I don’t understand what the point of Vinted is in reducing the visibility of sellers’ listings. Logically, the more sales there are, the more profitable it is for Vinted. So why is our listing visibility so low?
hello yes, many missed sales because Vinted imposes relay points far from the buyer’s home. Or which are only open during working hours if Chronopost for example.
Hello - Due to lack of space. They are probably visible here and there intermittently. I notice, for example, several favorites that come after Ireland, for example, even though the item had been online for quite some time. These are the mysteries of the algorithm.
Thank you for your feedback about Rakuten last fall, it will prevent me from wasting my time too.
I think there are close to 1 billion items online on Vinted. More than 100 million are just for Zara. So, to get views and favorites, to stand out from the crowd, you have to implement quite a few things. Rules without which nothing will sell.
The supply is VERY largely superior to the demand, so sellers are seeing a drop, it’s normal. Only those who do everything by the book, who have understood how the site works (within limits), will have a chance to succeed, and even then, nothing is guaranteed.
Photos, titles, descriptions, yes, but that’s not what will make you successful, those are just things that will eliminate you if they aren’t done.
One of the basic rules, for example, is to post new items EVERY DAY, whereas before, posting once or twice a week might have been enough.
Be ultra-niche, so that when a search is done, people see your items on the first page; Example: large size black dress. It seems silly to say this, but you don’t find bread at a florist’s. It’s the same online. The difficulty is that you need an identity, to be professional in all aspects, without seeming too much like it (that’s the paradox of the site). You need to think about how to communicate, about the image you project.
Etc. The site requires very specific specifications, like every site, every detail counts, you have to think about everything, optimize everything, and never rest on your laurels, constantly monitor what you’re doing, it’s a full-time job.
It worked 3 or 4 years ago, but nothing is immutable.
Vinted is the most competitive site there is for « small businesses ».
Amazon is the same for « large companies ».
Hello everyone, yes, all of this is true. The virtual world is ephemeral, versatile, like trends. One quickly becomes a has-been (a boomer for the younger ones). However, there is one point I disagree with: on the street, a florist and a bakery are clearly identified 
. When I search for « vintage dress +++ » on Vinted, I get books in Spanish and sportswear . Vinted will have to fight against eBay, Depop, and Leboncoin, which offer new services (PayPal, often reduced shipping costs, etc.). Zara is upgrading its marketing. And fast fashion is frowned upon by pretty much the entire world now. Seller behavior must also evolve; you are absolutely right about this ethic. Being respected by buyers on all points is a mark of quality. The fair price and being pleasant without overdoing it. I look at each buyer’s profile. And when I buy, because I have a passion for clothes, I NEVER negotiate. Yes, professionals must stand out. Everyone selling Nike or Ralph Lauren sweatshirts bought in bulk from wholesalers will hit a wall at some point. The user is responsible for a large part of the platform’s activity. Happy selling everyone and have a great weekend.
I notice that something has changed over the past 15 days/3 weeks. I used to sell quite easily, but that’s no longer the case at all now.
Afterwards it can depend on what we sell. But before Rakuten, I rarely had more than 20/30 listings and they sold quite easily, at good prices, but now nothing.
Besides, I had carefully targeted what I was putting up so that even with Rakuten’s fees, I would be competitive and make a profit.
Yes, but there are still strange things with Vinted, beyond these considerations. I’ve often talked about it here, but last year I had a very precise 5-day cycle for several months. For 5 days, good visibility and good sales, then almost nothing for 5 days. And it was timed like clockwork and this for several months, I don’t see any world where such consistency can be mere chance. Then after that, I had a bit of the same thing with the countries where I sold, for example for a week only Italians then nothing, and another country took over. And this in a very regular way.
However, I had noticed a problem with my photos on white backgrounds which generated a lot of reports. By redoing my photos little by little, the reports drastically decreased and these cycles also decreased, almost simultaneously.
there is no chance, the site is designed that way. The question is rather how to overcome this fact, and from a concern to turn it into an « advantage » or at least reduce the concern.
The key to success on Google, Vinted, Amazon, or anywhere else, is to be well-placed in the search results;
Roughly speaking, being on the 1st page of results, and there are ways to be consistent, and to always be visible.
How do you take photos now? What do you use as a background? Too professional looks bad on Vinted, there has to be a compromise that’s not easy to find.
It’s hard to correlate reports with different cycles (report = no visibility, no reports = visibility (over 5 days)), or vice versa, visibility leading to reports, etc.
I agree with you, that’s what I’m currently experiencing with favorites. Periods of 1 to 2 hours without any favorites, then favorites for 30 minutes, and then no more favorites. It’s been like this all day for 2 weeks.
