How to Use the Souk Mobile App and Receive Notifications

Introduction

There are two ways to get Souk notifications on your phone:

• iPhone: TopicPush (recommended). A free notifications app: you Autobuy straight from the notification, without opening Souk. Each notification also shows the item photos and buttons to make an offer or open the listing.
• Souk as a web app (PWA): add Souk to your Home Screen and turn on notifications (steps 1 to 3 below). On Android, these notifications also have the Autobuy button. On iPhone, they show text only, without photos or buttons.

Still using the old Souk app?

The old Souk app from the App Store and Google Play is no longer updated: every new feature ships on the PWA. Add Souk to your Home Screen (steps 1 and 2 below) and, on iPhone, install TopicPush. Then delete the old app, or you'll get every notification twice.

TopicPush on iPhone: notifications with photos and buttons

Install TopicPush

TopicPush is free and is currently in beta on TestFlight:

1. On your iPhone, open the TopicPush beta link
2. Install TestFlight if asked, then tap Install for TopicPush
3. Open TopicPush and tap Get started, then allow notifications

Connect it to Souk

1. In TopicPush, tap Copy link. Your address is shown on the first screen, and later behind the link button at the top left.
2. In Souk, open Settings → Notifications, find TopicPush, paste the address and tap Connect
3. Tap Send a test: a notification should arrive on your iPhone

All your Souk notifications then go to TopicPush: new items, Autocop, messages and account alerts. Browser and PWA notifications stop by default. To keep them as well, turn on Also as browser notifications.

See all the photos

Touch and hold a new item notification: its photos open full size, and you swipe between them. In the TopicPush app, tap a photo to see them all full screen.

Buttons in the notification

Touch and hold the notification to show its buttons:

• Autobuy: buys the item in one tap, with the same settings as the Autobuy button in your feed (accounts and folder strategy). There is no confirmation step. A second notification tells you the result: bought, payment to confirm with your bank, or the reason it failed.
• Make offer −40%: sends the seller an offer 40% below the price shown in the notification, from your active Vinted account, without a message. A notification confirms the offer and opens the conversation. Available on Turbo and Business.
• Open: opens the listing on Vinted.

Tapping the notification itself opens the item in Souk. The Autobuy and offer buttons stay valid for 15 minutes after the notification; after that, open the item to buy it from Souk.

1. Open the PWA page

Open your mobile browser:

• iPhone: Safari
• Android: Chrome

Go to: https://souk.to/app

2. Add Souk to your Home Screen

• iPhone (Safari):

1. Tap the Share icon
2. Select Add to Home Screen

• Android (Chrome):

1. Tap the ⋮ menu
2. Select Add to Home screen

Open Souk from the new Home Screen icon. The badge on the icon shows the number of unread Vinted messages across your accounts, not new items.

You will get an app like experience, without installing anything from the store.

3. Notifications

Notifications are managed in Settings → Notifications.

To enable them on your device:

1. Open Settings → Notifications
2. In This device, tap Enable and accept the browser prompt

On iPhone, Souk must be added to your Home Screen first (see step 2).

If the page shows Notifications blocked, they are blocked at the system level:

• iPhone: Settings → Notifications → Souk
• Desktop: allow notifications for souk.to in your browser settings

From the same page you can choose which notifications to receive:

• New item matches — when an item matches one of your alerts (also adjustable per alert, with the bell)
• Purchase success — when an Autocop purchase completes. When your bank asks for 3D Secure, this same notification tells you so: in a browser or the installed web app it is titled Payment confirmation required and opens the order; in the notifications app it shows a padlock (🛒🔒) and opens your bank's page, so you can confirm in time
• Purchase failure — when an Autocop purchase fails for a payment or account issue (off by default)
• Autocop deactivated — when Autocop turns off and needs your attention
• Purchase sound — the sound played when Autocop buys an item

In Chrome on Android or on a computer, new item notifications also show the Autobuy and Make offer −40% buttons. Safari and the iPhone PWA don’t show notification buttons.

4. Need help

If it still doesn’t work, write to us from Settings → Contact us with:

• Your device model (iPhone or Android)
• Your browser (Safari or Chrome)
• A screenshot of what you see on souk.to/app

If item links open in Safari, follow our guide to opening Vinted links in the iOS app.