Sell Your Used Stand Mixer — 0% Fees

A used stand mixer typically sells for £60 to £250, and on WishThrift it costs you nothing to list — no fee, no commission, so you keep the whole amount you agree. Stand mixers barely wear out, which is why used ones sell well — the value sits in the attachments and the colour more than the mechanism.

The short version

Typical range: £60 – £250 — see the full stand mixer value guide
What decides your price: condition, and how well you evidence it in photographs
Cost to sell here: nothing, at any price
Category: Kitchen & Appliances

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.

Run it through every speed and listen for gear noise, and check the head locks firmly with no wobble.
Gather every attachment: beater, whisk, dough hook, bowl, splash guard, and any pasta or grinder accessories.
Clean the bowl and attachments properly and check whether the beater coating is chipping, which matters on older models.

The photographs that sell a stand mixer

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 mixer with the bowl and beater fitted, front on
All attachments laid out together
The bowl interior and the beater, showing coating condition
The model plate, and the head raised showing the attachment hub

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 It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover.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, model and colour: “KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer, 4.8L, Empire Red”. Colour genuinely affects the price on these because they sit on a worktop. List every attachment in the title if there is room — accessory bundles are worth real money.

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

Brand, model and bowl capacity in litres
Colour, named as the manufacturer names it
Every attachment included, and the condition of any coating
Whether the attachment hub cover and any extra accessories are present

What buyers will actually ask

You will receive the same three messages about a stand mixer. 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.

“Which attachments are included?”

List them individually. Attachments are expensive separately and their presence is much of what the buyer is paying for.

“Is the beater coating chipped?”

Check and photograph. Coated beaters chip with age and buyers care because of what ends up in the food.

“Does the head wobble?”

Test it. A loose head is adjustable on most models but should be mentioned rather than discovered.

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 stand mixer 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 £155 sale — roughly the middle of the range for a stand mixer — 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	£155
Poshmark	−£31	£124
eBay	−£21	£134
Mercari	−£16	£139
Etsy	−£10	£145

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 with a strong Christmas lift and a bump in autumn baking season. Recognised brands hold value remarkably well.

Very heavy for its size — check the weight before quoting postage, and pack it in a rigid box with the bowl wrapped separately. Collection is common and easier.

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 stand mixer worth?

Typically £60 to £250, with recognised brands holding value strongly and full attachment sets adding meaningfully. See the stand mixer value guide.

Do attachments increase the value?

Considerably. Individual attachments are expensive new, so a mixer with the full set plus extras like a pasta roller can be worth substantially more than the machine alone.

Are old stand mixers still worth buying?

Often more so than new budget ones. Well-built mixers from decades ago frequently still run perfectly, which is exactly why the used market for them is strong.