There’s no better time than a new year to sell your clothes online and give your wardrobe a good old refresh. Plus it’s always handy to make some extra cash in January when your last pay check went on Christmas presents.
More importantly, it’s the perfect way to practice circular fashion, or at least offset the money you spend on clothes. And it’s always nice to send unwanted clothes off to a loving new home.
What you might not realise is that eBay isn’t the only way to do it. Nowadays, there are plenty more options out there to ensure you get the best experience (and £££) possible. With that in mind, keep scrolling for the best sites to sell clothes online.
The best sites to sell clothes online:
1. Depop
Best for: High-street sellouts. If you’ve seen an item you love all over TikTok or Instagram, chances are you’ll find it on Depop. Many influencers also sell their clothes on there, and it’s super quick to use.
What’s the commission? 10% of all sales, plusa standard transaction fee by either of PayPal or Depop Payments of around 2.9% + £0.30. You also get charged straight away meaning you don’t have any nasty surprises later on.
2. Vinted
Best for: High street clothes and some designer finds, but make sure to check seller reviews when shopping for the latter. Vinted differs from eBay in that there is no auction, so your item will go for asking price, though buyers do have the option to make an offer. You can also swap items with other sellers.
What’s the commission? It’s free to list and sell on Vinted, which is a big bonus (unless you’d like to pay to bump your item or for a wardrobe spotlight). Buyers do get charged a small fee under their Buyer Protection Fee, usually between 3 and 8% of the purchase price for items under £500, and 3% for items above that.
3. Vestiaire Collective
Best for: Designer clothes. Selling designer items on eBay can be tricky, I’ve had authentic items taken down before as the site didn’t deem them authentic. Vestiaire authenticates everything for you. You can either list it yourself and then send it to Vestiaire once it’s sold so they can check everything and send it on to the buyer, or you can send it to them directly to list and sell.
What’s the commission? Compared to other luxury resell sites, Vestiaire fees are pretty low. All items priced under £100 have a fixed selling fee of £10. Items between £100 and £20,000 have a selling fee of 10%, and above that a fixed selling fee of £2000.
A payment processing fee of 3% will also be added to cover the external processing costs of your transaction. For items priced at less than £100, this is just £3.
4. Reluxe
Best for: Founded by stylist and industry veteran Clare Richardson, Reluxe is all about luxury clothing items (Ghesquiere era Balenciaga, Phoebe Philo era Chloé, Isabel Marant…), and customers and celeb ambassadors already include Amber Valletta, Bella Freud, Zinnia Kumar and Carolyn Murphy.
Working with customers, independent designers and brands, Reluxe authenticates every item and takes care of the entire process to minimise effort on the seller’s part, which is great if you are time-poor.
The concierge service ensures a collection directly from your home for ease (you can see a list of the brands Reluxe accepts here). The expert team then look after the rest including; photography, product description, pricing, listing of your items and shipment.
What’s the commission? There are commission tiers depending on the value of your item: for items with a market price of £300 or below, Reluxe charges a 50% commission, items under £1,000 incur a 40% commission, items under £5,000 a 35% commission and items of £5000+ a 30% commission. Once a month you will receive a summary of your pieces that have been sold and completed (this means that the customers’ 14 day returns period has passed) and the funds will be deposited straight into your bank account.
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5. COS resell
Best for: Cos clothing. Sure, it’s a bit niche, but if you have loads of old clothes from the brand that you’d love to sell then it’s a great way to do it. You’re also supporting Cos’s efforts to become more sustainable.
What’s the commission? A standard 10%, so you get a good chunk from the sale, more than you might get selling elsewhere.
6. My Circular Wardrobe
Best for: Launched by a mother and daughter team, My Circular Wardrobe’s ‘preloved at first sight’ aim is to encourage people to fall in love with buying second-hand instead of new. Whilst environmentally friendly, they want to make the experience of shopping second-hand inexpensive and luxurious. You can sell and buy items by designers and high-street brands including Chanel, Christian Louboutin, ASOS and Zara.
What’s the commission? 50% of the sale, although they do take care of all the admin, so that’s reflected in the fee.
7. ASOS Marketplace
Best for: Bulk sales. ASOS Marketplace is a great place to establish your vintage online store, as you need to sell at least 15 items at a time. You’ll need high-quality second-hand or vintage pieces, and to shoot them on a model, so it’s a bit more time-consuming.
What’s the commission? The monthly subscription is now free, so all you’ll get charged is 20% from all items sold.
8. eBay
Best for: It’s pretty good if you want to sell clothes online across any category, eBay now also has an authentication team, so you can feel secure selling (and buying) high-price designer pre-loved pieces.
What’s the commission? eBay charges insertion fess (when you list an item) and a final value fee (when your item sells), which varies depending on the category you’re selling in. You get up to 1,000 zero insertion fee listings a month (35p after that). The final value fee is calculated as 12.8% of the total amount of the sale (which includes the item price, postage, taxes and any other applicable fees), plus a fixed charge of 30p per order. If the total amount of the sale is over £5,000 for a single item, you’ll pay 3% for the portion of the sale price above £5,000.
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9. Facebook Marketplace
Best for: Local sales. It’s a similar system to Preloved, a quick and easy way to get rid of unwanted clothes, though again you might not make the most cash out of this one. This works really for things like clothing bundles.
What’s the commission? There are no listing or transaction fees.
10. Etsy
Best for: Vintage items. Etsy is great if you’re selling unique vintage pieces and anything that you’ve created yourself too.
What’s the commission? Etsy charges 16p per listing and 6.5% per transaction. You’ll also pay 4% plus 20p per transaction in payment processing fees.
11. Zara Pre-Owned
Best for? Zara, of course. The high-street retailer launched a platform late last year which allows customers to re-sell their pre-loved Zara piece and shop the brand second-hand.
What’s the commission? As per the Zara website, the seller will receive 100% of the sale price, however, the funds will only be sent once the item has been delivered and the customer has confirmed and rated the item.
12. Thrift+
Best for? Everything, though mainly high-street labels if you want to earn more on designer items. Thrift+ is different in that you don’t earn any money, you donate unwanted clothes to end fashion waste. The way it works is you fill one of their bags with your unwanted items, send it to them and they’re recirculate your clothes.
What’s the commission? For each item sold, you’ll earn Thrift+ points to spend on their preloved section.
13. Reliked
Best for? Influencer wardrobes. If you’re an influencer whose wardrobe is bursting at the seams with lovely clothes and accessories, this is for you. Leonie Hanne, Hannah Strafford-Taylor and Vogue Williams are just some of the names selling their clothes on here. There are also men’s, beauty and home items.
What’s the commission? For items between £20-£499.99 you get 50%, and items over £500 you’ll get 75% of the final sale.
