Hello everyone,
After leboncoin, it’s Vinted’s turn, this is the second time this has happened to me, restricted account.
Are you a pro or personal seller on Vinted?
It might be complicated to avoid this, I have about twenty different items and when I sell them, I re-list…
Do you have any advice?
You already have several topics that address this type of question
Notably: [Public] Restrictions pour activité automatisée (21.07.2026) - #150 par deborah34280
On Vinted, if you have new items that you have in quantity, it’s better to be a Professional seller.
Hello
You should request your account data, it’s very possible that it’s due to reports. But at the same time, selling multiple quantities of the same item resembles a professional practice?
Moreover, even with a pro account, the sale of « new » items is heavily restricted. I increasingly see pros selling new items with tags as « very good condition »
Thank you for this feedback.
I also think it’s obvious because it’s clearly not the quantity.
So, should I list it as « very good condition »?
Are you a professional or a private seller on your Vinted accounts?
one pro and one con if the question is addressed to me
At flea markets, it is « normally » forbidden to sell new items (i.e., new with tags, for example), only second-hand items. Vinted is basically the same principle, second-hand items, so no new items, with or without tags. The only annoying thing is people who filter and only look for new items and can’t find our listings… but there are so many risks of getting banned for any reason or no reason, so it’s better to avoid that one!
And do you still sell new items or do you just avoid putting them online in this category?
To the best of my recollection, I read on this forum someone talking about +/- 5% new with tags… as a result, I only apply this condition to an item whose price is high, so in relation to the condition
So that’s « they say » because on other forums, « they say » up to 8 to 10%.
Afterwards, in the Pro section, we shouldn’t be limited since, anyway, we can (and fortunately) sell only new items if we wish.
And yes, that’s the big problem with Vinted. People are very happy to find new items there, and Vinted is partly responsible for this. As I often explain, they have disrupted the sales platforms by competing with historical players like eBay and Rakuten, by opening up to professionals, by expanding their categories, by allowing new items (but limited), and as a result, there is currently a no-man’s-land where Vinted does not fully embrace what they have implemented, but they have shifted the clientele from platforms that were looking for these products.
The ban is for individuals and it’s logical since normally they cannot sell them as they legally cannot possess them. You should know that legally, an item that leaves a store is no longer new even if it has never been used. It’s like a car that has barely passed the dealership’s gate and loses 10% of its value.
Well, that’s information from the rumor mill. Vinted does not communicate any clear thresholds, and for good reason: no one is treated the same. We have seen accounts blocked after 10 listings, and others have hundreds without any problems.
Effectivement, when evaluating movable property according to the scales, it depreciates by up to 25%/year. After 4 years, the value is residual. For insurance companies, in case of damage or theft, it is insignificant and often leads to rejection of compensation. In expert appraisal, for luxury items, it depends on the market value (even if there isn’t really one, there are vintage trends, not to mention Hermès items of course), the couturier, the state of conservation, the materials, etc. A garment that has been new for 4 years in the wardrobe is no longer new. It can even be very damaged without us realizing it; the material suffers. As for random high-end « made in China » clothing, it’s peanuts. What people fail to understand.
Legally, it passes the store door and it is no longer new.
Moreover, you will notice that some platforms play with words. On Rakuten, you had to be a pro to put NEW otherwise it was LIKE NEW, on LBC we have New condition.
Absolutely. But let’s say for the average person on Vinted, we can allow them not to have this notion. We all think we have a Ferrari. It’s also customary to say it’s new because the price tag is still on it. It’s not easy to make them accept the opposite.
I never understood the expression \
Ah, but it’s not the individual to blame, it’s the platform. Especially since allowing new items destabilizes platforms made for used items.
It’s playing on words so that individuals can sell new items. While using a marketing argument to sell a pro subscription so they can put NEW in red. But well, they are done with it. And « as new » on LBC (Le Bon Coin) is no better.
Indeed, it would be so much simpler to only allow Pro accounts to indicate the mention « New » and for personal accounts, at best, « Very good condition »…
After all, if Vinted had really wanted to remain solely focused on second-hand items… they could have systematically refused all new items, without any privileges, and not allowed Pros to register.
Also limit the number of listings or sales per account…
I don’t know, it’s easy… you reach a threshold… well, it stops, period…
No, they want to have their cake and eat it too…
They sometimes invent inappropriate « Bans »… there is no clarity!
There you go, they want to maintain their image as a second-hand platform but hey, if there was a way to annoy eBay and Rakuten, they shouldn’t have missed it.
More like, as you say, all that isn’t clear.
But what do we do with all the clothes bought, never worn, with tags still on, in our closets?
