Sell Your Used Pool Table — 0% Fees

A used pool table typically sells for £100 to £600, and on WishThrift it costs you nothing to list — no fee, no commission, so you keep the whole amount you agree. Pool tables are the hardest thing on this list to move, so the entire listing hinges on size, weight and whether the slate comes apart.

The short version

Typical range: £100 – £600 — see the full pool 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: Sports & Outdoors

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.

Measure the playing surface and the outside dimensions, and establish whether the bed is slate or MDF.
Check the cloth for tears, burns and wear at the baulk end, and test every pocket.
Work out whether it dismantles, and how many people it will genuinely need.

The photographs that sell a pool 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 whole table from a corner, in the room
The playing surface straight on, showing cloth condition
A pocket and the cushion rubber close up
The frame underneath, showing construction and whether it bolts apart

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 It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover.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, bed and access: “7ft Slate Bed Pool Table, Dismantles, Ground Floor”. Size in feet is the primary filter and slate versus MDF is the main price driver. Putting access in the title genuinely brings in buyers who would otherwise skip it.

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

Playing surface size in feet, and external dimensions
Slate or MDF bed, and approximate total weight
Cloth condition, cushion response and pocket condition
Whether it dismantles, which floor it is on, and what accessories are included

What buyers will actually ask

You will receive the same three messages about a pool 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 bed slate?”

Check underneath or lift a corner of the cloth. Slate tables play far better and are worth several times an MDF one — they are also enormously heavier.

“How many people to move it?”

Answer honestly. A slate table needs four or more and the slates come out separately. Understating this ends in a failed collection.

“Does it come apart?”

Check whether the frame bolts and the slates lift out. It is the difference between a possible collection and an impossible one.

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 pool 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 £350 sale — roughly the middle of the range for a pool 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	£350
Poshmark	−£70	£280
eBay	−£48	£302
Mercari	−£35	£315
Etsy	−£23	£327

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 with a lift before Christmas. Slate tables sell to committed buyers year round; MDF tables sell cheaply and slowly.

Collection only, and this is the one category where you should be almost discouraging about it. State the weight, the floor, the stairs and how many people it needs, so the buyer arrives properly equipped.

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 pool table worth?

Typically £100 to £600, with full-size slate tables above and MDF ones well below. See the pool table value guide.

Slate or MDF: what is the difference?

Slate beds are flat, stay flat and play properly; MDF warps with humidity and plays poorly. Slate is worth several times more and weighs several times as much, so both facts matter to the buyer.

How do I move a pool table?

Slate tables are dismantled: cloth off, slates out separately, frame apart. It needs several people and a van. Say all of that in the listing so the buyer plans properly.