u/Suitable_Ad1893

had a pair of nike air max 90s listed since like october. wore them maybe 10 times, white and grey, no yellowing or anything. put them up for €55 thinking that was fair.
got like 4 views in the first month. dropped to €48. nothing. dropped to €42. still nothing. was honestly about to just wear them again and give up on selling. then my mate pointed out my title just said “nike air max white size 8”. looked at shoes that were actually selling and they all had the exact colourway, the model number, sometimes even the year. buyers search really specific stuff. changed it to “nike air max 90 white grey infrared size 8 mens”. sold in 2 days at €45. didn’t even go back to my original price.

3 months of thinking they were overpriced when the listing was just invisible. annoying as hell

anyone else price drop for months before realising it was something else lol

so i had this north face puffer listed since january. worn it two winters, bit of bobbling on the cuffs but nothing major. put it up for €70 thinking that was already pretty generous for the condition. Barely any views for like 4 months. dropped it to €55 at some point out of frustration. still nothing. was literally about to bundle it with some other dead stuff and just take €45 for the lot to clear it out.
then i actually looked at my title and it just said “black puffer jacket”. that’s it. north face wasn’t even in the title, just the description. no model, no size, nothing.
looked at listings that were actually selling and every single one had the brand and model right there in the title. changed mine to include north face, nuptse, size M. sold in 4 days at €28, the same price i’d been getting zero views at for weeks.
4 months of thinking my price was wrong when people literally couldn’t find the listing. feel like such a dumbass ngl

anyone else learn this the hard way or is it just me that's dumb or dumber

Bit of a rant/lesson combined because this genuinely annoyedme once I realised.
I've been selling on Vinted since last year. Cleared out most
of my own wardrobe, made alright money, but there was always this batch of stuff that just would NOT move. Had a pair of jeans up since January. Some tops, a jacket. All sitting there with barely any views, let alone offers.
For ages I assumed it was the price. So I kept dropping it.
Knocked a few quid off here and there, still nothing. Was about ready to just bundle it all and give it away basically.
Then I actually paid attention to the search side of it instead of the price side. And the penny dropped. My titles were rubbish. I was writing stuff like "black jeans size 12" or
"brown jacket". That's it. No brand, no fit, no style, nothing
anyone would actually type into the search bar.
Because here's the thing I didn't get before: nobody searches "black jeans". They search "Levi 501 W30" or "Zara wide leg black" or whatever the actual thing is. If your title doesn't have the words people are typing, your item basically doesn't exist in search no matter how good the photos or price are.

So I went through my dead listings and rewrote every title.
Brand first, then the item, then size, then the fit/style word.
"Zara wide leg trousers black size 12" instead of "black
trousers". Didn't even change most of the prices.

The jeans that had been sitting since JANUARY sold in 4 days. Two other dead items went the same week.

Honestly a bit annoyed I spent months dropping prices when the
problem was that nobody could find the stuff in the first place.

Anyone else have this? What's the daftest title you've used
before you figured out the search thing?

the whole story about jeans sitting since January, trying
everything, then realizing the title was the problem — "black
jeans size 12" is invisible, nobody searches that, they search
brand + fit + style. Changed it, added the brand, dropped £5,
sold in 2days.

What's the longest something's sat in your wardrobe before it sold?