Sourcing
Everything about buying vintage at the source: where the clothing comes from, how grading (Grade A/B/C) works, and what to check before you buy a bale. Written from our warehouse in Bovenkarspel, where we sort 15–20 tonnes a month.
SourcingVintage wholesale from Utrecht: why easy access should make your first order smaller
A direct train runs from Utrecht Centraal to Bovenkarspel-Grootebroek, no changes. That reads like a travel detail. In practice it shapes how a reseller based in Utrecht should buy stock.
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SourcingBuying vintage Burberry wholesale: why the check is rarer than the name suggests
Most enquiries for this brand arrive with a picture already attached to them. The buyer wants Burberry, and what they picture is that camel-and-red check spread across a table. Then the lot opens in…
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SourcingVintage Wholesale Near Rotterdam: What a 130 km Sourcing Day Looks Like
Search for vintage wholesale near Rotterdam and the results hand you the retail side of the trade: pay-by-the-kilo stores, weekend vintage markets, guides to the city's best secondhand racks. Good…
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SourcingBarbour Vintage Wholesale in the Netherlands: Reading a Waxed Jacket Before You Buy the Bale
Most brands in a wholesale hall behave predictably. You learn what a kilo of them looks like, you learn what a flaw costs you, and after a season or two you can guess how much wear the end buyer…
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SourcingPatagonia Vintage Wholesale in the Netherlands: What Is Really in a Fleece Bale
Patagonia has spent years pushing customers to repair what they own instead of replacing it, and since 2013 it has run its own repair-and-resale programme to make that easy. For a bulk buyer the…
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SourcingAdidas Vintage Wholesale in the Netherlands: Buying It by the Bale
For a reseller in Hamburg, Copenhagen or Rotterdam, Adidas is one of the easiest brands to sell and one of the hardest to source in bulk. Easy, because a track top with the three-leaf mark on the…
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SourcingTommy Hilfiger Vintage Wholesale in the Netherlands: How to Actually Source It
List a crest polo with that red-white-and-blue flag on Vinted, Depop, or a physical rail, and it rarely sits for long. Tommy Hilfiger is one of those brands that never really left: the logo reads…
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SourcingVisiting a Vintage Wholesale Warehouse in the Netherlands: A Guide for Foreign Buyers
If you resell vintage anywhere in northern Europe, the sourcing trail keeps pointing to the same place: the Netherlands. It is one of the continent's real hubs for secondhand and vintage clothing at…
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SourcingLevi's Vintage Wholesale in the Netherlands: How to Actually Buy It by the Bale
There's one brand that stays wanted on almost every marketplace, every live and every physical shop, and that's Levi's. A 501, a trucker jacket, a pair of denim shorts — that's stock that doesn't…
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SourcingRalph Lauren Vintage Wholesale in the Netherlands: How to Actually Buy It by the Bale
Most brands that blow up on a livestream go quiet again six months later. Ralph Lauren doesn't. An oxford shirt, a mesh polo, a chunky knit with a Polo Bear on the front — that's stock that sells…
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SourcingVintage Nike Wholesale in the Netherlands: How to Actually Buy It in Bulk
No brand lights up a livestream chat quite as reliably as Nike. A centre-swoosh sweatshirt, a Tech Fleece set, an old ACG windbreaker — you say the name and the youngest audience knows exactly what…
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SourcingHow to Date a Pair of Levi's Jeans: The Complete Guide
A pair of jeans lands on the sorting table in Bovenkarspel. Before Patrick even reads the brand, his eye goes to one thing: the small red tab on the back pocket. If it says LEVI'S with a capital E,…
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SourcingVintage The North Face Wholesale in the Netherlands: How to Actually Buy It in Bulk
Ask ten resellers which brand stops their livestream scroll, and a North Face Nuptse will come up more often than not. The '96 retro puffer has become one of those pieces buyers react to instantly —…
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SourcingVintage Carhartt Wholesale in the Netherlands: How to Actually Buy It in Bulk
If you resell vintage, you already know how hard Carhartt is to keep in stock. It is one of the rare brands that is instantly recognisable, genuinely durable, and never really out of fashion — which…
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SourcingVinted vs Depop vs Whatnot: The Best Platform for Vintage in 2026
There is no single best platform. Vinted gives sellers the biggest European audience and charges no selling fees; Depop pulls a fashion-led Gen-Z crowd that pays more per item; Whatnot moves stock…
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SourcingThe Best-Selling Vintage Brands on Vinted in 2026
The brands that resell reliably on Vinted are not a secret and not a trend: heritage like Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger always moves, workwear like Carhartt and Levi's turns the fastest, and sport…
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SourcingHow to Start Vinted Reselling With Vintage Bales: A Step-by-Step Guide
Don't buy a full bale first. Sell a few dozen pieces from your own wardrobe or a small curated box, see which brands move, and only then buy a sorted clothing bale of the brand that already sells in…
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SourcingFeaturedBuying Vintage Wholesale for Vinted: The Complete Reselling Guide (2026)
To source vintage clothing for Vinted, you buy in bulk: sorted bales or bags from a wholesaler, by brand and grade, then resell the pieces one by one. Starting out, a curated box fits. For margin at…
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SourcingFeaturedVintage Wholesale Clothing in the Netherlands: The Complete Guide (2026)
A vintage wholesale clothing supplier in the Netherlands sells secondhand clothing in bulk to resellers and shops, by the bale or bag rather than by the piece. You buy by weight or by a fixed count,…
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SourcingHeavy Bales vs Sorted Clothing: What's the Real Difference?
A heavy bale is a large, compressed bundle of secondhand clothing, often around 45 kg. Sorted clothing is a lot picked through by brand, category and grade before packing. The real difference isn't…
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SourcingVisiting a Vintage Wholesale Warehouse in the Netherlands: What to Expect
A visit to Excellent Vintage is a two-hour appointment, exclusively yours, on the bale floor in Bovenkarspel, Netherlands. Patrick prepares the stock for your visit (sorted by brand and grade) and…
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SourcingHow Much Does a Vintage Clothing Bale Cost in the Netherlands?
Vintage clothing bale prices in the Netherlands vary by format (12.5 kg to 50 kg), grade (A, B or C), brand category and season. There is no fixed price list — each bale is individually priced based…
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SourcingVintage clothing grading: Grade A, B and C explained for resellers
Every wholesaler in the secondhand clothing trade talks about Grade A. The problem is that Grade A doesn't mean the same thing everywhere — and some suppliers use grading terminology without ever…
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