Sell Your Used Bedding Set — 0% Fees

A used bedding set typically sells for £8 to £45, and on WishThrift it costs you nothing to list — no fee, no commission, so you keep the whole amount you agree. Bedding sells on size and thread count, and the one thing that decides whether a buyer engages at all is a plain statement that it has been washed.

The short version

Typical range: £8 – £45 — see the full bedding set 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.

Wash and press it, and say so in the listing. For bedding this is the single most important line.
Confirm exactly what the set contains — duvet cover, fitted sheet, pillowcases — and count them.
Check for thinning, bobbling and any stain, and hold the sheet up to the light to check for wear.

The photographs that sell a bedding set

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 whole set laid out together, pressed, everything visible
The fabric close up, showing weave and condition
The label with size, composition and thread count
Any stain, thinning, bobbling or worn hem

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 It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover.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

Size, contents and fabric: “King Size Duvet Set, 100% Cotton 400TC, 2 Pillowcases”. Bed size is the search and thread count is a real quality signal for cotton. List exactly what is included, since sets vary enormously.

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

Bed size, and the actual dimensions of the duvet cover
Exactly what the set contains, counted
Fabric composition and thread count if stated
Whether it has been washed, and any thinning, stain or bobbling

What buyers will actually ask

You will receive the same three messages about a bedding set. 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.

“Has it been washed?”

Say so plainly. For bedding it is the question behind every other question, and answering it up front converts more than any photograph.

“What size is it exactly?”

Give both the name and the measurements. Bed sizes differ between countries and a king in one is not a king in another.

“Is it pure cotton?”

Read the label. Cotton, polycotton and linen feel and wear quite differently and buyers have firm preferences.

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 bedding set 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 £26 sale — roughly the middle of the range for a bedding set — 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	£26
Poshmark	−£5	£21
eBay	−£4	£22
Mercari	−£3	£23
Etsy	−£2	£24

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

Steady year round with lifts in autumn for flannelette and winter weights, and in January. Quality cotton and linen sets sell within a fortnight.

Light but bulky, so measure the packed parcel. Vacuum bags help considerably and are worth mentioning — buyers appreciate bedding arriving compressed and clean.

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

Will people buy used bedding?

Yes, readily, when it is freshly laundered and honestly described. Say plainly that it has been washed and how many times it has been used; that reassurance is what converts this category.

What is a used bedding set worth?

Typically £8 to £45, with linen and high thread count cotton above. See the bedding set value guide.

Should I include the duvet itself?

Duvets and pillows are much harder to sell second hand than covers, for hygiene reasons. Sell the cover set and leave the duvet out — it makes for a cleaner listing and a faster sale.