Sell Your Used Fire Pit — 0% Fees

A used fire pit typically sells for £20 to £120, and on WishThrift it costs you nothing to list — no fee, no commission, so you keep the whole amount you agree. Fire pits burn out from the inside, so the honest photograph is the one looking down into the bowl — and a bowl with a hole in it is scrap, not a bargain.

The short version

Typical range: £20 – £120 — see the full fire pit 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.

Clean out the ash and look into the bowl for burn-through, thinning and rust holes.
Check the legs and any grill or spark guard, and confirm nothing is missing.
Note the material, since steel, cast iron and corten weather and last very differently.

The photographs that sell a fire pit

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 fire pit whole, outdoors, from a standing angle
Looking directly down into the empty bowl
The underside and legs
Any grill, poker or cover included, plus every rust hole or crack

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 It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover.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

Type, size and material: “Cast Iron Fire Pit, 80cm, with Grill and Cover”. Diameter is the search and material is the durability question. Say what accessories are included, since grills and covers are worth real money separately.

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

Diameter and height, and bowl depth
Material and whether it has a protective finish
What is included — grill, spark guard, poker, cover
Bowl condition, specifically whether there is any burn-through

What buyers will actually ask

You will receive the same three messages about a fire pit. 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.

“Is the bowl burnt through?”

Photograph looking straight down into it. Thinning and holes are what end a fire pit and they are invisible from the side.

“Has it been left out all winter?”

Answer honestly. Steel fire pits rust quickly outdoors and buyers can read it in the photographs anyway.

“Is the grill included?”

Say so. Cooking grills are a real part of the value and replacements are rarely a good fit.

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 fire pit 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 £70 sale — roughly the middle of the range for a fire pit — 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	£70
Poshmark	−£14	£56
eBay	−£10	£60
Mercari	−£7	£63
Etsy	−£5	£65

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

April to August, with a smaller autumn window for firepit season. Very little demand in midwinter, so hold it until spring.

Very heavy for its size, especially cast iron, so weigh before quoting postage. Collection is normal and buyers expect it.

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 fire pit worth?

Typically £20 to £120, with cast iron and larger models above. See the fire pit value guide for the condition bands.

Is a rusty fire pit still usable?

Surface rust is normal and cosmetic. Rust that has thinned or holed the bowl is structural and the pit should be recycled rather than sold, since a bowl that fails while lit drops burning fuel.

Should I include the cover?

Yes, and mention it. A fitted cover is what keeps a fire pit alive through winter and buyers who have lost one to rust understand exactly why it matters.