The short version
- Guides in this section: 32
- Range covered: £8 – £600
- Every guide covers: prep, the photographs that sell it, the title, buyer questions and the fee maths
- Cost to sell here: nothing, at any price
How to sell sports and fitness equipment, item by item
- How to sell camping gear £20–£150
- How to sell camping stove £15–£80
- How to sell cricket bat £20–£150
- How to sell cross trainer £70–£350
- How to sell darts board £10–£60
- How to sell dumbbells £20–£150
- How to sell exercise bike £60–£350
- How to sell fishing gear £25–£200
- How to sell fishing rod £20–£150
- How to sell football £8–£35
- How to sell golf bag £20–£120
- How to sell golf clubs £50–£400
- How to sell home gym equipment £60–£500
- How to sell kayak £120–£600
- How to sell kettlebell £12–£70
- How to sell paddleboard £100–£500
- How to sell pool table £100–£600
- How to sell rollerblades £15–£70
- How to sell rowing machine £80–£450
- How to sell scooter £15–£90
- How to sell skateboard £20–£120
- How to sell ski gear £50–£350
- How to sell sleeping bag £12–£70
- How to sell snowboard £60–£350
- How to sell surfboard £80–£450
- How to sell table tennis table £50–£300
- How to sell tennis racket £15–£110
- How to sell tent £30–£200
- How to sell treadmill £80–£400
- How to sell weight bench £30–£180
- How to sell wetsuit £30–£150
- How to sell yoga mat £8–£30
What you keep on a typical sale
On a £105 sale — around the middle for this category — a 20% commission would take £21 and a 10% one £10. On WishThrift you keep the whole £105, and the buyer pays no surcharge either. The full fee comparison sets out what each marketplace actually charges.
When sports and fitness equipment actually sells
January dominates this category by a wide margin, with a secondary lift in early autumn. The same treadmill can be worth a third more in January than in June, so if you are not in a hurry, waiting for the new year is one of the few genuinely reliable timing plays in second-hand selling.
Before you list anything
Two things decide most of the price in every category, and both are settled before you write the listing. The first is the condition grade: WishThrift uses five — New with Tags, Like New, Good, Fair and For Parts — and what each one means is worth reading, because grading optimistically does not raise the price, it just produces a buyer who arrives expecting something else. The second is the price itself: the sports & outdoors value guides price each item across all five grades.
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Frequently asked questions
When is the best time to sell gym equipment?
January, comfortably. New year demand is real and prices are meaningfully higher than mid-year, so holding equipment until January is usually worth doing.
Why won’t my gym equipment sell?
Almost always access rather than price. Stating the weight, the assembled footprint, which floor it is on and whether it dismantles transforms the response to a listing.
Can I post fitness equipment?
Rarely economically. Weights and machines are dense, and courier surcharges frequently exceed the value. Collection is the practical option and buyers expect it.
See also: all selling guides · what sports and fitness equipment sells for · browse live sports & outdoors listings.