The Best Places to Sell Secondhand Baby & Children's Clothes in Australia

Kids grow faster than their wardrobes can keep up!

If you've got drawers, tubs or bags full of baby and children's clothes that no longer fit, selling them can be a great way to recover some of what you originally spent while giving perfectly good clothing another life.

But what's the best way to sell secondhand kids' clothes in Australia?

There isn't one answer that suits everyone. Selling individual items yourself can potentially earn you more money, but it takes time. Selling clothes in bundles is quicker, but usually means accepting a lower price per item. Markets can help you clear a lot in one day, while children's clothing resale services can do much of the work for you.

The best option really depends on what matters most to you: getting the highest possible price, spending the least amount of time, or simply getting those outgrown clothes out of the house.

Here's a practical look at the main options available to Australian parents, including the pros and cons of each.

At a Glance: Ways to Sell Outgrown Kids' Clothes

These are broad comparisons only. The amount you actually receive and the time involved will vary considerably depending on the clothing, platform and buyer demand.

1. Facebook Marketplace and Local Buy/Swap/Sell Groups

Facebook Marketplace is an obvious starting point for parents wanting to sell outgrown baby and children's clothing.

You can advertise individual pieces, create bundles by size or season, or offer an entire wardrobe as one large lot. Local buy/swap/sell and parenting groups can also put your clothes in front of families living nearby.

Pros

• Easy to get started
• Particularly useful for selling locally
• No need to build your own audience
• Bundles of everyday children's clothing can work well
• Local pickup can avoid postage and packaging
• You control your own prices

Cons

• You need to photograph and describe your items
• Messages and questions from potential buyers can take time
• Buyers may negotiate on price
• You may need to coordinate pickups with multiple people
• Individual lower-priced items may not be worth the effort of selling separately
• Items that don't sell remain your problem

Best for

Parents who don't mind dealing directly with buyers and are happy to put some time into selling their clothes themselves.

Tip: If you have lots of inexpensive everyday clothing, consider grouping similar sizes into bundles. Selling a $5 item individually can involve almost as much communication as selling a $40 bundle.

Not sure whether selling the clothes yourself is worth the work? We've also looked at whether selling secondhand kids' clothes is worth it, including the time involved in listing, dealing with buyers, postage and collection, and when bundling can make more sense.

2. eBay Australia

eBay can be a particularly useful option when you have clothing that people are likely to search for specifically — for example, recognised brands, special occasion clothing or higher-value pieces.

You create the listings yourself, choose your prices and organise delivery when something sells.

For eligible Australia-based sellers without an eBay Pro plan, selling on eBay.com.au may be free up to the applicable sales threshold, although postage and some optional or other charges can still apply. Always check eBay's current seller terms before listing.

Pros

• Access to buyers across Australia
• Particularly useful for recognised brands and specific items
• You control the asking price
• Buyers can search specifically by brand, size and garment type
• Potential to achieve a higher return on desirable individual items

Cons

• Every item needs to be photographed and listed
• You need to research or decide on prices
• Sold items need to be packed and posted
• You may need to answer buyer questions
• Lower-value children's basics may not justify the time involved
• Unsold items may need to be relisted or disposed of another way

Best for

Parents with higher-value, branded or particularly desirable pieces who are prepared to spend time listing and fulfilling individual orders.

Not sure which of your children's clothes might be worth selling individually? Some of the clues aren't as obvious as the brand on the label. See our guide to how much secondhand kids' clothes are worth and the items that deserve a second look.

3. Depop

Depop is another online marketplace for secondhand fashion and can be particularly suitable for fashionable, distinctive, vintage or higher-value clothing.

While it's better known for adult and younger fashion, it can also be an option for older children's and teen clothing, particularly when the brand or style has resale appeal.

Australian sellers currently don't pay a Depop selling fee, although payment-processing and potentially other optional fees can apply. As with any marketplace, check the latest fees before deciding where to sell.

Pros

• Fashion-focused audience
• Good presentation can help distinctive items stand out
• Particularly suited to fashionable and recognisable brands
• You choose your own prices
• Potential audience beyond your local area

Cons

• You still have to photograph, describe and list everything
• Packaging and postage remain your responsibility
• Everyday baby and children's basics may be less suited to the platform
• Lower-value items can involve a lot of work for a relatively small return

Best for

Trendier pieces, older children's clothing and items where brand or style is a significant part of their resale appeal.

4. Gumtree

Gumtree provides another way to advertise secondhand children's clothing, particularly when you want to find a local buyer.

As with Facebook Marketplace, you can try selling individual items, bundles or larger lots.

Pros

• Useful for local sales
• Can work well for bundles
• You set your own price
• Optional paid upgrades are available, but aren't necessary for many listings

Cons

• You need to create the advertisements yourself
• You'll deal directly with prospective buyers
• You may need to negotiate on price
• Pickups need to be arranged
• The amount of interest can vary depending on your location and what you're selling

Best for

Parents wanting to sell larger bundles locally without having to package and post lots of individual garments.

