In County Cork, Ireland, a woman named Lucy Moynihan has turned her hobby of selling clothes on the second-hand resale platform Vinted into a formal business. Her consignment service is called "Closet to Cash": clients hand over their idle clothing to her, and she handles photographing, uploading to Vinted, and shipping after sale, taking a 50% commission from the sale proceeds and returning the balance to the client. The service currently covers Cork and Kerry.

Lucy started listing her own unworn clothes on Vinted about 18 months ago, gradually also selling on behalf of people around her, and after word spread she decided to formally launch the business. She is a mother of two, lives in Ballingeary, works full-time in IT, and previously worked in sales and account management—experience that has served her well in running her Vinted operation.

In her view, many people have piles of clothes worn only once—wedding guest dresses, items in the wrong size, things they no longer like—and want to deal with them but don't know where to start, and may not have the time. She is quite picky about what she takes on, judging whether an item has enough resale value on the second-hand market, since she takes half the commission. She says clients are quite happy once they get cash for clothes that were just sitting idle.

Based on her experience, brands that perform well on Vinted include Cos, Reiss, All Saints, Claudie Pierlot, Maje and Sezane. However, she cautions that no matter how high the original price, items usually don't sell for big money on Vinted—that's the nature of the platform. She leaves room for negotiation in her pricing, and advises sellers to accept the reality of low prices.

Lucy's advice for sellers includes: always photograph in natural light, and use a mannequin costing about €35 to help display items; treat a tape measure as your best friend and include measurements in the description; upload in batches of 6 to 10 items at a time so your account stays visible longer; and for items that haven't sold in a few weeks, take them down and relist. She also notes that Vinted is clearly seasonal—currently denim, coats and occasion wear are popular, and sequined items sell especially well during the Christmas season; nice packaging helps earn five-star reviews.

"Closet to Cash" is doing well at the moment, with her home full of cardboard boxes waiting to be processed, using the spare room, living room and even the bedroom. She says if it keeps growing she may need to find separate storage space, and her ultimate goal is to hold her own in-person clothing sales events, selling directly and bypassing the platform.

Source: Cork woman turns her Vinted hobby into business · Originally published 2026-09-26