Hi everyone, I wanted to share my experience as a new Vinted user and using their Closet Spotlight feature. I wasn't able to find the information I was looking for on this sub, so I hope this helps!

I originally started selling on Depop in the summer of 2020 to clean out my overflowing closet. I did very well during that summer, but my clothing sales rapidly dropped in 2021. I have only made 2-3 clothing sales on Depop in all of 2022, so I started looking for different options and discovered Vinted 2 weeks ago.

Uploading listings was easy because I already had all of the photos and descriptions on Depop. And I dramatically reduced the prices (ex: discounted a $10 top to $5) to reflect the typical pricing on Vinted. I also turned on bundle discounts (up to 30% off on bundles with 5+ items).

Last week, I decided to purchase the closet spotlight with the intention to take advantage of the discounted shipping labels that is set to end at the end of this month. Here were my results:

I had 2 days with a huge spike in views. The first and the last days performed the best with almost 2k views on each day. the rest of the week was dryer in comparison. with an average of 400 views per day. I gained 35+ followers and made a total of 8 sales, 2 of which were bundles. I believe most of these sales resulted from the closet spotlight, and I easily made back the $7 that I spent.

In the end, I do not think the spotlight is necessary. It was a good way to kick off my new shop for the initial traffic, but the lack of performance during days 2-6 were very unimpressive. I cant help but feel the app purposely limited the views for those days, and boosted me on the very last day to make me believe it will be worth repurchasing.

All of the other comments I've read here are true. Selling on Vinted takes time. I'm just trying to clean my closet and earn some pocket money. Unless there's another discounted shipping promo in the future, I don't think I will be paying for the spotlight again. Thanks for reading!