Do you want to buy a second-hand luxury item on Vinted, but are you afraid of coming across a fake? Good news: Vinted has just set up a verification service for more than a hundred designer brands.
There anti-counterfeiting fight has become one of the biggest battles for second-hand sites. With over 80 million of active users in 2022, Vinted se must ensure daily satisfaction with the use of its services. It is for this reason that the first marketplace platform in Europe launched its verification service, Monday October 16, 2023. It bags, shoes or even designer clothing… This system allows its members to confidently purchase second-hand items from brands whose value is greater than 100 euros. Hundreds of claws, such as Bottega Veneta, Celine And Jacquemusbut also labels of streetwear as Adidas And New Balance, are already eligible. To be quickly identified by buyers, these products are marked with a badge on the marketplace.
Vinted diversifies
To take advantage of this new functionality and have it verified authenticity selected items, users must pay 10 euros in addition to the original purchase price. These costs include both the service itself and shipping to the verification center. The authentication is carried out in Hamburg, by a team of experts trained specifically for this demanding task. Once authentication has been completed, the buyer will only receive items that have passed the verification successfully, while non-validated products will be fully refunded. They will then have two days to report any problems to Vinted.
In reality, if Vinted is now able to offer this service to its members, it is because in 2022, the Lithuanian company bought a luxury product resale site called Rebel, based in Germany. The item verification platform is already available in this country, as well as in France, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands. Thanks to this innovation, Vinted is taking its first steps in the high-end and luxury sector. And attempts to enter a market which until now was the preserve of premium sites such as Vestiaire Collective, Monogram or Collector Square. Which could worry them, since unlike these online consignment sales, the commission that Vinted takes on the products is not not at the expense of the seller, but at the expense of the buyer. A major change!