Sell Your Used Skinny Jeans — 0% Fees

Used skinny jeans typically sell for £8 to £35, and on WishThrift it costs you nothing to list — no fee, no commission, so you keep the whole amount you agree. Skinny jeans live or die on stretch content, because the elastane percentage decides how they fit and how long they hold their shape.

The short version

Typical range: £8 – £35 — see the full skinny jeans 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.

Read the composition label and note the elastane percentage exactly.
Measure the flat waist, inside leg, rise and ankle opening.
Check the knees for bagging and the crotch seam for wear, which is where skinny jeans go first.

The photographs that sell skinny jeans

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.

Front, laid flat and smoothed, whole leg in frame
The waistband tag with brand, size and cut
A tape across the flat waist
The knees and crotch seam, plus any wear or repair

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 It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover.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

Brand, cut, size and rise: “Topshop Jamie Skinny Jeans, W28 L30, High Rise”. Rise matters greatly in this cut. Put the elastane percentage in the description — buyers who want rigid or very stretchy denim both search for it.

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

Flat waist doubled, inside leg, rise and ankle opening
Elastane percentage and the rest of the composition
Whether the knees have bagged out
Wash colour, named rather than left to the photograph

What buyers will actually ask

You will receive the same three messages about skinny jeans. 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 stretchy are they?”

Give the elastane percentage from the label. It is the defining specification of this cut.

“Have the knees gone baggy?”

Lay them flat and look. Bagged knees are the characteristic skinny jean fault and obvious once worn.

“What is the actual waist?”

Measure flat and double it. Stretch denim labels are especially unreliable.

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 skinny jeans 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 skinny jeans — 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 though less fashionable than looser cuts. Common sizes in recognised brands still sell within a fortnight.

Cheap and easy to post. Roll to keep the parcel small.

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 are used skinny jeans worth?

Typically £8 to £35, with premium denim brands above. See the skinny jeans value guide.

Do skinny jeans still sell?

Yes, steadily, though not at the volumes of wider cuts. There is a consistent audience and less competition than in currently fashionable styles.

Does bagging at the knees matter?

It is the main visible sign of wear on this cut and does lower the price. A wash and dry sometimes recovers the shape on high-elastane denim — try that before photographing.