Sell Your Used Suit — 0% Fees

A used suit typically sells for £30 to £150, and on WishThrift it costs you nothing to list — no fee, no commission, so you keep the whole amount you agree. Suits sell on the jacket and trouser measurements together, and the fastest way to lose the sale is not saying whether the trousers have been altered.

The short version

Typical range: £30 – £150 — see the full suit 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.

Measure the jacket shoulders, chest and length, and the trouser waist, inside leg and rise.
Check whether the trousers have been taken up or let out, and whether there is turn-up allowance left.
Inspect the lining, the crotch seam and the seat, and have it dry-cleaned if it looks tired.

The photographs that sell a suit

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.

Jacket and trousers laid out together, front
The inner jacket label with composition and size
A tape across the trouser waist and the hem showing any alteration
The lining, plus any shine, pull or stain

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 It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover.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

Fabric, colour and both sizes: “Wool Two Piece Suit, Charcoal, Jacket 40R Trousers W34 L31”. Give both sizes in the title, because a suit that fits the chest but not the leg is no use. Say two-piece or three-piece explicitly.

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

Jacket shoulders, chest, sleeve and length
Trouser waist, inside leg and rise, and whether hemmed or with turn-up allowance
Fabric composition and whether it is two or three piece
Lining condition, and any alterations already made

What buyers will actually ask

You will receive the same three messages about a suit. 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.

“Have the trousers been altered?”

Check the hem and waistband for alteration stitching and say. A shortened inside leg cannot be undone beyond the allowance.

“Is it wool?”

Read the composition label. Wool suits sell for several times polyester ones and buyers check at handover.

“Is the waistcoat included?”

Say two-piece or three-piece plainly. A three-piece is worth meaningfully more and buyers search for it specifically.

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 suit 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 £90 sale — roughly the middle of the range for a suit — 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	£90
Poshmark	−£18	£72
eBay	−£12	£78
Mercari	−£9	£81
Etsy	−£6	£84

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

Lifts around wedding season in spring and summer, interview periods in autumn, and before Christmas. Classic colours sell steadily; fashion cuts date quickly.

Post in a garment bag or fold carefully with tissue. Suits arrive looking cheap if crushed, and that undermines the price you agreed.

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

What is a used suit worth?

Typically £30 to £150, with quality wool and designer suits well above. See the suit value guide for the condition breakdown.

Do used suits sell well?

Classic wool suits in common sizes do, particularly around wedding and interview seasons. Fashion-cut and brightly coloured suits are much harder to move.

Should I dry-clean before selling?

Yes, if it has been worn. A suit is one of the few garments where a clean reliably pays for itself, because buyers judge suiting fabric on how crisp it looks.