Used running shoes in Sydney 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 Sydney
Sydney is Australia’s largest city and its most expensive to live in, which pushes people into smaller flats and shorter tenancies than the house-and-garden stereotype suggests. That makes furniture that fits a small apartment, and anything to do with the harbour and the beaches, the two things that move most reliably.
The city sprawls a long way and traffic between the inner suburbs and the outer ones is the real cost of a collection, so most people arrange to meet near a train station on their own side of the city rather than crossing it. Parking near the harbour is scarce and expensive.
Confirm access and parking before agreeing to collect anything large. Between the terraces, the apartment blocks and the permit zones, where a vehicle can actually stop is the thing that decides most furniture sales here.
Sydney, in New South Wales, has around 5.3 million people, which means a buyer pool big enough that almost anything finds someone, and close enough together that collection is rarely the obstacle. Newcastle, Wollongong and Albury are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Sydney
Bank transfer via PayID is instant and is what most private buyers will offer. Cash on collection remains common for larger items.
What running shoes are worth
What lifts the price
- Recent models still in the maker’s current range
- Original box and any spare laces or insoles
What pulls it down
- Worn outsole tread, especially at the heel strike
- Older models superseded several generations ago
Working out what yours is worth
- Press the midsole to check it still rebounds
- Photograph the outsole tread, especially the heel
Getting it ready
- Clean the uppers and outsoles, and check the midsole for compression by pressing along its length.
- Photograph the size tag inside the tongue and note the sizing system and any width fitting.
Photograph
- The outsoles side by side, showing tread wear pattern
- The inside size tag, plus any hole in the upper or worn heel counter
Put in the description
- Size with the sizing system, and any width fitting
- Midsole compression, outsole wear pattern, and any upper damage
Steady with a spring lift and a January bump. Popular models in common sizes sell within days when mileage is stated.
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 (New South Wales)
Common questions
Where can I sell running shoes in Sydney?
List it free on WishThrift and deal with the buyer direct. The city sprawls a long way and traffic between the inner suburbs and the outer ones is the real cost of a collection, so most people arrange to meet near a train station on their own side of the city rather than crossing it. Parking near the harbour is scarce and expensive.
How many miles are on them?
Give an honest estimate. Runners judge remaining life from mileage and a credible figure sells the shoe better than claiming they are barely used.
How much are running shoes worth in Sydney?
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 Sydney, or Shoes & Footwear in Sydney.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.