Sell Your Used Dog Bed — 0% Fees

A used dog bed typically sells for £10 to £45, and on WishThrift it costs you nothing to list — no fee, no commission, so you keep the whole amount you agree. Dog beds are an honesty category — they sell perfectly well when clean and washable, and not at all when they hold odour, so be straight about which yours is.

The short version

Typical range: £10 – £45 — see the full dog bed value guide
What decides your price: condition, and how well you evidence it in photographs
Cost to sell here: nothing, at any price
Category: Pet Supplies

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 the cover and, if possible, the inner, and air it thoroughly.
Check the zip, the seams and whether the cover is fully removable, which is the main selling point.
Be honest about odour and about chew damage, both of which are immediately obvious to a buyer.

The photographs that sell a dog bed

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 bed whole, from above, plumped
The cover unzipped, showing the inner
The base and any non-slip underside
Any chew damage, stain, thinning or flattened filling

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 It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover.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, type and washability: “Large Orthopaedic Dog Bed, 100x70cm, Removable Washable Cover”. Internal dimensions are the search because owners size to the dog. Washable cover is the feature that sells it.

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

External and internal dimensions, and the dog size it suits
Type — flat mat, bolster, donut or orthopaedic
Whether the cover is removable and machine washable
Filling condition, and honest disclosure of odour or chew damage

What buyers will actually ask

You will receive the same three messages about a dog bed. 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.

“Does it smell?”

Wash it, air it and answer honestly. Odour is what makes a used dog bed unsellable and it cannot be hidden once the parcel is opened.

“Is the cover washable?”

Check the label and say. A removable machine-washable cover is the single most valuable feature on any dog bed.

“Has the filling flattened?”

Press it and say. Flattened filling loses the support that orthopaedic beds are bought for.

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 dog bed 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 £27 sale — roughly the middle of the range for a dog bed — 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	£27
Poshmark	−£5	£22
eBay	−£4	£23
Mercari	−£3	£24
Etsy	−£2	£25

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 after Christmas when new dogs arrive. Large and orthopaedic beds sell fastest.

Light but very bulky, so measure the packed parcel — volumetric weight decides the cost. Vacuum bags help considerably.

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 anyone buy a used dog bed?

Yes, when it is visibly clean, freshly washed and odour free, and you say so plainly. Beds with lingering smell or heavy chew damage are worth very little and are usually better recycled.

What is a used dog bed worth?

Typically £10 to £45, with large orthopaedic beds and known brands above. See the dog bed value guide.

How do I size a dog bed?

Measure the dog nose to tail and add a margin, then compare to the internal bed dimensions. Give internal measurements in your listing rather than just a size label.