Sell Your Used PS4 — 0% Fees

A used PS4 typically sells for £80 to £160, and on WishThrift it costs you nothing to list — no fee, no commission, so you keep the whole amount you agree. PS4s are cheap now, so yours sells on completeness and a quiet fan — buyers assume any used PS4 sounds like a jet engine until you tell them otherwise.

The short version

Typical range: £80 – £160 — see the full PS4 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.

Run a game for twenty minutes and listen. If the fan is loud, say so; if it is quiet, that is a genuine selling point worth stating.
Gather the power lead, HDMI, controller and its charging cable, and note whether it is the original, Slim or Pro model.
Factory reset the console and deactivate it as your primary PS4 so the buyer can use their own account.

The photographs that sell a PS4

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 console as it will be handed over, front and side
Everything included, laid out in one frame
The rear ports and model sticker
The controller thumbsticks close up

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 It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover.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

Model and storage, then contents: “PS4 Slim 1TB with Controller and Games”. Original, Slim and Pro are three different prices, so the model is essential. Bundling games moves a PS4 far faster than selling it bare, and cartridge-free discs are cheap to include.

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

Model — original, Slim or Pro — and storage capacity
Everything included: power lead, HDMI, controllers, games
Fan noise, honestly described
Whether the console has been opened, cleaned internally or repaired

What buyers will actually ask

You will receive the same three messages about a PS4. 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.

“How loud is the fan?”

Run a game and listen. A quiet PS4 is genuinely unusual and worth advertising; a loud one still sells if you say so and price it.

“Does the controller drift?”

Test both sticks. DualShock 4 drift is very common and buyers expect the question answered.

“Is it the Pro?”

Check the model number on the rear. The Pro is worth noticeably more and the models are easily confused.

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 PS4 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 £120 sale — roughly the middle of the range for a PS4 — 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	£120
Poshmark	−£24	£96
eBay	−£16	£104
Mercari	−£12	£108
Etsy	−£8	£112

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 but declining as the generation ages, with a Christmas lift. Bundles with popular games sell considerably faster than bare consoles.

Postable if boxed well, though the value now makes postage a large fraction of the price. Local collection with a quick boot test suits most PS4 sales.

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 PS4 worth?

Typically £80 to £160 depending on model and what is included, with the Pro at the top. See the PS4 value guide for the condition breakdown.

Is a loud PS4 still worth selling?

Yes. Fan noise is expected on ageing consoles and buyers accept it when told. Many buy them knowing they will clean and repaste the console themselves, which is a well-documented job.

Should I include games?

Almost always. PS4 discs are cheap individually but make a bundle far more attractive, and they sell the console faster than a price cut of the same value would.