Used cot beds in Adelaide typically sell for A$96 to A$480 (about $67 to $335). Cot beds last far longer than cots because they convert to a toddler bed, which is exactly why buyers pay more for them.
Selling a cot bed 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.
Households turn over more slowly than in Sydney or Melbourne because more people own rather than rent. That means less volume, but what appears is more often a genuine downsize or a deceased estate rather than a share-house clear-out.
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 cot beds are worth
What lifts the price
- Complete with conversion parts and side panels
- Mattress in standard cot bed size included
What pulls it down
- Missing conversion panels, which prevent the second life
- Teeth marks along the top rails
Working out what yours is worth
- Confirm the conversion side panels are present
- Bag every fitting before dismantling
Getting it ready
- Confirm it genuinely converts to a toddler bed and that you have the conversion parts, not just the cot fittings.
- Gather all bolts, the allen key and the instructions, and count them against the parts list.
Photograph
- The cot bed assembled in cot configuration
- Any teeth marks on the rails, plus any crack or damage
Put in the description
- Mattress size in centimetres, and whether a mattress is included
- Material, height adjustment positions, and any damage
Steady all year. Cot beds sell faster and for more than plain cots because they last from birth to around four years.
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 a cot bed 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.
Are all the fittings there?
Count them against the instructions. Missing bolts are the main reason a cot sale falls through at collection.
How much is a cot bed worth in Adelaide?
Most used cot beds change hands for A$96 to A$480 (about $67 to $335). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a cot bed across Australia, what cot beds are worth, everything second hand in Adelaide, or Baby & Kids in Adelaide.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.