Everyday clothing sells on Vinted. Collectables, electronics, rare items and anything where a bidding war can happen sell on eBay. Sellers who do both usually split their stock rather than choose.
Fees
Vinted charges the seller nothing on the item price — the buyer pays a protection fee on top. That's the platform's headline advantage, and it's real: what you list is what you keep.
eBay takes a percentage of the final sale, which varies by category and seller status. In exchange you get access to a much larger, more international audience and a format that suits items with uncertain value.
Fees alone shouldn't decide it. A 12% cut on an item that sells for twice as much still leaves you ahead.
Audience and what sells
Vinted's audience arrives looking for clothing at second-hand prices. It's fashion-first, mobile-first and heavily browsing-driven. High-street brands, kidswear and everyday pieces move well.
eBay's audience arrives searching for something specific. That makes it far stronger for items with a defined identity — a discontinued camera, a football shirt from a particular season, tools, parts, collectables. If someone can type the exact name of your item, eBay is usually the better home for it.
Pricing dynamics
Vinted is fixed-price with negotiation. You set a figure, buyers make offers, you accept or decline. Predictable, and it rewards knowing your market.
eBay still offers auctions, which is genuinely useful when you don't know what something is worth. Let the market decide. The risk is symmetrical: an item can also close far below what you'd have accepted.
Shipping and effort
Vinted's integrated shipping is the reason many sellers stay: the label is generated, the buyer chooses the pickup point, and you drop off the parcel. Very little friction.
eBay gives you more control and more responsibility — courier choice, packaging standards, and higher expectations on delivery times. For heavier or higher-value items that control matters. For a £12 jumper it's overhead.
Why most sellers use both
The two catalogues barely overlap. Clothing goes to Vinted, everything else to eBay. The mistake is treating it as an either-or decision and leaving half your stock unsold on the wrong platform.
If you do sell across several places, the real work becomes keeping listings current in more than one location — and taking an item down everywhere the moment it sells, so you never sell the same thing twice.
Make sure what you already have listed is actually visible. Listings sink in Vinted search within days, and moving items to a second platform won't help if the first one was never seen. Relisting is the cheapest fix.