Used football boots in Varanasi typically sell for ₹1,900 to ₹7,500 (about $20 to $81). Boots are outgrown or replaced each season, so supply is high and stud condition tells buyers most of what they need.
Selling football boots in Varanasi
Varanasi is among the oldest living cities in the world, with a silk weaving tradition that has run for centuries and a constant flow of pilgrims and visitors. Textiles and traditional crafts define what is distinctive here.
Pilgrimage and tourism drive a good deal of the trade and both are seasonal. Humidity near the river is high and is hard on textiles and paper stored without care.
On silk, ask whether it is handloom or powerloom and check the weave in daylight. The difference is substantial in value and the trade here is old enough that honest sellers will say.
Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh, has around 1.2 million people, which means a deep enough buyer pool that most things sell without having to travel far to hand them over. Lucknow, Kanpur and Ghaziabad are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Varanasi
Demand climbs ahead of the festival season and again in the run-up to wedding season, when clothing, jewellery and home items all move faster.
What football boots are worth
What lifts the price
- Studs with no wear and no missing screws
- Recent models still in current ranges
What pulls it down
- Delaminated soleplates
- Older models several seasons out of range
Working out what yours is worth
- Photograph the studs and soleplate clearly
- Check the toe seam for splitting
Getting it ready
- Check the studs. On screw-in boots, confirm they all turn and are present; on moulded soles, look for rounded-off studs.
- Check the sole plate for cracks across the forefoot, which is where boots fail and where the value goes.
Photograph
- The sole plate flat to camera, showing stud condition and any crack
- Any split, peeled upper, loose sole or missing stud
Put in the description
- Surface type — firm ground, soft ground, artificial grass or astro turf
- Upper material, and the state of the sole plate
Brand, model and surface: “Nike Mercurial Vapor FG Football Boots, UK 8” or “Adidas Predator Astro Turf Trainers, Junior 4”. Surface codes are real searches — FG for firm ground, SG for soft, AG for artificial grass, and turf boots are a different purchase entirely.
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 (Uttar Pradesh)
Common questions
Where can I sell football boots in Varanasi?
List it free on WishThrift and deal with the buyer direct. The lanes of the old city are too narrow for vehicles and genuinely difficult to navigate, so anything large has to be collected from the edge of them. The newer parts of the city are straightforward.
What surface are they for?
Give the code from the boot. Players buy for a specific pitch, and the wrong surface makes them useless however good the price.
How much are football boots worth in Varanasi?
Most used football boots change hands for ₹1,900 to ₹7,500 (about $20 to $81). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling football boots across India, what football boots are worth, everything second hand in Varanasi, or Shoes & Footwear in Varanasi.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.