Used running shoes in Adelaide typically sell for A$29 to A$135 (about $20 to $94). Running shoes have a genuine mileage limit, so honest wear disclosure matters more here than in most footwear.
Selling running shoes in Adelaide
Adelaide is compact, affordable and easy to drive around, which makes it unusually good for buying anything large second hand. It is surrounded by wine country and has a strong festival culture, and its slower housing turnover means the furniture that does come up tends to be older and better made.
The grid layout and light traffic mean collection is genuinely simple here, and most of the metropolitan area is within half an hour of the centre. Parking is easy by the standards of the bigger capitals, so furniture pickups are uncomplicated.
On older furniture, check the joints and any veneer rather than the surface. A good deal of what appears here is genuinely old and well made, and those are the two places age actually shows.
Adelaide has around 1.4 million people in South Australia, which means a deep enough buyer pool that most things sell without having to travel far to hand them over. Mount Gambier, Whyalla and Sydney are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Adelaide
Seasons are inverted relative to the UK and North America: warm-weather items move from September, and winter gear from around May.
What running shoes are worth
What lifts the price
- Low mileage with visible tread remaining
- Original box and any spare laces or insoles
What pulls it down
- Compressed midsole foam, which ends the shoe’s useful life
- Odour, which is very difficult to remove
Working out what yours is worth
- Estimate the mileage honestly and state it in the listing
- Press the midsole to check it still rebounds
Getting it ready
- Estimate the mileage run in them. Runners think in miles and an honest figure is the most useful thing in the listing.
- Clean the uppers and outsoles, and check the midsole for compression by pressing along its length.
Photograph
- Both shoes side on, laces tied
- The inside size tag, plus any hole in the upper or worn heel counter
Put in the description
- Brand, exact model and version number
- Midsole compression, outsole wear pattern, and any upper damage
Steady with a spring lift and a January bump. Popular models in common sizes sell within days when mileage is stated.
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.
Same region (South Australia)
Common questions
Where can I sell running shoes in Adelaide?
List it free on WishThrift and deal with the buyer direct. The grid layout and light traffic mean collection is genuinely simple here, and most of the metropolitan area is within half an hour of the centre. Parking is easy by the standards of the bigger capitals, so furniture pickups are uncomplicated.
Is the midsole still springy?
Press along the foam and compare heel to forefoot. Midsole compression is what actually ends a running shoe’s life, more than outsole wear.
How much are running shoes worth in Adelaide?
Most used running shoes change hands for A$29 to A$135 (about $20 to $94). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling running shoes across Australia, what running shoes are worth, everything second hand in Adelaide, or Shoes & Footwear in Adelaide.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.