Sell Your Used Cross Trainer — 0% Fees

A used cross trainer typically sells for £70 to £350, and on WishThrift it costs you nothing to list — no fee, no commission, so you keep the whole amount you agree. Cross trainers fail to sell on access, not price — they are heavy, rarely fold, and buyers cannot picture getting one out of your house.

The short version

Typical range: £70 – £350 — see the full cross trainer value guide
What decides your price: condition, and how well you evidence it in photographs
Cost to sell here: nothing, at any price
Category: Sports & Outdoors

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.

Use it for a few minutes and listen for bearing noise or a squeaking pedal arm, which is the usual fault.
Measure the assembled footprint and height, and weigh it or find the figure in the manual.
Fit a fresh battery in the console and check the resistance works through its full range.

The photographs that sell a cross trainer

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 machine assembled, side on, whole
The console lit and displaying a reading
The pedal arms and joints where they meet the frame
The flywheel housing, plus which room and floor it is in

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 It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover.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, resistance and stride: “NordicTrack Cross Trainer, Magnetic, 18in Stride, Ground Floor”. Stride length matters to taller users and is almost never stated. Putting the floor it is on in the title sounds odd but genuinely brings in buyers who would otherwise scroll past.

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

Brand, model, and resistance type
Stride length, and maximum user weight
Assembled footprint, height and weight
Which floor it is on, and whether it dismantles

What buyers will actually ask

You will receive the same three messages about a cross trainer. 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.

“How heavy is it?”

Give the figure from the manual. Most cross trainers need two people and a van, and a buyer arriving alone in a car is a wasted afternoon for both of you.

“Does it squeak?”

Use it for five minutes and listen. Squeaking pedal arms are the classic fault and the buyer will hear it immediately.

“Does it come apart?”

Check whether the arms and mast detach. It decides whether the machine fits through your door and into their vehicle.

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 cross trainer 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 £210 sale — roughly the middle of the range for a cross trainer — 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	£210
Poshmark	−£42	£168
eBay	−£29	£181
Mercari	−£21	£189
Etsy	−£14	£196

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

January dominates, with a smaller autumn lift. A cross trainer listed in June sells slowly and for noticeably less, so holding until the new year is usually worth it.

Collection only, and access is the whole negotiation. State the floor, the stairs and whether you can help lift. Being honest loses you some enquiries and saves many wasted appointments.

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 is a used cross trainer worth?

Typically £70 to £350 depending on brand, resistance type and stride length. See the cross trainer value guide.

Why won’t my cross trainer sell?

Almost always access. Buyers cannot judge whether they can move it, so they skip the listing. State the weight, footprint, floor and whether it dismantles and the response changes immediately.

Is magnetic resistance better?

It is quieter and needs less maintenance than friction systems, and it sells for more. Say which yours has — buyers who have owned a noisy machine before ask specifically.