Used trainers in Brisbane typically sell for A$34 to A$190 (about $24 to $135). Everyday trainers and collectable sneakers are the same object priced by completely different logic, and the model decides which market you are in.
Selling trainers in Brisbane
Brisbane is subtropical, and that genuinely determines what survives second hand here. Humidity is hard on anything upholstered, wooden or electronic that has been stored badly, and buyers who have lived here a while will ask where an item was kept before they ask anything else.
The city has grown quickly through interstate migration, and people arriving from Sydney and Melbourne routinely sell up rather than freight everything north. That produces a steady supply of good furniture at sensible prices.
Ask where the item was stored before anything else. Humidity here is hard on upholstery, timber and electronics alike, and something kept in an unventilated garage can be well past saving while still looking fine.
Brisbane has around 2.6 million people in Queensland, which means a deep enough buyer pool that most things sell without having to travel far to hand them over. Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Townsville are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Brisbane
WishThrift has not opened Australia for trading yet, so this page is a guide rather than a live marketplace — the category becomes browsable here the moment the first Australian sellers list.
What trainers are worth
What lifts the price
- Clean, unyellowed midsoles
- Common sizes that fit the widest pool of buyers
What pulls it down
- Creased toe boxes and collapsed heel counters
- Generic own-brand trainers, worth very little
Working out what yours is worth
- Photograph the soles, toe box and heel in daylight
- Search sold listings for that style code in your size
Getting it ready
- Clean the uppers, midsoles and laces properly. Cleaning pays better on trainers than almost any other garment.
- Check the midsole for yellowing and creasing, and the outsole for uneven heel wear.
Photograph
- The soles side by side, showing tread and heel wear
- The size tag inside the tongue, legible
Put in the description
- Size with the sizing system stated
- Sole and midsole condition, including yellowing and creasing
Cheap and easy to post. Use the original box inside a mailing bag, and stuff the toes so they keep their shape.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Queensland)
Common questions
Where can I sell trainers in Brisbane?
Put it on WishThrift free and deal with the buyer direct. The river cuts the city in half and there are only so many crossings, so which side someone is on matters more than the distance on a map. Most people arrange collection rather than posting, and utes are common enough that furniture moves easily.
Do you have the box?
Say either way. Original boxes add value on collectable models and make postage safer on all of them.
How much are trainers worth in Brisbane?
Most used trainers change hands for A$34 to A$190 (about $24 to $135). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling trainers across Australia, what trainers are worth, everything second hand in Brisbane, or Shoes & Footwear in Brisbane.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.