Who pays for shipping on Vinted?

New sellers coming from Poshmark or eBay often price items with postage in mind. On Vinted you don’t need to: shipping is added at checkout and paid by the buyer, along with Vinted’s own buyer fee. Your asking price is what you receive.

How it works at checkout

1. The buyer taps Buy now on your listing.
2. Vinted shows the shipping options you allow, and their prices. The cost depends on the package size you set on the listing and on where the parcel travels from and to.
3. The buyer picks an option and pays the item price, the shipping, the Vinted fee and any sales tax in one payment.
4. You get a prepaid label or QR code in your Vinted inbox. You don’t pay anything to the carrier.

Vinted’s own shipping help page puts it simply: the buyer pays, and sees the total before buying.

What the seller is responsible for

• Choosing the right package size. If you pick a size that’s too small for the item, the label may not cover it. Weigh and measure before you list.
• Shipping within 5 business days. If you miss the deadline the order is canceled automatically. You can ask for 3 or 5 more business days from the conversation screen, but the buyer has to accept.
• Using the exact label from the order. If you send it another way, tracking won’t update and Vinted will cancel the order and refund the buyer.
• Packing properly. If a parcel arrives damaged because it was badly packed, the buyer can ask for a refund.

Can a seller offer free shipping?

Not in the eBay sense. Vinted calculates postage itself and charges it to the buyer, so there’s no “free shipping” checkbox. If you want to make a listing more attractive, lower the item price slightly or offer a bundle discount so buyers save on one shipment for several items.

Choosing which carriers you offer

In the app, go to Settings > Shipping to choose which shipping options buyers can pick. Vinted doesn’t let you switch off every provider, but you can turn off ones you don’t want, for example if there’s no convenient drop-off point for a carrier near you. See where to drop off a Vinted package.

What if the parcel is lost?

If tracking shows the parcel as lost, or it hasn’t arrived 25 business days after shipping, the buyer can claim a full refund, including the shipping they paid. As long as you used the Vinted label and kept proof of drop-off, the loss isn’t charged to you. Our guide to the Vinted refund policy explains the rest.

What you need to start shipping

You don’t need much, and none of it has to be fancy. These are the four things that stop most first-week problems (wrong package size, torn mailers, missed deadlines):

• A small kitchen or postal scale. Vinted’s label is priced by package size, so weigh before you list. A $10–15 scale pays for itself the first time it stops you under-sizing a parcel.
• Poly mailers. Light, water-resistant and cheaper to post than boxes. 10×13 in suits most tops and jeans; keep a few 14×17 in for coats and bundles.
• Packing tape and a marker. Tape every seam. Boxes reused from deliveries are fine as long as old labels are covered.
• Optional once you’re selling weekly: a thermal label printer. No ink, labels print in seconds and stick straight on. Until then, print at home or use the QR code at a drop-off point.

Quick summary

• Buyer pays: item price + shipping + Vinted fee + any sales tax.
• Seller pays: nothing for shipping or fees. You only need packaging.
• Seller must: set the right package size, ship within 5 business days, and use the order’s own label.

More on the whole process: how Vinted shipping works and how Vinted makes money without seller fees.

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