Royal Mail and Vinted expand partnership in new two year agreement
Royal Mail has extended its partnership with Vinted for another two years and will handle more parcels than ever before for the online consumer to consumer marketplace for second hand and more.
Under the strengthened relationship, Royal Mail is expecting to deliver double the number of Vinted parcels to both home addresses and its rapidly expanding parcel point network, supporting the company’s growth by offering members the greatest choice.
Buyers will be able to collect from over 3000 parcel lockers, 8000 Royal Mail shops, 1200 customer service points and 11,500 Post Office branches. Sellers will be able to drop off at all of these parcel points as well as any of the UK’s 115,000 postboxes or 1400 parcel postboxes, with proof of posting available on the Royal Mail app.
The expanded partnership comes as Royal Mail accelerates the growth of its parcel point network, working towards a commitment to offer 45,000 by 2030.
With the pre-loved market, a large driver of demand for flexible and convenient parcel sending and delivery options, Royal Mail and Vinted will continue to collaborate on ways to make sending and collecting even simpler.
Mike Richmond, chief customer officer at Royal Mail, said: ‘Expanding our partnership with Vinted reflects the strength of the relationship we have built together and the confidence it has in Royal Mail to support its continued growth. Over the next two years, we will be delivering even more Vinted parcels, both by our beloved posties to customers’ homes and to our convenient parcel points in local communities.
‘We are committed to working with Vinted on more joint initiatives to support the pre-loved market by making it as simple and convenient as possible for shoppers to send and collect their parcels.’
Vytautas Atkočaitis, vice president of Vinted Go, said: ‘Extending our partnership with Royal Mail means we can keep improving how people buy and sell second hand on Vinted. By expanding the ways our members can send, and collect items, we are making second hand shopping more accessible, convenient and part of everyday life across the UK.’
