Leboncoin is great for bundles. The big advantage vs. Vinted is that it’s easy to geolocate yourself and attract people who are a few kilometers away from you. Also useful if you want to make a donation.
Another option for donations: geev.
In case of donation, you can always offer to groups of professionals who might be happy to help you, or of course, traditional associations like Emmaüs or recycling centers.
Donation category on LBC, otherwise Emmaus, Red Cross, Secours Catholique, Secours Populaire, Don.org etc.
I get the impression on Vinted that some people are really going to make it, the biggest, the most active, those who have understood, basically the pros, and many others are no longer selling much, a majority, often individuals who end up donating here and there and who will eventually be picked up by resellers 
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Welcome to the forum!
You can use the geev platform for donations, indeed.
You can also post a message here on the forum in the Echanges / Jeux category.
Otherwise, Leboncoin by creating several lots?
Good luck with your move!
There’s a steep learning curve, no doubt. Besides the books, I added about ten items of clothing that have become too small for my kid. Branded stuff, in very good condition, etc. I tried to take nice photos. No success. Clearly, I haven’t grasped what rules to follow to sell clothes. All newcomers face this obstacle, I imagine, and it must be quite discouraging.
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And yes, and the abundant and immense supply. There are over 20 million Levi’s items for sale. To sell yours, good luck.
Applicable to all brands and items.
On what I sell, there are between 1000 and 10,000 pieces of the brand maximum = visibility.
What you say about children, every time I talk to someone about Vinted, it’s the same speech, children’s clothes that don’t sell. I dare not imagine the number of children’s items online!
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Hello,
Thank you all for your answers. The big problem is that the majority of the associations you mentioned no longer accept clothes because of fast fashion (they are already overwhelmed). Currently, the only ones I have found are the Red Cross. I had indeed planned to go see them this Saturday, I just wanted to give it one last chance to give them to someone before then (as I have to travel a good distance with my pile of clothes 
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I had already put together a lot on leboncoin but I had the same result as on Vinted… oh well, it will go to those who need it most 
Thanks again for your help and good luck!
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Just a message regarding children’s clothing on Vinted. I’ve been selling my children’s clothes for 10 years. It worked very well BEFORE. Brands reacted to this competition. Kiabi sells new items for €3. They killed the second-hand market. (Good for them, so many brands are declining). I think you should forget about Vinted. It’s dead!
However, I’ve had purchases on Beebs (although I had already given the clothes to Catholic Relief Services in the meantime).
And they have a system for direct consignment at Kiabi (all brands) which I will try. I understand that you register them and bring them to them.
Have a good day and happy selling 
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Yes, that’s what I was explaining the other day. And it’s not just Kiabi. La Halle, for example, sends promotions by email or SMS almost every day. So for everyday/common clothes, Vinted can be interesting for bundles, but if you need one or two basic T-shirts, with the fees, you might as well go to these stores. It comes out the same financially, it’s new, you can try it on, you get it right away…
In the shopping area where I work, there’s a hypermarket with a shopping arcade with a few clothing stores, and absolutely all of them have a sign in front of their entrance indicating that they sell second-hand items. Even a thrift store has opened.
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Hello, It is important to differentiate between individuals like us and reselling with shipments « being sure of being able to be competitive » as you say, which is already part of a profession. Which is good. If Vinted is evolving more today towards these well-negotiated lots by the seller, why not, but the individual then finds it difficult to sell 1 or 2 products and no longer really corresponds to Vinted in its early days of « our closet clear-outs ».
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So I would say that the problem mainly comes from the confusion of roles, which precisely makes the difference sometimes difficult to make.
We have individuals who actually work like professionals (but without taking on the package of constraints that come with it) and professionals who remain in the same process as when they were individuals.
After some individuals were forced to go pro, many did so without real knowledge of this field.
yes, it’s problematic, especially when it’s really clearing out closets.
