Sell Your Used Travel Bag — 0% Fees

A used travel bag typically sells for £15 to £70, and on WishThrift it costs you nothing to list — no fee, no commission, so you keep the whole amount you agree. Travel bags cover a wide range, so the useful thing you can do is be specific about what yours actually is and what it holds — vague listings in this category simply do not get found.

The short version

Typical range: £15 – £70 — see the full travel bag value guide
What decides your price: condition, and how well you evidence it in photographs
Cost to sell here: nothing, at any price
Category: Bags & Handbags

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.

Measure the external dimensions and note the capacity in litres if stated.
Check the wheels and handle if it has them, and the zips along their full length.
Check the base, corners and any external pockets, and confirm whether it has a lock.

The photographs that sell a travel bag

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 bag from the side, whole, packed to shape
The main compartment open, showing internal organisation
Wheels and handle if fitted, or the strap system
The base and zips, plus any wear, fray or damage

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 It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover.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, capacity and features: “Wheeled Travel Bag, 70L, Expandable, Lockable”. Say plainly whether it is wheeled, a holdall or a backpack-style bag, and give the litres. Expandable and lockable are both genuine searches.

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

Capacity in litres and external dimensions
Whether wheeled, carried or worn, and the handle or strap type
Material, and whether it expands
Zip, wheel and base condition, and whether it has a built-in lock

What buyers will actually ask

You will receive the same three messages about a travel bag. 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.

“What are the exact dimensions?”

Measure including wheels and handles. Travellers check against airline limits and the manufacturer’s stated size often excludes both.

“How much does it weigh empty?”

Weigh it. On checked baggage every kilogram of bag is a kilogram less of contents, and frequent flyers ask.

“Do the wheels roll properly?”

If it is wheeled, test it loaded. Wheels are the standard failure point on any wheeled luggage.

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 travel bag 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 £42 sale — roughly the middle of the range for a travel bag — 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	£42
Poshmark	−£8	£34
eBay	−£6	£36
Mercari	−£4	£38
Etsy	−£3	£39

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 from April to August and before Christmas. Wheeled bags and expandable models sell fastest in those windows.

Bulky, so measure the packed parcel for volumetric pricing. Collection often makes more sense for large wheeled bags, where postage can approach the value.

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 travel bag worth?

Typically £15 to £70, with wheeled and premium brands above. See the travel bag value guide for the condition bands.

Should I say it is cabin sized?

Give the measurements rather than a compliance claim. Airline limits differ and change, so exact dimensions are both more honest and more useful.

Do worn wheels reduce the value?

Substantially, because they are what the bag is for. On better brands wheels can be replaced, so say the make and whether spares are available.