5. Brand-Specific Facebook Groups

Some children's clothing brands have enthusiastic secondhand communities, with Facebook groups dedicated to buying, selling and swapping particular labels.

These can sometimes be a much better place to sell a desirable item than a general marketplace because the people viewing it already know the brand.

Pros

• Highly targeted audience
• Members often understand the original and secondhand value of the brand
• Can work well for limited releases, boutique labels and sought-after designs
• Potentially better prices for particularly desirable pieces

Cons

• Group rules can be strict
• You still need to photograph, list, sell and send the items yourself
• Demand can be very brand-specific
• Everyday mass-market clothing may not be suitable

Best for

Boutique, collectible or highly sought-after children's brands with an active secondhand following.

6. Brand-Specific Resale Marketplaces

Some children's clothing brands now operate their own dedicated secondhand marketplaces.

For example, Bonds Village Marketplace and Purebaby Pre-Loved allow customers to sell eligible clothing from those brands to other customers through marketplaces powered by Treet.

These marketplaces can be particularly useful if you have several items from the same brand. Instead of competing with thousands of unrelated listings on a general marketplace, your clothing is being shown to shoppers who are already interested in that brand.

They can also make parts of the selling process easier. Listings are reviewed before going live and, once an item sells, the seller receives a prepaid shipping label. At the time of writing, both Bonds and Purebaby allow sellers to receive the full selling price as brand credit or gift card, while choosing a cash payout incurs a 20% fee.

There is an important distinction, though: these are still peer-to-peer marketplaces.

You keep the clothing until it sells and you're responsible for photographing it, creating the listing and sending it to the buyer after the sale. Although listings are reviewed before publication, the physical garment remains with the individual seller rather than being received and condition-graded by the brand before it is offered for sale.

There's also the practical question of how many brands are sitting in your children's wardrobe. A dedicated marketplace may be convenient if you have several eligible items from one participating brand, but a mixed wardrobe could require using multiple brand-specific marketplaces alongside other selling methods.

Pros

• Targeted audience already interested in the brand
• Listings are reviewed before publication
• Prepaid shipping labels simplify fulfilment after a sale
• Brand credit or gift card can provide a higher payout than cash

Cons

• You still photograph, list, store and send the clothing yourself
• Only eligible items from participating brands can be sold
• A mixed-brand wardrobe may require several different selling platforms
• Choosing cash rather than brand credit may reduce the amount you receive

Best for

Parents with several eligible items from the same participating brand who are happy to list and fulfil their own sales, particularly if they would make use of the higher-value brand credit option.

7. Children's Markets and Car Boot Sales

If you'd rather sell face-to-face, children's markets, community markets and car boot sales can be a way to move a lot of clothing in a single day.

Instead of creating dozens of online listings, you price everything, set up your stall and let buyers browse.

Pros

• Potential to sell many items in one day
• No need to photograph every garment
• Buyers can inspect clothing themselves
• No individual packaging or postage
• Can also be useful for selling toys, books and other children's items at the same time

Cons

• Stall fees may apply
• Preparing and pricing stock still takes time
• You need to transport everything to and from the market
• You're committing part of a day — often a weekend — to selling
• There's no guarantee everything will sell
• Whatever is left usually comes home with you again

Best for

Parents with a large volume of clothing and other children's items who don't mind giving up a day to try to clear them.

8. Sell to Friends, Family or Other Parents

Sometimes the simplest solution is already in your contacts.

If you know someone with a younger child, particularly one who is approaching the size your child has just outgrown, you may be able to sell them a bundle directly.

Parent groups, sporting clubs, preschool communities and friendship groups can all create natural opportunities.

Pros

• Very little setup
• No marketplace required
• No postage if you see each other regularly
• Bundles can change hands quickly
• You know exactly who will be using the clothes next

Cons

• Limited number of potential buyers
• Discussing money with friends can sometimes feel awkward
• You may feel uncomfortable asking what the clothes are actually worth
• Only works when someone's needs line up with what you're clearing out

Best for

Parents with a ready-made network of families with younger children.

9. Use a Children's Clothing Resale or Consignment Service

There's another option for parents who would like to receive something for their outgrown children's clothes but don't particularly want a second job selling them.

Children's clothing resale and consignment services take over some or most of the work involved in turning your unwanted clothing into something another family can buy.

Exactly how these services operate varies considerably. Some accept only particular brands. Some operate locally. Some pay only after an item eventually sells, while others assess your clothing and pay you without requiring you to wait for the individual garments to find buyers. Some offer cash, some store credit, and others offer a choice.

The trade-off is generally straightforward: you give up some of the potential return in exchange for somebody else doing the work.

