Used mattresses in Dubai typically sell for AED 150 to AED 990 (about $40 to $270). Be realistic about this one: used mattresses are the hardest item in the home to sell, and a great many listings never find a buyer at any price.
Selling a mattress in Dubai
Dubai has one of the most transient populations of any major city, and that is the whole story for second-hand goods here. Expatriate residents arrive on fixed contracts and leave when they end, and a departing household typically sells everything it owns in the space of a fortnight rather than shipping it.
Contract cycles drive everything. Departures cluster around the end of the school year, which is reliably when the most furniture and white goods come onto the market and when prices are softest for a buyer.
The city is built around the main highway spine and almost everything is collected by car, so which side of the city someone is on matters. Most residential towers and compounds require the buyer to be registered at the gate, so agree access before anyone sets off.
Dubai has around 3.6 million people in Dubai, which means a buyer pool big enough that almost anything finds someone, and close enough together that collection is rarely the obstacle. Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Dubai
Bank transfer and cash on collection are both normal. Confirm funds have cleared before handing anything over.
What mattresses are worth
What lifts the price
- A protector used from new, with no staining
- No sagging or visible body impressions
What pulls it down
- Any staining, which makes most buyers walk away
- Sagging and permanent body impressions
Working out what yours is worth
- Strip it and photograph the bare surface in daylight
- Lie on it and check for a visible dip
Getting it ready
- Strip it and inspect both sides in daylight for stains, which for most buyers ends the conversation regardless of price.
- Check the edges and the centre for sagging by pressing down along the length — a dipped middle is what buyers are testing for.
Photograph
- The whole mattress bare and flat, shot from above in daylight
- The second side, also bare, because buyers assume you photographed the better one
Put in the description
- Size in feet and centimetres
- Type — open coil, pocket sprung, memory foam or hybrid — and the firmness
Slow, always. Expect weeks rather than days even when priced low, and expect enquiries that go quiet after the hygiene question. Clean, recent, protector-covered mattresses in common sizes are the ones that do sell.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Elsewhere in UAE
Common questions
Where can I sell a mattress in Dubai?
List it free on WishThrift and deal with the buyer direct. The city is built around the main highway spine and almost everything is collected by car, so which side of the city someone is on matters. Most residential towers and compounds require the buyer to be registered at the gate, so agree access before anyone sets off.
Has it been stained or slept on by pets?
Answer honestly and photograph both sides bare. Most buyers will not proceed without seeing this, and a discovered stain at collection ends the sale on the spot.
How much is a mattress worth in Dubai?
Most used mattresses change hands for AED 150 to AED 990 (about $40 to $270). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a mattress across the United Arab Emirates, what mattresses are worth, everything second hand in Dubai, or Furniture in Dubai.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.