Gen Z resellers are making thousands a week selling secondhand clothes on Vinted

Selling your old clothes used to mean a bit of pocket money. For some Gen Z sellers, it is now a full-time job that brings in thousands of dollars every week.

Most of them sell on Vinted, Europe's leading platform for buying and selling secondhand clothes.

Who is making this money?

One of them is Ivan Celik, among the first full-time Vinted resellers in the UK. He has been doing it since he was 15.

He says he was not mocked at school "literally", but plenty of people asked him why he was selling "old, sweaty clothes".

The numbers have silenced most of that. Celik says he made £10,000 in revenue in a single month when he was 16. At 20, he bought a Porsche Cayman. He also says he spent "around 20 or 30" thousand on trips last year.

Why does Vinted matter so much?

In France, Vinted leads the clothing retail market, ahead of big brands such as Zara and H&M. That is a striking position for a platform where most of the stock is worn.

The picture is different in the United States. Vinted has been available there since 2013, but its presence has stayed small.

What's next?

That changed in January 2026, when the company launched a major expansion in the American market.

Celik thinks the move will be a turning point. "Once the platform reaches America, it will move to a new level," he says.

He goes further, too. "I know for sure that the secondhand market will overtake retail within the next ten years," he says.

That is one reseller's prediction, not a forecast from the company. But if the US takes to Vinted the way France has, the clothes in your wardrobe may be worth more than you think.