Sell Your Used Garden Table — 0% Fees

A used garden table typically sells for £25 to £150, and on WishThrift it costs you nothing to list — no fee, no commission, so you keep the whole amount you agree. Garden tables sell on material, seating capacity and whether the glass or slats have survived the winter — and toughened glass tops are the thing to check hardest.

The short version

Typical range: £25 – £150 — see the full garden table value guide
What decides your price: condition, and how well you evidence it in photographs
Cost to sell here: nothing, at any price
Category: Home & Garden

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 it down and let it dry, then check every joint and the mechanism on anything extending.
On glass tops, inspect all edges for chips. A chipped toughened top can shatter without warning and must not be sold as sound.
Check the parasol hole and cap are present, and that the feet or glides have not rusted away.

The photographs that sell a garden table

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 table whole, outdoors, from a standing angle
The top surface straight down, showing slats, glass or mosaic condition
The legs, joints and any extension mechanism
The glass edges close up, plus any rust, split slat, chip or fading

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 It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover.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

Material, shape and seating: “Teak Extending Garden Table, Seats 6-8” or “Round Glass Garden Table, 120cm, Aluminium Frame”. Seating capacity is what buyers search, and diameter or length is what they measure against a patio.

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

Length, width or diameter, and height
Material of the top and frame, stated separately
How many it seats, and whether it extends
Whether it has a parasol hole, and the condition of the top

What buyers will actually ask

You will receive the same three messages about a garden table. 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.

“Is the glass toughened?”

Look for an etched mark near a corner and say what you find. If there is no marking, say you cannot confirm it rather than assuming.

“How many does it seat?”

Give the honest figure with a normal chair width, not the optimistic one. Buyers plan a table around a family, and an overstated count disappoints at the first meal.

“Are chairs included?”

State it plainly. Tables are often sold alone and buyers have learned to check, so answering it up front saves the exchange entirely.

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 garden table 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 £87 sale — roughly the middle of the range for a garden table — 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	£87
Poshmark	−£17	£70
eBay	−£12	£75
Mercari	−£9	£78
Etsy	−£6	£81

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

April to July carries the category, with a short late-August window. Listed outside that, expect it to sit — storing until spring is normally worth more than discounting in autumn.

Collection. Glass tops travel separately, flat and blanketed, never on edge in a boot. Have the table clear and the parasol removed before they arrive.

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 garden table worth?

Typically £25 to £150, with teak and extending tables at the top. The garden table value guide covers each condition grade.

Can I sell a garden table with a chipped glass top?

Only with the chip clearly photographed and described, and priced as damaged. Toughened glass can fail from an edge chip with no warning, so this is a safety point rather than a cosmetic one.

Does weathered teak reduce the price?

Less than people expect. Silvered teak is a finish many buyers prefer and it can be restored at any time. Say it has been left out, show it honestly, and it sells perfectly well.