Hundreds of one-off garments with no duplicates, kept in order with rails, photos and a numbering system.
The kit our builder picks for a typical Vintage clothing seller. Change the answers to fit yours.
Storage
Holds tubs or boxes floor to ceiling in a small footprint.
Phone mount
A tall stand for showing clothing or trainers face on.
Lighting
Large, soft light for clothing and full-body shots.
Each step in the order you'll need it.
A sturdy clothes rail, slim hangers and a few labelled tubs carry most vintage stock. Add a parcel scale, grey or paper mailing bags in two sizes and a roll of tissue. Keep a tape measure on the rail, because every listing needs measurements.
For photos, a plain wall, a mannequin or a hanger hook and a soft light source do more than a fancy camera. A handheld steamer earns its place within the first week.
Fold the piece around a sheet of tissue, close it with a sticker and slide it into a mailing bag sized to the fold. Press the air out before you seal it. A smaller, flatter parcel often drops into a cheaper size band.
Wrap anything with beading, sequins or fragile lace in an extra layer of tissue. Leather and heavy coats need a sturdier bag or a box, so weigh them before you quote postage.
Kit for this step
Hang listed stock on the rail in the order you listed it, with a small numbered tag on each hanger. Put the same number in the listing notes. When an order lands you walk to the number, not through the whole rail.
Fold knitwear and denim into tubs labelled by number range. Keep unlisted stock in a separate pile so it never gets mixed with sold items waiting to post.
Shoot the full front, the back, the label and any flaw, all in the same light. Vintage buyers trust a seller who shows the small hole up front. Lay the garment flat for measurements and give pit to pit, length and waist in the description.
Vintage sizes run differently from modern sizes, so lead with measurements, not the label size. On Vinted and eBay, put the era, brand and fabric in the title, the words buyers search for.
TikTok Shop and Whatnot both run clothing shows. Hang the pieces you’ll show in running order on a separate rail, with sizes and measurements on a card you can read on camera. Hold each piece up, turn it round and show the label.
Bag each sold piece straight away with the buyer’s name on a slip. Live viewers ask about fit all the time, so have a tape measure in shot.
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Most single garments go as a small parcel in a mailing bag. Heavy coats and bundles may need a medium parcel, so weigh before you list and set postage to match. Vinted uses its own prepaid label options, so check the current choices in the app before you promise a courier.
Past 50 orders a week, batch the work: one session to steam and photograph, one to list, one to pack. Pre-fold tissue and keep bags by size in a wall organiser near the rail.
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Each one costs you money or reviews, and each has a fix.
Complete kits for one kind of seller, costed and laid out.
What most orders like these go by, at today’s published prices. Prices checked 6 October 2026.
Royal Mail Tracked 48 Small ParcelUsual£3.75
Clothing and small boxed items up to 2 kg, with tracking for less than untracked 2nd Class.
InPost locker to locker, small£1.99
Flat parcels up to 8 cm deep, such as folded clothes, dropped at a locker and collected from one.
Evri small parcel, ParcelShop drop-off£3.04 to £3.52
Light parcels up to 2 kg dropped at a ParcelShop or locker for home delivery, tracked.
Oversized bags. Extra size can push a light garment into a dearer parcel band.
Wraps a garment so the buyer opens a neat, cared-for parcel.
A small finishing touch for a few pence an order.
Step-by-step help for the jobs that come next.
You hold hundreds of single items, each a different size and condition. The setup has to make every garment easy to photograph, find and post.
Hanging stock on numbered rails beats folding it into tubs: it stays uncreased and you can see it. Put the rail number in the listing so a sale tells you where to look.
A heavy-duty double rail takes about 80 to 120 garments on slim hangers, depending on the weight of the stock. Coats and knitwear take twice the space of shirts.
Hang anything that creases or that you’ll photograph on a hanger. Fold knitwear and denim into labelled tubs, because hanging stretches knit and wastes rail space.
Buyers expect clean stock. Wash or steam each piece according to its fabric and care label, and air it out to remove storage smells.
Fold along natural seams around a sheet of tissue and avoid tight rolls. A quick steam before folding helps the piece arrive smooth.
For dresses, coats and tailoring, yes. A mannequin shows shape better than a flat lay and gives your shop a consistent look.
Use both. Vinted suits everyday vintage and quick sales; eBay suits rarer designer pieces where buyers search for exact labels.
