Estate planning as a Vinted account holder

Vinted is a peer-to-peer marketplace for buying and selling secondhand clothing and other goods. When a seller completes a sale, the money settles into the Vinted Wallet — a held balance the seller can spend on Vinted or withdraw to a bank account. In the US the Vinted Wallet is provided and managed by Adyen N.V., a licensed bank in the Netherlands, and wallet holders become Adyen's clients. The estate-relevant asset is the withdrawable Wallet balance (actual stored money the estate may be owed). Vinted does not publish a deceased-member or estate-transfer process, and its User Terms make the account non-transferable.

When a Vinted account holder dies, their wallet may be transferred to a designated person at Vinted, UAB's sole discretion. A transfer is not guaranteed, and satisfactory documentation is required before processing any request.

What happens at death

Vinted does not publish a dedicated deceased-member or estate-succession process, and its User Terms and Conditions state that "You aren't allowed to transfer your rights and obligations under these Terms to another person" — there is no documented account transfer and no beneficiary designation. The practical estate asset is the Vinted Wallet balance: a held money balance that accumulates from completed sales and can be withdrawn to a bank account. In the US that Wallet is provided and managed by Adyen N.V. (a licensed bank in the Netherlands), and the seller becomes Adyen's client when the Wallet is activated, so the balance is stored money the estate may be owed rather than a loyalty credit that is forfeited. Because Vinted has no published estate procedure, the estate recovers the balance either by accessing the account and withdrawing the funds to a bank account, or by contacting Vinted support to confirm ownership and have the account deactivated after funds are withdrawn. Vinted reviews account-access requests individually and verifies ownership before acting, so the policy is classified as case-by-case: the balance is recoverable money, but the timeline, required documentation, and outcome for a deceased member are not publicly documented and are determined by Vinted (and Adyen as the wallet provider) on request.