The short version
- Typical range: £8 – £35 — see the full maternity clothes value guide
- What decides your price: condition, and how well you evidence it in photographs
- Cost to sell here: nothing, at any price
- Category: Clothing
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.
- Sort by size and by which stage of pregnancy the pieces suit.
- Wash everything and check the stretch panels, which is where maternity wear goes first.
- Count the items and note any recognisable brands.
The photographs that sell maternity clothes
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 full bundle laid out so every piece is visible
- The stretch panels on two or three pieces, showing elasticity
- The size labels grouped together
- Any mark, pill or stretched panel
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 It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover.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
Size, count and type: “Maternity Clothes Bundle, Size 12, 8 Pieces, Tops and Jeans”. Size and item count are what buyers filter on. Naming recognisable maternity brands lifts the price noticeably.
Then state these in the description, because a buyer who has to ask is a buyer who might not bother:
- Size and the number of items
- What the bundle contains by type
- Condition of the stretch panels on each piece
- Any recognisable brands, and whether items are smoke and pet free
What buyers will actually ask
You will receive the same three messages about maternity clothes. 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.
Stretch and release each one. Panel recovery is what determines whether maternity wear is still usable.
List it by item type. Buyers are working out whether it covers what they need and vagueness invites low offers.
Answer if asked and volunteer it if true. Buyers of maternity and baby items ask this more than any other category.
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 maternity clothes 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 £21 sale — roughly the middle of the range for maternity clothes — 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 | £21 |
| Poshmark | −£4 | £17 |
| eBay | −£3 | £18 |
| Mercari | −£2 | £19 |
| Etsy | −£1 | £20 |
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
Steady demand all year. Bundles sell within days; individual maternity items rarely sell at all.
Light and cheap to post in a large mailing bag. A vacuum bag reduces bigger bundles considerably.
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
Is it worth selling maternity clothes?
In bundles, definitely. They are worn for a few months and usually in good condition, and a sorted bundle in one size is genuinely useful to another buyer. Individual pieces are rarely worth the effort.
What are used maternity clothes worth?
Typically £8 to £35 per bundle, with branded bundles above. See the maternity clothes value guide.
How should I group the bundle?
By single size, and ideally by stage — early bump pieces and late pregnancy pieces suit different buyers. Mixing sizes lowers what any one buyer will pay.
See also: what a used maternity clothes is worth · browse live clothing listings · condition grades explained.