Vinted Quietly Launches In Australia, Adds UK Shipping Connection
Vinted has quietly but officially arrived in Australia, adding another major recommerce player to the region as eBay moves to consolidate its position in pre-owned fashion through Depop and Tise.
While there has yet to be an official press release or media blitz, the secondhand marketplace is now live at vinted.com.au, with listings shown in Australian dollars, AU sizing, localised Buyer Protection pricing, and categories including Women, Men, Designer, Kids, Home, Electronics, Entertainment, Hobbies & Collectables, and Sport.
In addition to supporting domestic sales, Vinted is also connecting Australia with the UK through an international shipping corridor.
A Vinted in-app notification shared with Value Added Resource tells users, “Your next score or sale could come from Australia,” adding that from 22 June the company is rolling out “a new international connection” allowing users to “ship to and from Australia” with InPost, with “no extra steps or customs hassle.”
The message was sent to UK users, showing Vinted is tying Australia into its broader international marketplace network rather than relying only on a domestic launch to build supply and demand.
Vinted’s Australian “How it works” page follows the same zero seller fee model the company uses in other markets, with some specific limits for UK-Australia transactions.
Items shipped between the UK and Australia must weigh 2kg or less. Items and bundles sent from Australia to the UK must be worth less than £110, excluding Buyer Protection, shipping and import VAT, while items sent from the UK to Australia must be worth less than A$920, excluding Buyer Protection, shipping and GST.
Vinted also directs users to a separate list of prohibited items for international sales.
Sellers can list for free, set their own prices, print prepaid shipping labels, drop parcels off within 5 days, and keep 100% of what they earn once the buyer confirms everything is OK.
Buyers pay a Buyer Protection fee of 5% of the item price plus A$0.70 when using the Buy Now button.
Vinted says that protection covers items that do not arrive, are damaged in transit, or are significantly not as described, with buyers required to report issues within 2 days of delivery. Unless otherwise agreed, buyers are responsible for return shipping.
That buyer-funded, seller-fee-free structure is the same basic model that has pushed competitors like eBay to rethink private seller fees in other markets.
After dropping consumer-to-consumer selling fees in Germany in 2023, eBay went fee free for private sellers in the UK in 2024 and added a Buyer Protection Fee and mandatory managed shipping in the UK to help replace lost seller-side revenue in 2025.
eBay has also tested zero selling fee promotions in the US across categories like Baby, Fashion, Home, Clothing, Shoes & Accessories, and Jewelry & Watches.
That free-to-sell C2C model has since expanded to eBay Australia, along with Buyer Protection Fees and managed shipping.
Liz Morton
And as previously reported by VAR, eBay-owned secondhand fashion app Tise expanded into Australia earlier this year with a seller-fee-free model that charges buyers a service fee.
Early user reaction shows some of the opportunities and friction Vinted Australia may face.
In UK Vinted communities, users questioned why Australia was being connected before nearby European markets, while others were intrigued by the possibility of accessing Australian vintage surfwear, boutique physical media and harder-to-find brands.
Concerns around sustainability, delivery costs, customs, returns and country filtering also surfaced quickly.
Australian Reddit users have speculated about Australia Post involvement after seeing apparent Vinted advertising on postal vans and parcel lockers, but Vinted has not publicly confirmed the full local shipping partner setup.
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The timing is especially notable because eBay’s planned $1.2 billion acquisition of Depop from Etsy was recently reviewed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
The deal also remains under review in the UK, adding another layer of regulatory risk to eBay’s recommerce push.
Liz Morton
The ACCC issued a Phase 1 determination without conditions in May, finding eBay’s proposed Depop acquisition was unlikely to substantially lessen competition in Australia’s C2C pre-owned fashion marketplace segment.
The ACCC said eBay and Depop are currently the largest suppliers offering buyers and sellers integrated services for listing, messaging and payments in Australia. It also noted Depop had rapidly increased market share since entering Australia in 2020 through a differentiated, discovery and social media-driven business model.
The regulator acknowledged the acquisition would remove competition between eBay and Depop, but concluded eBay would continue to face pressure from alternative suppliers.
It specifically pointed to likely, timely and sufficient entry of a new platform as part of the reason eBay would still face competition.
With €10.8 billion in GMV, €1.1 billion in annual revenue, and €62 million in net profit reported for 2025, Vinted gives that competitive constraint a much more concrete shape.
The company has also been expanding across categories, markets, payments, logistics and startup investment through Vinted Ventures.
Liz Morton
Quiet launch or not, Vinted has put itself in the middle of Australia’s recommerce shakeup with the scale, logistics ambitions, and fee model to make competitors pay attention.
