How to sell things online: platforms, prices, safety and taxes

Selling an item you no longer need online in Lithuania takes a few minutes: clothes go on Vinted, furniture and appliances on a classifieds portal or Facebook Marketplace. The harder part is choosing where a particular item will sell fastest, what it will cost and how to lose neither the item nor the money.

This guide covers the whole sale from the photo to the money in your account: how the platforms differ, who pays the commission and the shipping, how to write a listing, when selling becomes an activity that must be reported to the State Tax Inspectorate (VMI), and how to recognise a scammer. Each topic has its own part of the guide.

What to sell where

The item decides the platform, not habit. A light item that can be shipped is best listed where the buyer can pay straight away and collect it from a parcel locker. A heavy or expensive one – where the buyer will come to look at it.

Platform comparison

Terms change: the Vinted price list was last updated on 8 October 2026, so check the platform's help page before listing a more expensive item.

How a sale goes: five steps

1. Prepare the item. Clean it, check that it works, find the purchase receipt, the box and the accessories. A receipt raises the price and comes in handy if you ever need to prove the purchase price.
2. Set the price. Find a few identical or similar listings on the same platform and look at the ones that have just been posted: a listing that has been up for a long time shows a price nobody buys at.
3. Photograph and describe. Daylight, a plain background, the whole item, the label or model number and every flaw in close-up. In the description – condition, dimensions, what is included, why you are selling.
4. Reply quickly and only on the platform. Moving to another messaging app benefits only a scammer: neither the platform's protection nor the evidence applies there any more.
5. Hand over the item only when the payment is real. Through the platform – when you receive its notification about the order. In person – when the money is in your hands or you see it in your own banking app, not on the buyer's phone screen.

Safety: what an honest buyer wants and what a scammer wants

Buyers online are afraid for good reason. Police daily incident reports regularly feature people who transferred an advance payment for goods they never received. So a buyer who asks for a deal through the platform's payment or to see the item in person is a normal buyer, not a fussy one.

Real cases from police reports

• Vilnius district, October 2026. A man transferred 199 900 € to the crypto wallets of a supposed seller for two cars being bought in Slovakia and did not receive the cars.
• Panevėžys, October 2026. A woman transferred a 550 € advance payment for a small house on wheels she found in a listing. She could no longer reach the seller.
• Marijampolė county, October 2026. A woman found a listing for pellets on a social network, transferred 620 € and did not receive the goods.

Sellers are cheated differently: the “buyer” sends a link “to collect the money” that asks you to enter card or bank details. An account number is enough to receive money. If you have already entered your details or transferred money, call your bank immediately, then report it to the police via epolicija.lt or by phone on 112.

Taxes: when selling is not yet a business

Selling your own unneeded belongings is not an activity. VMI states that no income tax is payable if the difference between the sales income and the purchase price of the items does not exceed 2 500 € a year. Used items are almost always sold for less than they were bought for, so this threshold is rarely reached.

It is different when you buy items in order to sell them for more, or make things for sale: that is self-employment, which must be registered. Which form suits you is explained in the ACS.lt article “Self-employment: certificate or business certificate”.

Frequently asked questions