WHO IS BETTER?

By Ella Hodson

Depop and Vinted are both pre-loved phone apps known for selling secondhand clothing, accessories, footwear, jewellery and much more. Depop founded in 2011 began as a fashion based social media platform, however, quickly turned into a thrifted marketplace. Vinted began in 2008 in Lithuania it originated from one of the founders moving house and she wanted a way of selling the clothes she no longer needed. Together they created a website where users could trade clothes, then came the beginning of Vinted.

Both apps provide opportunities to interact with other users, find discounts and to easily adjust your listed items, they cater to everyone Male, Female, Unisex and even children’s clothing.

Depop has a lot of small businesses that offer new products that are handmade and brand new, ready to wear. Whilst handmade items can be seen on Vinted, Depop is the go-to place for wanting to find unique items of all variety. In Addition, Depop is a great network for amazing vintage finds! Although some can be found on Vinted, Depop has exact businesses for this certain customer audience that you can search and find with a lot of options.

                           Vinted                                                                                  Depop

They also have a feature where you can create and put outfits together on a vision board to give inspiration to other users.

A main difference between these apps is the selling process, particularly, the fees. When selling an item on Depop they take 10% of your profit similarly to another marketplace network eBay, which is a decent chunk of your overall seller profit. Vinted does not take any amount from your selling profit, instead they have a system in place where the sellers pay a small fee to ensure safe transactions this is covering buyers’ protection, they do not take money from sellers. This is not an optional fee but claims refunds and processes money securely.

Depop processes sending and receiving money through PayPal, needing users to have a PayPal account, although Vinted allows money to get added to your own balance on the app that you can send to yourself on any banking app you like. So, when buying and selling second-hand items both are solid options to choose from, however, Depop does charge a higher fee. If you want a lower cost selling process, Vinted is the one you want. On the other hand, Depop has vintage, thrifted, brand new handmade items and have latest trends so has that higher price point and is worth paying if that’s more to your style!

Which is better?