The short version
- Gumtree: Free to post for private sellers; no sales commission
- WishThrift: No listing fee, no selling commission, and no buyer-side fee
- Bottom line: WishThrift charges nothing on any sale
- Rates verified: 26 Jul 2026, direct from Gumtree’s own fee page
Fee comparison
| Platform | What it costs to sell |
|---|---|
| Gumtree | Free to post for private sellers; no sales commission |
| WishThrift | No listing fee, no selling commission, and no buyer-side fee |
In full, as verified on 26 Jul 2026: Free to post for private sellers in most categories, with no commission on sales. Optional promotion: Bump Up £1.49, Featured Ad £3.99 for 14 days. Promotion pricing is dynamic by category and location.
Who actually pays
Neither platform charges the seller a commission and neither charges the buyer a fee. The only money that changes hands on Gumtree is optional promotion, paid by sellers who want their ad pushed above everyone else’s. That is the practical difference: on Gumtree a free listing competes against paid ones.
What you keep on a sale
There is no gap to show here, and it would be dishonest to invent one. A standard listing is free on both platforms and neither takes a commission, so on a sale of any size you keep the full amount you agree with the buyer either way. The comparison below is therefore about reach and model, not price.
Where money does enter the picture is around the edges of that free listing, and that is worth reading carefully: Gumtree is free to post for private sellers in most categories with no commission on sales. Optional promotion costs extra — Bump Up from £1.49 and Featured Ad from £3.99 for 14 days — and that pricing moves with category and location.
Where Gumtree is genuinely better
A comparison that finds nothing good to say about the other side is not worth reading. These are real advantages, and for some sellers they will settle the question:
- A far larger UK audience. Gumtree has been a household name in Britain for two decades, and for a sofa that needs collecting this week that reach is the whole ballgame.
- Deep local coverage, right down to small towns, with buyers who already search it by habit.
- Strong motors and property sections that have their own established audiences.
- Optional paid promotion works if you want it — sometimes £1.49 to shift something quickly is a sensible trade.
Where WishThrift is better
- Nothing costs money, so nothing outranks you for having paid. Your listing is not sitting below Featured Ads.
- Four live markets, not one country. Sellers reach buyers across the UK, US, India and Canada from a single account.
- Cleaner category structure across 25 categories, which makes browsing without a specific search term far more productive.
- Fewer business sellers competing with private listings in the general categories.
Who each one suits
Gumtree. Gumtree suits anyone selling something bulky in the UK who needs local buyers today and is happy to pay a pound or two to jump the queue.
WishThrift. WishThrift suits sellers who would rather not pay for visibility on a free listing, and anyone whose buyers are not necessarily in the same country.
WishThrift is also the newer and considerably smaller of the two, and that is worth saying plainly: a larger audience finds buyers faster. Because listing here costs nothing, the question is rarely which one to choose — it is whether there is any reason not to use both.
Moving your listings across
Gumtree listings move across with almost no editing, since both are collection-friendly classifieds with the same conventions. Cross-post rather than switch — Gumtree’s UK reach is genuinely larger and both are free, so there is no argument for choosing. The only discipline required is marking the item sold in both places the moment it goes.
Want to try it without paying anything? Listing on WishThrift is free, there is no commission, and you keep the full amount you agree with the buyer — see how selling works or create a free account.
Frequently asked questions
Is WishThrift cheaper than Gumtree?
They cost the same for a standard listing: both are free for private sellers with no commission on sales. Gumtree charges for optional promotion — Bump Up from £1.49, Featured Ad from £3.99 — and WishThrift has no equivalent to buy. Gumtree’s advantage is a much larger UK audience.
Does WishThrift charge for featured listings?
No. There is no listing fee, no commission, no buyer fee and nothing to pay for placement. Every listing sits on the same footing.
Which is better for selling furniture?
For a quick local sale in the UK, Gumtree usually finds a buyer faster simply because more people are looking. Both are free, so the sensible answer is to list on both and take whichever buyer arrives first.
Sources and method. Gumtree’s rates were verified on 26 Jul 2026 via gumtree.com ad-charges help page (official). WishThrift’s own position — no listing fee, no commission, no buyer fee — is checked against the live site. Fees change, sometimes without notice: this page is reviewed quarterly and the figures above should be confirmed against Gumtree’s own fee page before you rely on them for a large sale. Note: Closest model to WishThrift. Be fair about that on the page.
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