Vinted PRO account blocked permanently "illicit activity"

Hello,

I have been a professional seller on Vinted for 2 months. I sell second-hand stones and charms that I find.

Today, just after posting an item in my PRO wardrobe, a message appeared stating « your account is permanently blocked ».

This happened to me just before I became a pro on the platform due to suspicion of commercial sales, so I created a PRO account to continue selling on the platform.

Anyway, the reason my account was blocked is « illicit activity », obviously I have read the Terms and Conditions and I am absolutely not in this situation.

I appealed. My first messages were rather stressed, so not very professional, or I received automatic replies, then from someone named « Marianne ». Then my last message, which was much more professional, asking for the reasons/proof of the accusation, stating that I absolutely contest this decision and requesting a manual review of my file.

I also contacted the email address legal@vinted.fr + CC’ing the email address legal@vinted.com, explaining the situation that I am a professional seller, asking again for the reasons why I am blocked for this reason, and also including 2 legal codes (Article 1104 of the Civil Code) and the EU 2019/1150 Platform to Business Regulation.

I am now waiting to hear from them and I am not sending anything else.

I don’t know if it’s related or not, but here’s what happened recently on my Vinted pro account:

  • Last month I had a turnover of €1600

  • This month I am at €1800 turnover

Approximately 180 orders sent since March 10th when I created my PRO account.

I also buy on the platform (10/15 orders this month), and I had 2 orders where I had problems (empty package) which I reported to Vinted and I was reimbursed for these 2 orders.

Do you think this might be the reason?

Thank you for reading, I hope to find answers here and perhaps people in the same situation as me.

Elena

Hello, unfortunately according to their « Terms and Conditions » they give themselves the right to block your account even if there are only suspicions… and I’m not talking about the robots automatically blocking you for no reason…

I’ve tried everything and nothing has worked so far since February… good luck!