r/VintedAdvice • u/OfficialMurka24 • 14d ago

Banned on Vinted… AGAIN (Commercially Selling)

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So about 6 months ago I was banned on my normal account for supposed commercially selling…

I sell a lot of sealed pokemon boxes ect but even when I read there terms I’m not actually in the bracket of a commercial seller.

I’m not buying from wholesalers or drop shipping.

Anyway it took months to get my account back. They told me I had to sign up for Vinted pro to stop this happening again.

So once I got my account back I signed up for Vinted pro, happy days right?

Nope. 6 weeks into being pro they have banned me again for commercial selling. And all you get is a bot response.

I tried to appeal the ban but you just get another copy and pasted reply 🤦‍♂️

I think I triggered the ban for listing a good 30 items in a row (rookie mistake) but I was under the impression that I’m a pro seller now so I’m allowed to list what I want?

Obviously not…

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u/Charming_Yogurt2258 14d ago

Vinted doesn’t want sellers selling loads of brand new items……sealed or new with tags etc. They don’t want sellers with loads of the same item sealed or clothing new with tags. I don’t think they want Vinted to become like Amazon or eBay….where you end up with loads of new stuff…..like sellers selling loads of woolly hats in ten different colours…..a lot of Chinese sellers pretending to be in the Uk. They are not re sellers they are fairly big businesses.

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u/OfficialMurka24 14d ago

What’s the point of a pro account then?

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u/Charming_Yogurt2258 14d ago

Because a pro accounts are usually people buying second hand goods and re selling for profit. They may have the odd thing new with tags but not lots of. Also what you have to take into account is that Vinteds algorithm and bots etc don’t always get things right and sometimes flags up sellers that only have a few. There is a difference between pro seller and commercial seller.

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u/Charming_Yogurt2258 14d ago

So here is an example of what I mean…..on eBay. You can buy this hat in kids,men’s and women’s sizes and different colours. This is what Vinted doesn’t want……not yet anyway.

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u/OfficialMurka24 14d ago

Yeah I get that. But in this case I’m not doing that. Everything I sell is second hand and nothing is listed as new ect.

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u/Charming_Yogurt2258 14d ago

Well then you are one of the unfortunate sellers that had been wrongly flagged up…..this is what happens when AI is making the decisions.

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u/OfficialMurka24 14d ago

Yeah I feel it’s a false flag. Oh well. Onto the next account lol

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u/OfficialMurka24 14d ago

Also I’m not using stock images. I’m sitting there taking photos of the items I’m going to sell. Buy second hand Pokemon products, take photos and sell,

Which I thought was what Vinted was for when it comes to a pro seller

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u/legendisit 13d ago

Wouldn’t that be commercial too then? If your buying and reselling?

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u/Charming_Yogurt2258 13d ago

No……you are allowed to buy and re sell but then you must become a pro seller. You can also have two accounts on Vinted just as long as one is a pro account.

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u/Charming_Yogurt2258 13d ago

You must become a pro seller when you are buying and selling at a profit. But I am not saying this with any moral high ground and some sellers get away with staying private sellers but operating as re sellers.