Used running shoes in Melbourne typically sell for A$29 to A$135 (about $20 to $94). Used running shoes sell on mileage, and that is the number every runner wants — so estimate the miles honestly and photograph the midsole compression.
Selling running shoes in Melbourne
Melbourne has the strongest vintage and op-shop culture in Australia and a large student population across several universities, so buying second hand here is entirely ordinary. It is also the country’s music city, which keeps instruments, amps and records moving in a way they do not everywhere.
The tram network covers the inner suburbs densely and is how most small handovers happen. The city is flat, which makes collecting a bike or a chest of drawers by car straightforward, though inner-suburb streets are narrow and permit parking is tightly enforced.
On anything stored in a garage or shed, check for damp. The winters here are wetter and colder than the city’s reputation suggests, and fabric and particle board both suffer for it.
Melbourne has around 5.1 million people in Victoria, which means a buyer pool big enough that almost anything finds someone, and close enough together that collection is rarely the obstacle. Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Melbourne
Australia Post covers everywhere, but distance pricing is real and interstate parcels cost meaningfully more than local ones.
What running shoes are worth
What lifts the price
- Midsole foam that still compresses and rebounds
- Original box and any spare laces or insoles
What pulls it down
- Worn outsole tread, especially at the heel strike
- Odour, which is very difficult to remove
Working out what yours is worth
- Estimate the mileage honestly and state it in the listing
- Photograph the outsole tread, especially the heel
Getting it ready
- Estimate the mileage run in them. Runners think in miles and an honest figure is the most useful thing in the listing.
- Photograph the size tag inside the tongue and note the sizing system and any width fitting.
Photograph
- The midsole from the side, showing any compression or creasing
- The inside size tag, plus any hole in the upper or worn heel counter
Put in the description
- Estimated mileage run
- Midsole compression, outsole wear pattern, and any upper damage
Brand, model, size and mileage: “Nike Pegasus 40, UK 9, approx 150 miles”. Mileage in the title is unusual and immediately credible to runners. Always say which sizing system, and mention a wide fitting if it is one, because that is a deliberate search.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Victoria)
Common questions
Where can I sell running shoes in Melbourne?
List it free here and arrange the handover with the buyer yourself. The tram network covers the inner suburbs densely and is how most small handovers happen. The city is flat, which makes collecting a bike or a chest of drawers by car straightforward, though inner-suburb streets are narrow and permit parking is tightly enforced.
Are they neutral or support shoes?
Check the model specification. Runners buy for their gait and a support shoe is unusable for someone who needs neutral.
How much are running shoes worth in Melbourne?
Most used running shoes change hands for A$29 to A$135 (about $20 to $94). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling running shoes across Australia, what running shoes are worth, everything second hand in Melbourne, or Shoes & Footwear in Melbourne.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.