Is Vinted legit? Yes, but you get 2 days to report a problem

That is how long you get to report a problem, counted from the moment Vinted tells you the order should have arrived. One more thing, for anyone reading in Canada: Vinted closed its site here on 12 February 2024.

Quick facts

• Revenue in 2025: €1.1 billion, up 38%, on €10.8 billion of goods sold, RTÉ, 9 April 2026.
• Time to report a problem: 2 calendar days from Vinted's notice that the order should have arrived.
• What is covered: orders paid with the Buy now button that are lost, damaged or significantly not as described.
• Selling fees: 0; buyers pay the postage and a Vinted fee on each purchase.
• In Canada: closed on 12 February 2024, after a launch in 2021.
• Pre owned with a shop's grade: 301 Jordan items from CAD 50 on within, 8 November 2026.

Two days, then the money moves

Vinted holds your payment while the parcel travels. Once it says the order should have been delivered, the clock starts.

Report a problem in time and the order is suspended, with your money held until it is settled. Say nothing, or tap to accept the order, and "your payment will be sent to the seller", the refund policy says.

On Vinted, saying nothing for two days counts as saying yes.

A claim can end three ways:

• the seller refunds you in full and you keep the item;
• the seller gives you part of the money back;
• or you send everything back, and the refund comes once the seller confirms it arrived.

If it goes back, the postage is yours. "Buyers pay for return shipping", the policy says, unless the seller chooses to send you a Vinted label.

The button that keeps you covered

All of that cover sits behind one button. The refund policy applies to purchases made with Buy now, and nothing else.

Pay a seller any other way and "you won't be covered, and we won't be able to offer you support". A seller who asks you to pay outside the app is asking you to give up your refund.

A parcel that seems lost has its own rule. Vinted says it "may still arrive within 25 business days from shipping", so wait for its notice before you file.

Who pays for what

Sellers pay nothing to list or sell. "There are no selling fees on Vinted. You keep 100% of what you earn", its how it works page says.

The buyer pays instead: the postage, plus a Vinted fee added to each Buy now order. So the price on a listing is not the price you pay (nobody on either side is hiding it, it is the model).

Why there is no Vinted in Canada

Vinted launched in Canada in 2021, on a different technical platform from the one it runs elsewhere. From 11 December 2023 it stopped taking new members here, Lithuania's public broadcaster LRT reported.

"Running a separate platform was not sustainable or efficient", Vinted told its Canadian users. The site closed on 12 February 2024, and vinted.ca still says it closed "for now".

Pre owned with a shop's grade

For a reader in Canada, used designer clothes and sneakers still exist, just not on Vinted. Shops grade them and put the condition in the title.

On 8 November 2026, the pre owned Jordan shelf held 301 graded items from CAD 50, and the pre owned Nike shelf held 162. Most come from Utopia, 132 Cumberland Street, which writes the condition into every title.

A pre owned Jordan 1 Patent Gold Toe in size 10.5 is CAD 300. The New Balance 990v2 Sea Salt in a 9.5 is CAD 100, down from CAD 150.

A pre owned Stone Island Compass Patch tee in a large is also CAD 100. For the rest of the used designer market here, read designer resale in Canada.

Common questions

What are the red flags on Vinted?

By Vinted's own rules, the biggest is a seller who wants payment outside the Buy now button, because that ends your cover. The other is your own silence: miss the 2 day window and the money goes to the seller.

Does Vinted give you real money?

Yes, to sellers. Vinted says there are no selling fees and sellers keep 100% of what they earn; buyers pay the postage and a Vinted fee instead.

Is Vinted a legit website for selling?

Yes, where it runs, with no selling fees and a prepaid label the buyer pays for. It does not run in Canada, where it closed on 12 February 2024. For a resale app that still works here, see is Depop legit.

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