Sell Your Used Knitwear — 0% Fees

Used knitwear typically sells for £10 to £45, and on WishThrift it costs you nothing to list — no fee, no commission, so you keep the whole amount you agree. Knitwear bundles and mixed lots sell on fibre content, so sort by material first — a single cashmere piece is worth more listed alone than the rest of the bundle together.

The short version

Typical range: £10 – £45 — see the full knitwear value guide
What decides your price: condition, and how well you evidence it in photographs
Cost to sell here: nothing, at any price
Category: Clothing

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.

Sort by fibre: put anything wool, cashmere or merino aside from the acrylic.
De-pill everything and check each piece against a window for moth holes.
Count the items and note the sizes, and photograph the composition labels together.

The photographs that sell knitwear

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 bundle laid out so every piece is visible
The composition labels grouped together
The best two or three pieces individually
Any hole, pill or stain, photographed honestly

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 It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover.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

Fibre, count and size: “Wool Knitwear Bundle, 5 Pieces, Size M, All Natural Fibre”. Saying all natural fibre is a genuine differentiator in a bundle listing. Keep bundles to a single size — mixed sizes are much less useful to any one buyer.

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

Number of pieces and the exact sizes
Fibre composition of each piece
Any recognisable brands included
Condition of each item, listing all holes and pilling

What buyers will actually ask

You will receive the same three messages about knitwear. 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.

“What are the fibres?”

List them per item. A bundle described as knitwear could be all cashmere or all acrylic, and the price difference is enormous.

“Are they all the same size?”

Keep bundles to one size and say so. Mixed-size bundles attract lowball offers because most of the contents are useless to the buyer.

“Any moth damage?”

Check every piece against a window and disclose everything. Moths move between garments, so buyers ask about the bundle as a whole.

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 knitwear 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 £27 sale — roughly the middle of the range for knitwear — 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	£27
Poshmark	−£5	£22
eBay	−£4	£23
Mercari	−£3	£24
Etsy	−£2	£25

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

Autumn and winter. Natural fibre bundles sell within days in season; acrylic bundles sell cheaply whenever listed.

Light but bulky in quantity. A vacuum bag reduces the parcel considerably and keeps postage sensible.

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

Should I sell knitwear individually or as a bundle?

List anything cashmere, merino or from a recognised brand individually — those hold their own value. Bundle the acrylic and high-street pieces, which are not worth listing one by one.

What is used knitwear worth?

Typically £10 to £45 per piece or bundle depending on fibre. See the knitwear value guide for the range.

How do I check for moth damage?

Hold each piece up to a window. Moth holes are small, round and almost invisible under artificial light. Check the underarms and the back, where they cluster.