I had the most amazing and the most horrible reselling month you can imagine.
First, Vinted kind of shadowbanned me for no obvious reason, and my only guess is that my photos are too good, like, they look too professional, which is ironic because that’s exactly what I’m trying to do, but it also feels like Vinted doesn’t really want professional sellers on the platform.
So basically two weeks of my sales just got completely banished, and I was kind of struggling during that time, and also just asking myself what I’m supposed to do with my life if this doesn’t work.
But at the same time, I didn’t stop, I kind of leaned into it more.
I started paying attention, testing things, adjusting, and trying to understand how I could actually sell my own prints on Vinted, because that’s not really what the platform is built for, so I had to figure out the right channels, the right categories, the right tags, like where do these even belong.
And then it just… blew up.
After hundreds and hundreds of likes, one person came in and bought all my prints that were available, and that felt honestly kind of unreal.
Because this time it wasn’t just reselling, it was something that I had made myself, literally just with paint and paper, nothing else.
And the feedback has been amazing, like, I feel almost astonished that something I created with my own hands is actually creating some kind of waves.
In total, I sold six prints — two for 10 euros each, and then four prints for 25 euros as a bundle, so in total that came to 45 euros.
And overall, my initial goal for the month was 670 euros, and I ended up making 655 euros. So considering that two weeks of Vinted sales just disappeared into thin air, the result is actually kind of amazing.
And I know that doesn’t sound like a lot, but I genuinely don’t even mind, because the fact that someone is actually cherishing something that I created feels so good.
It just validates something in me.
Like maybe I’m actually an artist. Maybe this could turn into something. Maybe one day this could even pay for my groceries and I wouldn’t have to worry about that.
And that just feels kind of amazing.
At the same time, I opened my Etsy store, and I’m going to start creating more curated collections — separate ones for Etsy and separate ones for Vinted — so I don’t have to keep running around deleting listings.
The prints are getting so much attention right now, and it just makes more sense to give each platform its own space.
Also, with everything that’s going on right now, especially with AI and how people are reacting to it in the art world, I actually think this is a huge win, because it means that there are people out there who are specifically looking for something original, something that someone has made from scratch.
So I see that as a huge, huge positive.
Right now I’m just kind of watching and creating and seeing what happens next.
My goal for next month is 800 euros, because I’m not working with external companies anymore, it’s just me, my reselling, and my art, and I want to see if I can make that work enough to cover my groceries, pay my bills, and maybe even put a little bit aside so I could buy new glasses this year, because I do need those.
But overall, I feel happy.
I feel balanced.
And especially, I feel free.
And I know that from the outside, someone might look at this and think that this is unstable or even a failure, because I’m not bringing in huge amounts of money every month.
But at least I have my liberty and my peace.
And right now, that feels like more than enough.
