As a seller, sounds exiting BUT
Sounds exiting but
I really thought I had the best platform to start as a seller but 4 days in and I am already disappointed (and quite shocked at reading others experience jeesh!)
So as a seller, you think it's all good and there are no fees you make max profit, customers got the 99p myhermes delivery (insured) and its all perfect everybody happy ! But...
C O N S:
- It's not until I asked another seller to list on Vinted so I could get cheaper shipping buying from them that I realised all the fees were imposed on the buyer. A protection fee and extra charges on a single purchase.
As a seller you NEVER get to see the final cost imposed on the buyer for your item. So many potential customers will be put off. That's a shame. ***Give an option to put the fees on the seller instead so we know exactly how much we are charging***
- SO OBVIOUSLY customers must be upset at that. Then what happens ? Vinted has the nerve to send a review request to your customer for 'Your experience on Vinted'. Naively the customer leaves a review for the Vinted platform (fees etc), yet, the damage is ALL YOURS to pick up ! ***The rating is actually for you.*** Had an awesome customer I got on with, when transaction was done, I got 1 star review, I asked the customer why they said they had no idea, they thought they were rating Vinted. They immediately deleted the rating as a result. SNEAKY and CHEEKY of Vinted!
- NO STATS. Just a long and tedious list of customers liking, favoriting etc....you have NO idea what is your most favorited or liked item at a glance, therefore it would take you ages to go through your listings (if you have a lot) and then run promotions (bumping your listing for example)
- Help Articles are outdated, the screenshots they show are not visible on your end, so they have obviously changed some aspects of the interface and not updating the help section.
-Advisors are nice but it seems you will get an automated template response first of all and have to insist to speak to someone.
P R O S:
- I really love the intelligent listing template, it figures out the size, the brand, etc. Listing is a lot faster than Depop, you can upload more pictures, it is faster, it does not slow down and you can easily update your listings.
- I like the filters which really allows you to narrow down your search easily. Not all platforms have these in depth filters.
Can't think of anything else at this point.
So Hopefully you step up in the game and improve according to reviews here, as you don't seem very popular these days :(
October 15, 2020
Unprompted review