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Second hand clothes website Vinted to launch in Ireland

The new Vinted.ie will be connected to the French site, giving members in France and Ireland access to items and customers in both countries.

CLOTHES SELLING PLATFORM Vinted is launching a website in Ireland this week, where Irish customers can buy pre-loved items online.

The site and app allow ordinary people to buy and sell second-hand items.

Until now, it was only available in the UK, US and some European countries, but the company has been expanding to more markets.

In a statement, it said: “We are excited to confirm that Vinted, Europe’s leading C2C (customer-to-customer) platform for second-hand fashion and more, enters the Irish market.

“Vinted provides an intuitive way for people to easily sell and buy their pre-loved fashion and other lifestyle items with just a few clicks.

“With its app and website, sellers can declutter their wardrobe and keep 100% of what they make because Vinted has zero seller fees.”

There is, however, a “protection fee” that buyers must pay at a rate of 5% of the item’s price plus a fixed fee of 70 cents. It’s said to offer extra measures against fraud, access to Member Support and a refund policy if the item doesn’t arrive, is damaged in transit, or is significantly not as described.

In Ireland, online second-hand clothes shopping has largely been done on Depop. The popular app got rid of its seller fee in the UK earlier this year, but Irish sellers are still charged a 10% fee on the total transaction amount.*

The new Vinted.ie will be connected to the French community, giving members in France and Ireland access to items and customers in both countries.

*An earlier version of this article stated that Irish sellers on Depop no longer have to pay a fee. This was incorrect and has since been amended. 

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    Mute Frank Mc Carthy
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    Nov 11th 2024, 5:00 PM

    Good news, always good to see clothes getting a second ‘lease of life’ rather than being binned/ going landfill. Best of luck to them

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    Nov 11th 2024, 5:10 PM

    @Frank Mc Carthy: hopefully, this won’t result in less material going to ( well deserving)second hand charity shops

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    Nov 11th 2024, 5:22 PM

    @Kevvy kerrr: Often as little as 10% of proceeds from charity shops go to actual charities. They are mostly privately owned and run.

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    Nov 11th 2024, 5:26 PM

    I donate to the Irish Cancer Society when I can, very worthwhile

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    Nov 11th 2024, 6:53 PM

    Excellent. Have a fair few pairs of well worn jocks that I need to move on

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    Nov 11th 2024, 4:39 PM

    Hello… have they finally got rid of all those Trump/FG trolls ? .. or have everybody finally muted everybody? ;)

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    Nov 11th 2024, 4:45 PM

    @Michale Kane: I muted them but a couple of newbies have popped up..

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    Nov 11th 2024, 4:45 PM

    @Michale Kane: no, you are still here

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    Nov 11th 2024, 4:52 PM

    @Michale Kane: a lot of the Trump accounts were new for the election. Same happened in 2020.

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    Nov 11th 2024, 4:56 PM

    @Clare Power:.. I never had muted anyone before last week.. but now it’s instant mute .. and it feels good too :)

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    Nov 11th 2024, 4:58 PM

    @Michale Kane: Absolutely, they had nothing constructive to say, just insults

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    Nov 11th 2024, 5:00 PM

    @Dermot Blaine: ya weird thing is last time the Trump trolls were all accused of being SFers…. But for last two weeks it’s been Trump trolls attacking SF and praising FG.. mad really..

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    Nov 11th 2024, 5:03 PM

    @Michale Kane: shhhh we still have the Buster troll below. Hopefully he hasn’t noticed us

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    Nov 11th 2024, 5:04 PM

    @Clare Power: Yes, but they get all so sensitive about Trump and FG though.. but now me no clue what the rascals are up an it’s great lol.

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    Nov 11th 2024, 5:06 PM

    @Kevin Kerr: I no longer see him or his clones anymore ;).

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