Sell Your Used Surfboard — 0% Fees

A used surfboard typically sells for £80 to £450, and on WishThrift it costs you nothing to list — no fee, no commission, so you keep the whole amount you agree. Surfboards sell on dimensions and whether the board has taken water, so give the length, width, thickness and volume, and be honest about any dings.

The short version

Typical range: £80 – £450 — see the full surfboard value guide
What decides your price: condition, and how well you evidence it in photographs
Cost to sell here: nothing, at any price
Category: Sports & Outdoors

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.

Find the dimensions and volume, usually written on the stringer or the maker’s listing.
Check every ding and pressure dent, and press around them for softness that indicates water ingress.
Confirm the fin setup and which fins are included.

The photographs that sell a surfboard

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 board full length from above, deck up
The bottom, showing the fin setup
Every ding and repair close up
The rails and tail, plus the fins included

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 It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover.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

Type, dimensions and volume: “6ft 2in Shortboard, 19in x 2.5in, 30L, Thruster”. Volume in litres is how surfers choose and is often omitted. Say the fin setup and whether fins are included.

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

Length, width, thickness and volume in litres
Board type: shortboard, funboard, longboard, fish
Fin setup and which fins are included
All dings, repairs and any water ingress

What buyers will actually ask

You will receive the same three messages about a surfboard. 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.

“Has it taken on water?”

Press around every ding and check for softness or a sloshing sound. Waterlogging ruins a board and buyers ask specifically.

“What volume is it?”

Read it off the stringer. Volume is how surfers match a board to their weight and ability, more than length is.

“Are the fins included?”

Say which and how many. Fins are expensive separately and their inclusion changes the price meaningfully.

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 surfboard 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 £265 sale — roughly the middle of the range for a surfboard — 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	£265
Poshmark	−£53	£212
eBay	−£36	£229
Mercari	−£26	£239
Etsy	−£17	£248

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

April through September, peaking in early summer. Off-season boards sell slowly and cheaply.

Collection is usual. Posting needs a board bag and a length surcharge, and transit damage on a surfboard is common enough that most sellers avoid it.

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 surfboard worth?

Typically £80 to £450 depending on type, condition and brand. See the surfboard value guide.

Do dings ruin a surfboard?

Repaired dings that are properly sealed are normal and barely affect the price. Unrepaired dings that have let water in are a different matter and must be disclosed — press around them and say what you found.

What does volume mean on a surfboard?

It is the board’s float in litres, and it is how surfers match a board to their weight and skill. It matters more than length to most buyers, so state it if it is written on the board.