Sell Your Used Gaming Chair — 0% Fees

A used gaming chair typically sells for £40 to £160, and on WishThrift it costs you nothing to list — no fee, no commission, so you keep the whole amount you agree. Gaming chairs are bulky, cheap new and heavily discounted, so a used one sells on condition of the upholstery and the gas lift — and on being honest that it is a collection-only item.

The short version

Typical range: £40 – £160 — see the full gaming chair value guide
What decides your price: condition, and how well you evidence it in photographs
Cost to sell here: nothing, at any price
Category: Gaming

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.

Test the gas lift by sitting and raising it, then leaving it a few minutes to check it holds height.
Check the upholstery seams and the front edge of the seat, where PU leather cracks and flakes first.
Test the recline lock, the armrest adjustments and all five castors.

The photographs that sell a gaming chair

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 whole chair from a three-quarter angle
The seat base and front edge, showing upholstery condition
The gas lift, base and castors
The armrests and recline mechanism, plus any flaking, tear or crack

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 It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover.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, model and features: “Secretlab Titan Gaming Chair, Fabric, 4D Armrests”. Fabric versus PU leather is a real distinction because PU flakes with age and buyers have learned to prefer fabric. Say whether it reclines fully and whether it dismantles for transport.

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

Brand, model, and upholstery material
Maximum user weight and recommended height range, if stated
Armrest adjustability and recline range
Condition of the gas lift, castors and upholstery

What buyers will actually ask

You will receive the same three messages about a gaming chair. 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 the gas lift hold?”

Sit on it, raise it and wait. A sinking chair is the classic failure, and the cylinder is replaceable cheaply — but the buyer must be told.

“Is the PU leather flaking?”

Photograph the seat front and edges. Flaking is the standard end-of-life for PU upholstery and it accelerates, so buyers price it in heavily.

“Does it come apart?”

Most do, into seat, back and base. Say so and whether you have the fixings, because it decides whether it fits in the buyer’s car.

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 gaming chair 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 £100 sale — roughly the middle of the range for a gaming chair — 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	£100
Poshmark	−£20	£80
eBay	−£14	£86
Mercari	−£10	£90
Etsy	−£6	£94

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

Lifts before Christmas and in September. Fabric chairs from known brands sell within a fortnight; flaking PU chairs are slow at any price and often better recycled.

Collection almost always — postage on a gaming chair usually exceeds its used value. Dismantle it before they arrive and bag the fixings.

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 gaming chair worth?

Typically £40 to £160, with premium brands in fabric well above. See the gaming chair value guide for the bands.

Can a sinking gaming chair be fixed?

Yes, replacement gas cylinders are inexpensive and fit most chairs. Say the lift is failing and note that it is a cheap fix — that reframes it from broken to serviceable.

Is a flaking chair worth selling?

Marginally. PU flaking spreads and makes a mess, so be very clear about it in photographs and price. Many sellers do better recycling a badly flaking chair than listing it.