Used dog crates in Melbourne typically sell for A$38 to A$170 (about $27 to $120). Dog crates sell almost instantly at the right price because every new owner needs one — the entire listing comes down to the internal dimensions and whether the tray is present.
Selling a dog crate in Melbourne
Melbourne has the strongest vintage and op-shop culture in Australia and a large student population across several universities, so buying second hand here is entirely ordinary. It is also the country’s music city, which keeps instruments, amps and records moving in a way they do not everywhere.
The tram network covers the inner suburbs densely and is how most small handovers happen. The city is flat, which makes collecting a bike or a chest of drawers by car straightforward, though inner-suburb streets are narrow and permit parking is tightly enforced.
On anything stored in a garage or shed, check for damp. The winters here are wetter and colder than the city’s reputation suggests, and fabric and particle board both suffer for it.
Melbourne, in Victoria, has around 5.1 million people, which means a buyer pool big enough that almost anything finds someone, and close enough together that collection is rarely the obstacle. Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Melbourne
Australia Post covers everywhere, but distance pricing is real and interstate parcels cost meaningfully more than local ones.
What dog crates are worth
What lifts the price
- Doors that latch securely
- Folding designs that transport easily
What pulls it down
- Missing or cracked base trays
- Latches that no longer hold
Working out what yours is worth
- Fold and unfold it to check the mechanism
- Measure it and state the internal dimensions
Getting it ready
- Measure the internal length, width and height, not the external. Owners size a crate to their dog.
- Wash it down and check for bent bars or rust at the joints.
Photograph
- The door latches and hinges close up
- The tray removed, plus any bent bar, rust patch or chewed corner
Put in the description
- Whether the plastic tray and any divider panel are included
- Condition of the bars, latches and coating
Size and type: “Large Folding Dog Crate, 91cm, 2 Doors with Tray”. Length in centimetres is the real search; the manufacturer’s size labels are inconsistent between brands. Say whether it folds flat, which decides transport and storage.
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 (Victoria)
Common questions
Where can I sell a dog crate in Melbourne?
List it free here and arrange the handover with the buyer yourself. The tram network covers the inner suburbs densely and is how most small handovers happen. The city is flat, which makes collecting a bike or a chest of drawers by car straightforward, though inner-suburb streets are narrow and permit parking is tightly enforced.
Does it fold flat?
Confirm and say how thin it packs down to. It decides whether the buyer can collect in a car and whether they can store it between uses.
How much is a dog crate worth in Melbourne?
Most used dog crates change hands for A$38 to A$170 (about $27 to $120). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a dog crate across Australia, what dog crates are worth, everything second hand in Melbourne, or Pet Supplies in Melbourne.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.