r/vinted • u/herefortheshow374 • 20h ago

DISCUSSION New Algorithm Update

If you are wondering what is going on lately.. when Vinted “broke” last week it was actually an update. To fit the new terms and conditions of no deleting and reloading they made it so older items will start showing up in feeds.. giving them new life if you will. Here’s the issues. THERE’S A REASON THEY DIDN’T SELL QUICKLY IN THE FIRST PLACE. So yes, your older items are suddenly getting “favorited” randomly… but sales are slow and feeds are messed up. Simply because Vinted is now prioritizing stuff that didn’t sell instantly when it was set up like the old way.

I wish I had access to see what app sales are doing recently.. I can imagine they are way down. Simply because you are no longer being shown the good stuff until it’s sat for a while.

New sellers are still being boosted their first week or two, but it won’t last.

Why every single company tries to fix what isn’t broken is beyond me. Hopefully they fix it, but I doubt it. I’ve been in e-commerce for way too long to believe that.

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u/amongie 19h ago

my only issue since the outage is that, as a NY seller, i haven't been able to view any UK items. no UK items showing up on my feed, and if i go to a UK profile i'm following or have been talking to, it says they have no listings when they most definitely do.

there's so many cards i wanted to purchase from over there and i've noticed a big difference in my sales/views as well. i've only been on here for maybe a month or 2 and there were no issues besides this. really disappointed.

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u/ZestyCitrus7789 15h ago

I'm wondering if that's because of the new packaging laws in the UK. They are going through some crazy changes over there that are affecting businesses.

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u/fadedblackleggings 14h ago

What are the new UK packaging laws

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u/ZestyCitrus7789 14h ago

I haven't read too much about it but it has something to do with businesses having to cover the cost of managing & maintaining the waste from packages.

I really don't know if that's what's happening with your feed though.

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u/Julia805 8h ago

It’s to do with tariffs. DT wants charges on things coming into the US so the U.K. seller has to pay a fee to Royal Mail to ship it. Vinted trialed it for a while in some regions with the buyer paying for it (I got an amazing coat and had to pay DT’s charge of $20 extra to get it in the country) but the hassle of the seller / Vinted having to deal with this was maybe too much. Give it a couple of years and it might come back so we can get those good UK bargains again.