When it’s actually buying and selling, you can’t blame Vinted for doing it. Even though they are still inconsistent in asking everyone to go pro and then putting obstacles in the way of these pros. When I see how other platforms don’t care at all…
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Hello. For my part, when the offer is too low (which really annoys me…) I always reply (I think you like to joke) Regards.
Hoping that the person understands how ridiculous they are in their proposal. Which may very well not be the case…
for those who doubt that Vinted makes accounts invisible (especially professional ones):
So this dates from last year, but in any case it shows that it is in the platform’s mindset to do this. And it still seems to be happening despite this condemnation (do they have another method to do the same)
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So yes, a lot of « rats » as I call them. I can inflate the prices as much as I want to get the selling price I want, but I still have buyers who want a 60% discount. I explain that it’s a product I’m not going to sell off cheap, I make a counter-offer, the guy makes the same offer again, I ignore it. Vinted is a jungle, there will always be rats no matter the platform. Le Bon Coin was already a nightmare for that.
Basically, I don’t give a damn, I focus on my sales objective, I don’t give in, and that’s it.
I came across a buyer who came back every week with the same offer for 3 weeks. Each time I gave him my best price, I clearly explained that I was willing to wait to sell this product at my price. He came back and accepted my offer.
You have to take a step back and basically not care. Messages without a « hello »? I don’t care, they’re not my friends, business is business 
the way the platform works greatly influences behavior (and the type of customers it attracts). A concrete example on Vinted itself: the number of offers. Previously, the platform limited offers to 5 per day, then increased it to 25. As a consequence, almost overnight, offers directly at -40% exploded because buyers had room to make multiple offers, whereas with 5 per day, they thought a bit more about aiming accurately.
Still on offers, if we compare with other platforms, those where you can configure offers don’t have these problems. For example, on eBay, where the buyer directly sees if they can make an offer or not, and has it directly refused if it’s too low, etc. It saves a lot of time and avoids a lot of pointless chatter (ah, the Vinted business professors, I love them).
Afterwards, like you, I’ve had enough and most of the time I don’t even reply anymore. But unfortunately for the buyers, this blah atmosphere encourages me more not to make an effort than to make concessions.
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I didn’t understand why I had so many offers at €12 instead of €20 displayed, I thought it was to remove the shipping costs from the price but no, in fact they can’t ask for less 
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An anecdote, which I’m putting here rather than creating a new topic.
On LBC, someone contacts me about a book, with long explanations. « It’s just to replace the one I already have whose dust jacket is damaged, » and « I’ll take a second one at the same time. » The goal is to get it for €6 instead of €10. I politely decline. The person asks me to « put it aside » for them until they come to pick it up next weekend, as they are currently « in the Yonne. » I say « yes, yes. »
On Vinted, I listed this book for cheaper than on LBC; it’s only €6 there (There must have been other listings at this price when I created the ad).
This time, someone asks if I could deliver it, as they are « suffering from back problems » (citing a condition I’ve never heard of). I decline; who would travel across town for €6? They then explain that they will have to « ask a friend to make a detour on their way back from the Yonne » and demand that the price be lowered to €5…
All of this is very polite, albeit very verbose, but actually ticks all the boxes of pettiness.
The usual observation is confirmed:
- A buyer who writes more than three sentences is a problematic buyer.
- You can ignore any argument « I’m asking for a lower price because… », unless they actually point you to a professional site with the same thing much cheaper.
hello - yes, even 20 cents doesn’t work. I have a very recent magazine for sale that accompanies a newspaper and is not sold abroad. I’m posting it for 7 euros knowing it will be negotiated. They offer me 4.80 euros for it. I refuse and say I would have preferred a round number, i.e. 5 euros (just for fun). Response: you paid 3.20 euros for it (that was the price a few years ago). In short, out of curiosity, I look at this person’s shop who sells several magazines and none of their magazines are less than 10 euros. 
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