Sell Your Used Video Games — 0% Fees

Used video games typically sell for £5 to £40, and on WishThrift it costs you nothing to list — no fee, no commission, so you keep the whole amount you agree. Individual games sell slowly and bundles sell fast, so decide early which of yours is worth listing alone and group the rest.

The short version

Typical range: £5 – £40 — see the full video games value guide
What decides your price: condition, and how well you evidence it in photographs
Cost to sell here: nothing, at any price
Category: Gaming

Before you photograph it

Ten minutes here is worth more than anything else you will do. Buyers are deciding between your listing and someone else’s, and preparation is what visibly separates the two.

Check every disc or cartridge for scratches, and confirm each is in its correct case with the correct artwork.
Confirm manuals and inserts are present, which matters more on older titles than most sellers realise.
Note the platform and region for each title, since region locking still affects some systems.

The photographs that sell video games

Four photographs do almost all the work. Shoot in daylight, near a window, with the item against something plain — and do not use the flash, which flattens texture and hides exactly what buyers are trying to see.

The full set laid out, spines and artwork visible
The discs or cartridges out of their cases, showing surface condition
Any manual or insert included
Any scratch, cracked case or missing artwork

Photograph the flaws too. It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover. Buyers who can see the damage stop imagining something worse.

Writing the title and description

Platform first, then whether it is a bundle: “PS4 Game Bundle — 8 Titles Including FIFA and GTA V”. Naming two or three recognisable titles in the title pulls in searches for those games specifically. For a single valuable game, list it alone with the exact edition.

Then state these in the description, because a buyer who has to ask is a buyer who might not bother:

Platform and region for every title
Exact titles and editions included
Disc or cartridge condition, and whether cases and artwork are complete
Whether manuals or inserts are present

What buyers will actually ask

You will receive the same three messages about video games. Answering them in the listing itself removes the back-and-forth, and answering them well when they do arrive is what turns an enquiry into a sale.

“Are the discs scratched?”

Photograph the play surfaces. Light scuffing is usually fine, but deep scratches cause load failures and must be shown.

“Do they all work?”

Test as many as you reasonably can and say which you have verified. Being clear about what is untested is better than implying everything works.

“Will you split the bundle?”

Decide before listing. Splitting usually totals more but takes far longer and leaves you with the unwanted remainder.

Pricing it so it actually sells

Start from the honest condition grade rather than the price you hope for. WishThrift listings use five grades — New with Tags, Like New, Good, Fair and For Parts — and what each grade means is worth reading before you choose, because grading up is the most expensive mistake sellers make. It does not raise the price; it produces a buyer who arrives expecting something else.

The video games value guide prices all five grades for this item. Pick your grade, take the figure, and if you sit between two grades price toward the lower one. Items priced honestly sell faster than items priced hopefully, and on a free platform there is no fee eating the difference anyway.

What you keep, compared

On a £22 sale — roughly the middle of the range for video games — here is what the commission-charging platforms would take, and what you would keep on each:

Where you sell it	Fee	You keep
WishThrift	£0	£22
Poshmark	−£4	£18
eBay	−£3	£19
Mercari	−£2	£20
Etsy	−£1	£21

Seller-side rates verified 26 Jul 2026 — Poshmark: 20% commission on sales of $15 and above; eBay: 13.6% final value fee, plus a per-order fee; Mercari: flat 10% selling fee; Etsy: 6.5% transaction fee, plus a listing fee and payment processing. Percentages are applied to the sterling figure above; the fixed per-order and processing charges those platforms add are quoted in their own currency and are not included here, so the real deductions are slightly larger. Full breakdown: marketplace selling fees compared.

Timing and getting it to the buyer

Steady, with a strong Christmas lift. Bundles move quickly; common individual titles sit for a long time.

Cheap to post but heavier than expected in quantity, so weigh a bundle before quoting postage. Pack cases so they cannot crack against each other.

WishThrift does not process payments or arrange delivery — you and the buyer agree both directly — so confirm payment has cleared before the item leaves your hands, and keep the conversation on the site so there is a record of what was agreed.

Ready to list it? It takes about two minutes, costs nothing, and there is no commission when it sells — create a free account or see how selling works.

Frequently asked questions

Are used video games worth selling?

Individually most common titles are worth very little, but bundles sell readily and rare or collectable titles can be worth a great deal. Check the specific title before bundling something valuable by mistake.

What are used video games worth?

Typically £5 to £40 per title, with sought-after and sealed games far above that. See the video games value guide.

Should I sell games with the console?

Usually yes. Games make a console bundle noticeably more attractive and sell it faster than an equivalent price cut, and they cost almost nothing to add to the parcel.