The short version
- Typical range: £20 – £90 — see the full SSD value guide
- What decides your price: condition, and how well you evidence it in photographs
- Cost to sell here: nothing, at any price
- Category: Electronics
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 drive health and total bytes written with a free SMART tool, and screenshot it.
- Note the exact capacity, form factor and interface: SATA, NVMe, M.2 or 2.5 inch.
- Securely erase the drive so none of your data remains, and confirm it is recognised on a fresh boot.
The photographs that sell an SSD
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 drive from the label side, model and capacity visible
- The connector, showing the interface
- A SMART health readout on screen showing hours and data written
- The underside and any thermal pad or heatsink
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 It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover.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
Capacity, interface and health: “1TB NVMe M.2 SSD, Samsung 970 EVO, 98% Health”. Capacity and interface are the filters. Including a SMART health figure is unusual and immediately credible, because buyers of used drives are specifically worried about wear.
Then state these in the description, because a buyer who has to ask is a buyer who might not bother:
- Capacity, form factor and interface
- Brand, model and read/write speeds
- SMART health percentage, power-on hours and total bytes written
- Whether it has been securely erased
What buyers will actually ask
You will receive the same three messages about an SSD. 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.
Run a SMART tool and screenshot the result. Total bytes written is how buyers judge remaining life and supplying it unprompted sets your listing apart.
State the form factor and interface exactly. M.2 NVMe and 2.5in SATA are not interchangeable and the mistake is common.
Securely erase it and say so. Never sell a drive with a simple file delete — the data is recoverable.
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 SSD 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 £55 sale — roughly the middle of the range for an SSD — 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 | £55 |
| Poshmark | −£11 | £44 |
| eBay | −£7 | £48 |
| Mercari | −£6 | £49 |
| Etsy | −£4 | £51 |
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 all year. Larger capacities and NVMe drives sell fastest; small SATA drives are abundant and cheap.
Tiny and cheap to post, but static-sensitive. Use an antistatic bag inside a padded envelope.
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 SSD worth?
Typically £20 to £90 depending on capacity and interface. See the SSD value guide.
How do I check SSD health?
Use a free SMART reading tool to show the health percentage, power-on hours and total bytes written. Those three figures tell a buyer how much of the drive’s rated life has been used.
How should I wipe a drive before selling?
Use a secure erase rather than deleting files or a quick format, both of which leave data recoverable. Most manufacturers provide a utility that does it properly.
See also: what a used SSD is worth · browse live electronics listings · condition grades explained.