items people are looking for. Honestly, I’ve been selling for years now [and it] has taken me so long to get the sales I have had over the last year.”
Millie also shows off her clothes on TikTok, and encourages her followers to write their Vinted username in the comments section to increase their followers. She also creates bundles and is always ‘open to offers’ if it means bagging another sale.
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Earlier this year, Vinted user Lisa raved about a magic button that she says helped her make £123.48 in just 15 days. However, the seller warns the technique should be used ‘sparingly’.
“Now do not overuse this hack, because it works really, really well and we don’t want Vinted to get wind of the fact that we have realised what it does!” she said. “If you put yourself onto holiday mode, when you take yourself off holiday mode, it boosts your whole wardrobe… It pushes you back out and you are shown again to people.” Lisa recommends putting your account on holiday mode for at least a ‘few days’ and urges people not to just flick it off after a few hours. Otherwise, you may not notice any jump in sales.
Selling sites including Vinted and Depop hit headlines at the beginning of the year after the government announced it was clamping down on tax dodgers. While HMRC already possessed the ability to request transaction information from UK-based operators, the companies are now legally obliged to send these details to the tax authorities.
The current threshold for earnings on ‘side hustles’ is currently £1,000. Therefore, anyone earning more than that in a single tax year must declare their earnings through a self-assessment tax return.
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