Sell Your Used Chinos — 0% Fees

Used chinos typically sell for £10 to £38, and on WishThrift it costs you nothing to list — no fee, no commission, so you keep the whole amount you agree. Chinos sell on waist and inside leg, and the single most useful thing you can do is measure the actual garment rather than trusting the label.

The short version

Typical range: £10 – £38 — see the full chinos value guide
What decides your price: condition, and how well you evidence it in photographs
Cost to sell here: nothing, at any price
Category: Clothing

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.

Measure the waist flat and double it, and measure the inside leg from crotch seam to hem.
Check the seat and inner thigh for thinning, which is where chinos wear through.
Check the hems have not frayed and whether they have been taken up, which changes the effective inside leg.

The photographs that sell chinos

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 chinos flat, front, whole
The waistband with a tape measure across it
The inside leg measured from crotch to hem
The label with size and composition, plus the seat, hems and any mark or thinning

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 It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover.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

Brand, waist and leg: “Dockers Chinos, W34 L32, Stone, Slim Fit”. Waist and leg together are the search. Fit name matters because slim, straight and relaxed differ enough that the same waist size fits quite differently.

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

Waist and inside leg measured on the garment
Label size, and fit name if the brand uses one
Fabric composition, and whether they have any stretch
Whether the hems are original or have been altered

What buyers will actually ask

You will receive the same three messages about chinos. 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.

“What are the actual measurements?”

Measure and give both waist and inside leg. Labelled sizes drift between brands and after washing, so the measurement is the answer that works.

“Have they been taken up?”

Check the hem for an alteration line and say. A shortened inside leg makes them useless to a taller buyer and it is not always obvious in a photograph.

“Is there any wear in the seat?”

Hold them to the light and look. Thinning fabric shows up immediately that way and is worth disclosing before it becomes a complaint.

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 chinos 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 £24 sale — roughly the middle of the range for chinos — 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	£24
Poshmark	−£5	£19
eBay	−£3	£21
Mercari	−£2	£22
Etsy	−£2	£22

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 a lift in spring and September. Recognised brands sell within a fortnight; unbranded chinos do better bundled by size.

Cheap and easy to post. Fold along the crease so they arrive presentable.

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 are used chinos worth?

Typically £10 to £38, with recognised brands above. See the chinos value guide for the condition bands.

Should I give label size or measurements?

Both, with the measurements as the real answer. Vanity sizing and shrinkage mean a labelled W34 is often not 34 inches, and buyers who have been caught out check.

Do altered hems reduce the value?

They narrow your audience to people who need that inside leg, so say the altered measurement clearly. A neat professional shortening is not a defect, just a constraint.