That’s precisely the problem, that there is no chance. And I don’t see how to turn it into an advantage when the platform makes you invisible. But hey, it’s been a little better lately.
Featured store and appear first. there, they cannot make you invisible. for that you need to be niched.
You are on toys, I know nothing about it, there is surely a category of toys where you are among the first. with your featured store, every time someone types the brand of the toy they are looking for or the keyword used, you will be 1 or 2 in the store.
You must not have heard about the Shadow ban that they practice. There’s nothing you can do about it. I’ve said it before, but you can only understand this when you’re confronted with it. I also used to have doubts about other pros’ stories.
I don’t have a lot of trouble showing up in search results because there are rarely many listings for what I sell, so paying for boosted visibility isn’t very beneficial. It’s just that when you’re made invisible by Vinted, you can’t do anything. On the other hand, as I was saying, things have improved a lot since I stopped using plain backgrounds (fewer reports) and since the search engine started working correctly again.
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hello - have you noticed that your shop is visible in certain countries only at a given time. For example, this morning favorites were added from Spain only. Another day it was Germany. Random, all of this. Don’t try to understand.
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This was explained a long time ago, stop torturing yourself. Skinnerian conditioning, less known than Pavlovian. It’s also the one that acts every day, for a shoelace or a daily commute.
Random reward (or variable reward in English) is a psychological mechanism stemming from the work of behaviorist B.F. Skinner on operant conditioning.
The Principle
When a reward occurs unpredictably (sometimes yes, sometimes no, with no fixed rule), the behavior that triggers it becomes much more compulsive than if the reward were systematic or absent.
This is variable-ratio reinforcement—the most powerful conditioning pattern known.
The Classic Example: The Slot Machine
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You pull the lever → sometimes you win, sometimes you don’t, unpredictably
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Result: you keep pulling much more than if you won every time
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The brain remains in a state of tense anticipation (« maybe this time… »)
Why Is It So Powerful?
Uncertainty itself causes a release of dopamine—not just the reward, but the anticipation of the reward. The brain is wired for this.
Vinted and the Algorithm:
You post 10 identical listings in form—same care, same photo quality, same price level.
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3 sell within 48 hours
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4 languish for weeks without a single view
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2 explode in favorites but never sell
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1 sells at 11 p.m. on a Sunday for no reason you can understand
You look for the logic. You change a title. You change a photo. You lower the price by 50 cents. You repost. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t.
And that’s exactly the trap: since there is sometimes a link between your action and the result, your brain believes it can find the rule. It doesn’t get discouraged—it insists, it experiments, it checks.
Random reward is all the more potent here because it’s coupled with an illusion of control: you feel that if you find the right combination, you’ll master the algorithm. So you keep searching.
Vinted is based on this, which makes it addictive. So stop asking yourself why this? why that? there’s nothing to understand, just like scrolling through your social media, other than to keep you there as long as possible.
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141 lost us
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No, on the contrary, @141 hit the nail on the head. And I find that this principle is the best definition of the consequences of Vinted’s algorithm. We are convinced that we will figure out how it works and, therefore, become rich (well, not really). But it’s like the oasis in the distance in the desert. Dehydration causes hallucinations, but you are convinced that what you see there is real. So you move forward. And what are the chances of making it to the end?
As I said in another post: I chose to go with the flow by floating, it’s more productive than fighting against the current!
certainly but I come on Vinted to work, not to participate in a behavioral experiment in psychosocial 
it’s natural selection, either you adapt, or you « die. » This phenomenon is found everywhere, truly everywhere. In human relationships, in power dynamics.
If, on top of that, we add that in random results, there is a combination of contradictory results, then that’s the last straw. What was done during Covid, but is done continuously and insidiously on a daily basis. For example, saying one thing and doing another. For example, you’re talking to someone who tells you « I never drive a car, » and you see them driving a car a little later. A mother who tells her child « come here » but whose non-verbal language pushes the child away.
This leads to cognitive dissonance. (Festinger)
The art of manipulation and control. Of course, it’s often more subtle than that. But social networks, Vinted, etc., are not that far removed. Some resign themselves, give up, fight, get angry, increase stress.
When dissonance becomes chronic, massive, and one can neither resolve nor escape it, it can contribute to serious psychological suffering and lead to serious disorders: depression, schizophrenia, delusional thinking. (Bateson)
This is why social media and other online sales sites are poisonous for those who lack perspective.
And by knowing it, you can use it in part.
(Selling is a kind of gentle manipulation)
End of parenthesis.
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