Vinted has rolled back a proposed update on shipping options after protests from sellers in the UK. The recommerce marketplace desired to offer consumers more decisions in receiving products, but merchants struggled with this increased freedom.
Vinted had made it unattainable for UK sellers to deselect certain shipping options when listing items. In consequence, they were forced to work with various shipping firms.
Shipping options
Having more shipping options is convenient for the client, who likes to have control over who delivers their products at a time and place that suits them. Nonetheless, it will not be as convenient for individual sellers, who often manage their Vinted business outside of working hours.
“Unfortunately”, reports British ChannelX, “Vinted forgot that their sellers are largely consumer sellers and a few shipping options present challenges that they simply cannot address”.
‘Vinted forgot that their sellers are largely consumers.’
Certainly one of the issues is that lots of the 16 million sellers on Vinted in the UK would not have access to a printer. Subsequently, they rely on couriers and parcel shops for labels, they usually select their shipping partners based on this. One other drawback of certain mandated shipping firms is the space sellers should travel to a drop-off point, which could be as much as 50 kilometers.
Logistical efficiency
Sellers, who often use Vinted to generate additional income, wish to operate efficiently from a logistical perspective. It is vital for them to drop off packages in a single go, at one location, at one time.
Sellers wish to drop off packages in a single go.
They would not have the time to go to multiple drop-off points, nor do they wish to be depending on the schedules of multiple firms picking up packages from their homes. The sensible realities make it difficult to satisfy specific logistical customer demands.
Profitable recommerce exponent
As a specialized marketplace, Vinted has made significant international strides in recent times. The corporate, headquartered within the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, is an exponent of the booming recommerce market. Vinted generated a revenue of 596.3 million euros last 12 months, 61 percent greater than the 12 months before. The second-hand fashion marketplace also reached profitability in that 12 months.
