Sell Your Used Cushions — 0% Fees

Used cushions typically sell for £5 to £30, and on WishThrift it costs you nothing to list — no fee, no commission, so you keep the whole amount you agree. Cushions sell as sets and on fabric, and the practical detail buyers want is whether the covers come off and wash — which most listings never mention.

The short version

Typical range: £5 – £30 — see the full cushions value guide
What decides your price: condition, and how well you evidence it in photographs
Cost to sell here: nothing, at any price
Category: Home & Garden

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 whether the covers are removable and washable, and wash them if they are.
Check the zips and the inner pads, and say whether pads are included or covers only.
Look for a fire safety label, which filled furnishings usually carry, and check for fading on one side.

The photographs that sell cushions

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 together, plumped, on a plain surface
One cushion front and back
The zip open, showing the inner pad
The fire label, plus any stain, fade, pull or flattened pad

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 It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover.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

Quantity, size and fabric: “Set of 4 Velvet Cushions, 45x45cm, with Pads”. Size and quantity are the searches, and stating that pads are included prevents the usual disappointment. Covers-only is a legitimate listing, just say so.

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

Size in centimetres and how many in the set
Fabric, and whether covers are removable and washable
Whether inner pads are included and their condition
Whether a fire safety label is present, plus any fade or mark

What buyers will actually ask

You will receive the same three messages about cushions. 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 pads included?”

Say plainly. Covers-only is fine and sells, but a buyer expecting filled cushions who receives covers has a legitimate complaint.

“Do the covers come off?”

Check for a zip or envelope back and say. Washability is a genuine deciding feature for anyone with children or pets.

“Have they faded?”

Compare the front and back in daylight. Cushions fade on the side that faces the window and the difference can be striking.

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 cushions 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 £17 sale — roughly the middle of the range for cushions — 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	£17
Poshmark	−£3	£14
eBay	−£2	£15
Mercari	−£2	£15
Etsy	−£1	£16

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 in autumn and in spring around redecorating. Sets in current colours sell within a fortnight; odd single cushions are slow.

Light but bulky, so measure the packed parcel — volumetric weight decides the cost. Vacuum bags shrink a set of four dramatically and cut the postage.

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 are used cushions worth?

Typically £5 to £30 for a set, with designer fabrics and larger sizes above. See the cushions value guide for the bands.

Should I sell covers separately from pads?

It is a perfectly good listing, and covers post far more cheaply than filled cushions. Just say clearly in the title that it is covers only.

Do cushions need a fire label?

Filled furnishings sold new carry one, and buyers increasingly look for it. Photograph it if it is there; if it has been removed, say so rather than leaving it ambiguous.