Used earrings in Abu Dhabi typically sell for AED 40 to AED 395 (about $11 to $110). Earrings sell fast and cheap to post, but there is one thing buyers care about above all: whether the posts and backs are the metal you say they are, because skin reacts to the wrong one.
Selling earrings in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi is the capital and its economy is built around government and energy, which means longer postings and more settled households than Dubai. Things are kept for longer and sold in better condition, and the market skews towards quality furniture rather than quick disposals.
Postings here run longer than Dubai’s, so turnover is slower and steadier. The end of the school year is still the peak, but the volume is lower and the items that appear have usually been looked after.
Ask how long the seller has owned the item. Postings here run longer than in Dubai, so goods are typically better used but also better looked after, and the ownership history tells you which you are getting.
Abu Dhabi has around 1.5 million people in Abu Dhabi, which means a deep enough buyer pool that most things sell without having to travel far to hand them over. Al Ain, Madinat Zayed and Ruwais are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Abu Dhabi
Trading is not open in the Emirates yet, so treat this as a reference page: the pricing and the checks below hold, but the listings will appear once sellers here start posting.
What earrings are worth
What lifts the price
- Matched pairs with both backs included
- Certified stones on significant pieces
What pulls it down
- Odd earrings with no pair
- Bent posts and damaged hooks
Working out what yours is worth
- Check both earrings match exactly
- Confirm both backs are present
Getting it ready
- Clean gently and check any stone setting is secure.
- Confirm both earrings match exactly — odd earrings sold as a pair is a real and avoidable complaint.
Photograph
- Both earrings together, front on, filling the frame
- Any hallmark, magnified
Put in the description
- Metal, with any hallmark photographed
- Dimensions — hoop diameter or total drop length
Cheapest jewellery to post. Use a small rigid box with the pair secured to card, and a tracked service — small parcels are exactly what goes astray.
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.
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Common questions
Where can I sell earrings in Abu Dhabi?
Put it on WishThrift free and deal with the buyer direct. Most of the city sits on an island connected by a handful of bridges, so crossing to the mainland suburbs is a real trip rather than a short hop. Compounds and towers usually need visitor access arranged in advance.
Are the backs included?
Confirm, and say what type. Missing butterfly backs are cheap to replace but the buyer needs to know to order them.
How much are earrings worth in Abu Dhabi?
Most used earrings change hands for AED 40 to AED 395 (about $11 to $110). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling earrings across the United Arab Emirates, what earrings are worth, everything second hand in Abu Dhabi, or Jewellery & Watches in Abu Dhabi.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.