Sell Your Used Soft Toys — 0% Fees

Used soft toys typically sell for £3 to £25, and on WishThrift it costs you nothing to list — no fee, no commission, so you keep the whole amount you agree. Soft toys divide sharply into ordinary ones worth very little and collectable ones with tags intact — so check for a maker’s label before you bundle anything.

The short version

Typical range: £3 – £25 — see the full soft toys value guide
What decides your price: condition, and how well you evidence it in photographs
Cost to sell here: nothing, at any price
Category: Toys & Games

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.

Check every toy for a maker’s label and any swing tag, since collectable makes are identified by them.
Wash or surface-clean according to the label, and be honest about anything that cannot be cleaned.
Check seams, eyes and noses are secure, which matters for toys going to young children.

The photographs that sell soft toys

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 bundle laid out together, countable
Any labelled or collectable toy photographed individually
The maker’s label and swing tag close up
Any mark, thinning, loose seam or missing eye

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 It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover.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

Quantity, brand and condition: “Bundle of 8 Soft Toys, Clean, Ages 0+” or “Steiff Teddy Bear, Button in Ear, with Tag”. Collectable makes belong in their own listing; everything else sells as a bundle.

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

How many toys and their approximate sizes
Any maker’s labels or collectable marks
Whether washed, and whether they are machine washable
Seam, eye and nose security, and any mark or thinning

What buyers will actually ask

You will receive the same three messages about soft toys. 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.

“Have they been washed?”

Say so plainly. For soft toys going to children this is the question behind every other one.

“Is anything collectable?”

Check for maker’s buttons, labels and swing tags before bundling. A single collectable bear can be worth many times the whole rest of the lot.

“Are the eyes secure?”

Tug them gently. For toys intended for young children, loose eyes and noses are a genuine safety point.

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 soft toys 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 £14 sale — roughly the middle of the range for soft toys — 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	£14
Poshmark	−£3	£11
eBay	−£2	£12
Mercari	−£1	£13
Etsy	−£1	£13

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

Lifts before Christmas. Collectable makes sell year round to a specialist audience; ordinary bundles are seasonal and cheap.

Light and compressible, so vacuum bags cut the postage significantly. Say they have been washed — it is the single line that converts this listing.

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

Are used soft toys worth selling?

Collectable makes with labels and tags, definitely. Ordinary soft toys are worth very little individually and should be bundled, clean, with the condition described honestly.

What are used soft toys worth?

Typically £3 to £25 for a bundle, with collectable makers far above. See the soft toys value guide.

How do I know if a teddy is collectable?

Look for a maker’s button, sewn label or swing tag, usually in the ear, on a seam or at the base. Photograph anything you find rather than guessing at the make.