Calculate Vinted fees, profit and net proceeds

Which shipping costs should you enter?

Use the money you actually receive and the costs you personally incur. If the buyer pays for a label directly through the platform and that payment is not paid out to you, set both buyer shipping contribution and your shipping cost to €0. Packaging you pay for remains a cost. If you buy the label yourself, enter the shipping payment you receive and your actual label cost separately.

The promotion percentage is your planning assumption, not an automatically fetched Vinted rate. Set it to 0% if you use no paid promotion. The calculator applies entered promotion and percentage seller fees to the item price; margin uses item price plus shipping money received. Taxes and your labour are not included.

Before accepting an offer: prepare the item and parcel

1. Check the actual item's condition, size and included items. Photograph visible flaws and record what the buyer receives before negotiating the price.
2. Trial-pack with the protection it needs, measure the outside dimensions and weigh the whole parcel. Check these against the offered shipping option's conditions before agreeing to ship.
3. Record packaging you pay for and establish who buys the label. Replace the calculator's demo shipping values with that payment flow; a lower offer does not reduce the material required.
4. For a clothing bundle, repack and weigh the whole order. Add the purchase costs of every item, count the shared packaging once and calculate with the agreed total item price.

Before calculating: check your sale inputs

1. Enter the agreed item price, not only your original asking price.
2. Set promotion to 0% if you use no paid extras. The prefilled value is a planning assumption.
3. Check both seller fee fields and both shipping fields. A buyer-protection fee paid separately by the buyer is not a seller cost.
4. Add purchase cost and packaging you pay for; assess taxes and labour separately afterwards.

Demo calculation: is a lower offer for a jacket worthwhile?

Hypothetical inputs: €30 item price, €12 purchase cost, €1 packaging, no promotion or seller fee. The buyer pays for the label directly, so both shipping fields are €0. Profit before taxes and labour is €30 − €12 − €1 = €17, with a 56.7% margin. Accepting €25 instead leaves €12 and a 48% margin. Both offers are profitable in the model; assess separately whether €12 justifies preparation and time spent.

With the same inputs, break-even is a €13 item price: it only covers purchase cost and packaging. A 20% target margin requires €16.25: €3.25 profit ÷ €16.25 revenue = 20%. These thresholds still include no payment for your labour. A 20% margin is different from a 20% markup on purchase cost.

How we check demo calculations and sources

Is shipping the best option for this item of clothing? Compare Vinted and Kleinanzeigen for clothing — including collection, individual sales and clothing bundles.

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Understand Vinted and compare selling options

Understand buyer protection and net proceeds, then check the costs of other selling channels.