InPost vs Evri for Vinted: Which Is Better?

InPost's compartments are 38 cm wide and 64 cm high and 8, 19 or 41 cm deep, so the largest parcel it takes is 41 × 38 × 64 cm; every compartment carries up to 15 kg. On Vinted the InPost option is offered only in the standard tier of up to 2 kg, which is plenty for clothing but rules out heavy bundles. Evri's ParcelShops take 15 kg, 120 cm on the longest side and 245 cm combined (length plus twice the width plus twice the height); Evri's own lockers are capped at 62 × 57 × 39 cm.

The practical difference is depth. A coat, a boxed pair of trainers or a five-item bundle that packs deeper than 41 cm cannot go by InPost however it is folded; it goes by Evri or Royal Mail. Anything that folds flat into a mailing bag is an InPost parcel.

InPost has more than 16,000 lockers, most of them in car parks and on forecourts that are accessible at any hour, plus around 4,000 InPost Shops; the InPost app shows live compartment availability. Evri has more than 9,000 ParcelShops, which are counters inside shops with the shop's opening hours, plus a growing network of Evri lockers (since March 2026) that are open outside shop hours. If you post after work or at weekends, InPost's 24/7 access is the deciding factor for most sellers; if your nearest locker is a small street unit that is always full, an Evri ParcelShop on the way to work may be easier.

An InPost locker scans the parcel when you close the door, so the Vinted order shows the first scan almost immediately (Vinted says to allow up to 48 hours, but it is usually minutes). Evri ParcelShop parcels are normally scanned at the evening collection, so an afternoon drop-off shows nothing until the next morning; Evri lockers scan immediately. Both give full tracking to delivery.

Cover is where they differ most. InPost's network maximum is £500 but second-hand items are covered only up to £50, and glass, ceramics and collectables are not covered at all. Evri's standard cover is £20. On Vinted neither figure is the one that matters: Vinted's own protection covers integrated-label orders up to £500 whichever carrier the buyer chose, provided you used the Vinted label and got the parcel scanned in time.

On Vinted the buyer pays the postage at a price Vinted sets per carrier and size tier, shown only at checkout, so the cheaper carrier mostly makes your listing more attractive. The underlying prices show which network is cheaper: sending direct, InPost is £1.99 for a Small compartment, £2.59 for a Medium and £3.99 for a Large to another locker or shop, against Evri's £2.62 to a ParcelShop or £3.04 to a home address for a parcel under 1 kg and £3.52 for 1 to 2 kg. Royal Mail Tracked 48 Small Parcel, the third common Vinted option, is £3.75 online since 5 October 2026.

Leave both enabled. Turning Evri off means buyers of bulky items have fewer options and may not buy; turning InPost off loses the cheapest and most convenient option for everything else. Then control the outcome through packing: fold clothing into thirds, use a mailing bag and press the air out, and most sales become InPost parcels whichever carrier the buyer picks. Only switch a carrier off if you genuinely cannot get to its network.

A T-shirt (Small compartment, 4 cm deep), a wool coat (packs to 24 cm in a mailing bag, so a Large) and a pair of boots in their box (36 × 24 × 14 cm, a Medium). All three fit InPost. The buyer of the coat chose Evri anyway, so that one goes to the Co-op ParcelShop and shows its first scan the next morning; the other two go in the Tesco locker on Saturday night and are scanned on the spot. Had the coat been a long parka in a box at 45 cm deep, Evri would have been the only option on Vinted apart from Royal Mail's Medium Parcel.