Vinted vs Wallapop for Sellers in Spain and Southern Europe

Fees: what the buyer pays and what the seller keeps

Vinted's Spanish price list says "normalmente el 5% + 0,70€" and the Italian one says "di solito il 5% + 0,70€" (both pages dated 08-09-2025, read 13 September 2026): the buyer's fee is usually 5% of the item price plus €0.70, and neither price list names a seller commission on a standard sale. Wallapop puts the fee on the buyer too, but without a formula — its shipping terms say the buyer pays shipping "plus a Wallapop Protection fee that depends on the amount of the product," with no percentage or fixed rate published. The seller only pays on Wallapop if they request home pickup, and that cost is deducted from the payout before it's confirmed.

Vinted has also announced new Terms that take effect 5 October 2026 in Germany and France and 8 October 2026 in the UK, US and Poland; press reports say the buyer charge is being renamed the "Vinted fee" in those markets. Neither price list we read names a change date for Spain or Italy, so check the ES/IT pricelists again after October to see whether the same update reaches them.

Shipping: coverage, value limits and who pays

Wallapop's shipping terms cover shipped purchases worth €1 to €2,500, across Spain, Italy and Portugal, with the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, Madeira and Azores excluded. The buyer pays the shipping cost by weight and service type, on top of the Protection fee; the seller's own shipping page says plainly "shipping is free for you" unless a pickup is requested. Vinted's confirmed rule, on its UK, German, French and Polish help pages, is that the seller gets a prepaid label and 5 business days to ship, or the order cancels automatically — the Spanish and Italian help pages weren't opened for this comparison, so treat the 5-day window as Vinted's general rule rather than an ES/IT-specific quote. Vinted's shipping help names no item-value ceiling at all.

Claims and disputes: windows on each app

Wallapop's terms name three separate clocks: 48 hours from "Delivered" for a broken package, one month for non-receipt or loss, and up to 29 days for a dispute to resolve. Vinted's UK help page describes one window instead: the buyer has 2 days after delivery to complete the order or open a claim, and missing that window (or pressing "Everything is OK") completes the order and pays the seller. Neither app's pages we read set a hard number of days for how long the whole claim process can run beyond those windows.

Getting paid

On Vinted, the balance shows as "Pending balance" until the order completes; per the UK help page, once it does, "you'll receive your payment within 2 days." On Wallapop, the seller's own shipping page says payment lands in the in-app wallet as soon as the buyer confirms everything is fine — there's no separate waiting period layered on top of that confirmation.

Selling on both

If you list the same item on Vinted and on Wallapop, take the other listing down the moment it sells on one — neither platform's pages we read give a grace period for that, and an unavailable item sold twice is a support conversation neither app wants. Adapt the copy rather than duplicating it: Wallapop's audience reads a local-pickup listing differently from a parcel-shipped one, and the fee lines you quote should match the app the reader is on. For the broader mechanics of selling the same item on more than one marketplace without a double sale, see selling across borders on Vinted.

Which items suit which app

Vinted's own catalogue and buyer fee are built around fashion — clothes, shoes, accessories — while Wallapop reads as a general second-hand marketplace: its shipping terms cover any shipped product up to €2,500, and its home-pickup option suits anything too bulky or local to post. That's a difference in positioning stated on each platform's own pages, not a claim about how many items sell on either one. A folded denim jacket belongs on Vinted; a used electric scooter or a vintage table fan, sold for local pickup, fits Wallapop's model better. Items that could go either way — small electronics, accessories — are worth listing on the platform whose fee and shipping rule you understand well enough to price around.

• Clothes, shoes, bags, accessories: list on Vinted first
• Furniture, large electronics, anything a courier would charge a lot to move: list on Wallapop with home pickup as an option
• Small electronics and general items: quote your own fee and shipping numbers for both apps before you choose
• Either way: photograph the item once and adapt the description's opening line to the app's audience, rather than writing two listings from scratch

Wallapop's own fee lines get a full page here: Wallapop fees. Vinted's fee tables by country are in Vinted fees.

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