How to Price Items on Vinted in 2026 — Buy-Below from Departures

Start from the real departure price, not the retail price

Retail price is almost irrelevant on resale. What matters is the current typical asking price for that exact model, in that condition, in your market, at the moment comparable listings left the shelf. Our weekly Vinted market data publishes those averages by brand, free.

Look at listings that recently left the shelf (not active ones — active listings show hopes, not outcomes). The median departure price is your anchor — we do not see a receipt, so treat it as the closest honest proxy, not a confirmed sale price — and the Vinted price checker works it out across five markets.

Work backwards to your buy-below price

If you're sourcing to resell, the number that decides profit is the buy-below price — the most you can pay (70% of the typical resale price).

A common rule: buy-below = typical asking price × 0.70, which is 70% of the typical resale price. Vinted charges private sellers no selling fee, so there is no fee to take off first; the Vinted profit calculator shows the net on your own numbers. Pay more than that and you're gambling on price appreciation.

Demand is the other half of the price

A departure price without demand is a trap. The item can look cheap and still sit — or look expensive and still leave the shelf the same week.

Use two numbers together:

1. What it exited at — the asking price comparable listings had when they left the shelf (see the live brand pages on /flip).

2. Whether anything like it is moving — watched departures for that brand this week. High volume + sane exit price = cash can turn. Low volume at a “deal” price = dead stock risk.

Brands differ on both. Fred Perry is a volume play: many listings leave the shelf at a low price. Gucci is a price play: fewer listings, much higher price. Price-alone math would treat a Gucci “deal” and a Fred Perry tee as the same kind of decision. They aren’t.

Buy-below answers “what’s the most I can pay (70% of the typical resale price).” Demand answers “will it leave the shelf before my cash is stuck.” Skip either and you’re guessing.

Full weekly table (free to cite): weekly market data.

Want the number for specific models? The Buy-Below Sheet lists 50 models with a max price based on asking prices and observed departures (€29 once; five rows free on the page).

Price to sell in a reasonable window

Pricing slightly below the median departure price sells faster and frees your cash to reinvest. Pricing above it can work for rare items but slows everything down.

Speed matters more than squeezing the last euro: money stuck in unsold stock earns nothing. Sell-through rate — how fast an item leaves the shelf — should drive your pricing as much as the price itself, and it varies enormously by brand: see what each brand actually moves per week. And the opening price is only half the decision — a pre-committed markdown schedule is where the money is actually made or lost.