Sell Your Used Weight Bench — 0% Fees

A used weight bench typically sells for £30 to £180, and on WishThrift it costs you nothing to list — no fee, no commission, so you keep the whole amount you agree. Weight benches sell on maximum load rating and whether they fold, and buyers want both numbers before they will travel for one.

The short version

Typical range: £30 – £180 — see the full weight bench 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 maximum user and load rating, usually on a sticker under the seat or in the manual.
Check the padding for splits, the frame welds for cracks, and every adjustment pin.
Note the folded and assembled dimensions, and whether any attachments are included.

The photographs that sell a weight bench

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 bench flat, side on, whole
In the incline position, showing the adjustment
The padding surface, showing any split or compression
The frame welds and adjustment pins, plus any attachments

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 It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover.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, rating and fold: “Adjustable Weight Bench, 300kg Rating, Folds Flat”. Load rating is what serious lifters filter on. Say flat, incline or decline capable, and whether it folds — storage is the second question after strength.

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

Maximum user and load rating in kilograms
Flat, incline, decline or fully adjustable
Assembled and folded dimensions
Padding condition and whether attachments like a leg developer are included

What buyers will actually ask

You will receive the same three messages about a weight bench. 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 weight is it rated to?”

Read the sticker or manual and give the figure. Lifters will not buy a bench without knowing what it takes.

“Is the padding split?”

Photograph the seat and back surfaces. Split vinyl is common, repairable with tape or a recover, and must be shown.

“Does it fold?”

Say so and give the folded dimensions. Storage is the main constraint for home buyers.

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 weight bench 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 £105 sale — roughly the middle of the range for a weight bench — 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	£105
Poshmark	−£21	£84
eBay	−£14	£91
Mercari	−£10	£95
Etsy	−£7	£98

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

January peak, autumn secondary. Benches hold value well and sell quickly in season when the rating is stated.

Heavy and awkward but usually manageable by two people. Say whether it folds and whether it fits in a car, since many do once folded.

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 weight bench worth?

Typically £30 to £180 depending on rating, adjustability and brand. See the weight bench value guide.

Does split padding ruin the value?

It lowers it modestly. Vinyl repair tape is cheap and recovering a bench is straightforward, so buyers price it in when shown — but the frame and welds matter far more.

What load rating do I need?

State what yours is rated to and let the buyer judge against their own lifts. Ratings vary from around 150kg on budget benches to 400kg or more on commercial ones.