Pros

• Far less work than selling items individually
• No need to deal with multiple buyers
• No repeated Marketplace messages or pickup arrangements
• No need to photograph and list every garment yourself
• Can deal with a large wardrobe clear-out at once
• Clothing gets the opportunity to be worn by another child

Cons

• You're unlikely to receive as much as you potentially could by successfully selling every item yourself
• Services have acceptance criteria
• Not every item will necessarily have sufficient resale value
• The service, rather than you, may determine the resale value
• Some services require you to wait until an item sells before you receive payment

Best for

Parents who value their time and convenience and would prefer someone else to handle the selling process.

10. Daisy Chain Clothing's Outgrown Kit

This is exactly why we created the Daisy Chain Clothing Outgrown Kit.

We've spent years selling preloved baby and children's clothing to families across Australia. The Outgrown Kit allows parents to use that existing resale system when it's time to clear out their own children's wardrobes.

Instead of photographing garments one at a time, writing listings, answering messages, negotiating with buyers and posting multiple orders, you send the clothes to us and Daisy Chain Clothing handles the selling process.

The process is simple:

1. Order an Outgrown Kit and choose a Small, Medium or Large prepaid satchel.
2. Fill it with suitable outgrown baby and children's clothing.
3. Send it back to us using the prepaid satchel.
4. We assess each garment and determine its expected Daisy Chain Clothing selling price.
5. We calculate your payout using our published payout rates.
6. Choose cash or Daisy Chain Clothing credit, with higher payout percentages available if you choose store credit.

Importantly, you don't have to wait for the individual garments to sell.

Once we've received and assessed your Outgrown Kit, we calculate its cash and Daisy Chain Clothing credit values. Daisy Chain Clothing then takes on the work — and the risk — involved in storing and eventually selling the accepted clothing.

Pros

• No photographing or listing individual garments
• No researching prices or dealing with buyers
• No arranging pickups or posting individual orders
• No waiting for each garment to sell before your payout is calculated
• Choose cash or higher-value Daisy Chain Clothing credit
• Send many garments at once in one prepaid satchel

Cons

• Selling desirable pieces yourself may produce a higher return
• The Outgrown Kit costs $24.95, including the prepaid return satchel
• Clothing must meet Daisy Chain Clothing's acceptance criteria
• Lower-value everyday clothing may produce relatively small payouts
• Daisy Chain Clothing determines the expected resale value and resulting payout

Best for

Parents with good-quality outgrown baby and children's clothing who want to receive something for it but don't have the time or inclination to sell every garment themselves.

You can see the current payout rates, what we accept and don't accept, and full details of how the service works on our Sell Your Kids' Clothes page.

Or, if you're ready to clear out the wardrobe, you can order an Outgrown Kit here.

11. Donate Your Children's Clothes

Of course, selling isn't the only worthwhile option.

If recovering money isn't important to you, donating good-quality children's clothing to an op shop, charity or community organisation may be considerably easier than selling it.

Pros

• Quick and simple
• Supports charities or other families
• Gives usable clothing another opportunity to be worn
• No selling, photographing or dealing with buyers

Cons

• You don't receive payment for the clothing
• Organisations have different acceptance requirements
• Heavily worn or damaged textiles may not be suitable for donation

Best for

Parents whose main priority is clearing space and giving usable clothing away rather than recovering some of its value.

12. Textile Recycling for Clothes That Can't Be Sold or Donated

Eventually, some children's clothing reaches the point where it simply isn't suitable for another child.

Stains, holes, significant wear or other damage may make a garment unsuitable for resale or donation.

Rather than putting those textiles into your general rubbish, look for textile recycling options available in your area. Specialist textile recycling services can process materials that have reached the end of their useful life as clothing.

This is different from selling — you won't generally make money from recycling — but it can be an appropriate final option for textiles that genuinely can't be reused.

So, What's the Best Way to Sell Outgrown Kids' Clothes?

It depends on what you're trying to maximise.

If you want to maximise your potential return:
Consider selling your most valuable pieces individually through eBay, Facebook Marketplace, Depop, an appropriate brand-specific group or a dedicated brand resale marketplace where eligible.

If you want to sell lots of inexpensive everyday clothing:
Bundles through Facebook Marketplace, Gumtree or local groups may make more sense than listing every piece separately.

If you enjoy selling and have the time:
Doing it yourself gives you the greatest control over pricing and where your clothes are sold.

If you want everything gone quickly and don't need to be paid:
Donation may be the simplest answer.

If the clothes are no longer wearable:
Look for an appropriate textile recycling option rather than treating them as ordinary rubbish.

If you want to receive something for your clothes without doing all the selling yourself:
A children's clothing resale service may provide the balance you're looking for.

There is also no reason you have to choose just one.

You might sell a designer dress individually, put several inexpensive T-shirts into a bundle, give some clothes to a younger cousin, donate other pieces and use a resale service for the large pile that's left.

The important thing is finding an option that makes sense for the value of the clothing and the value of your time.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I sell secondhand kids' clothes in Australia?

Australian parents have a range of options including Facebook Marketplace, local buy/swap/sell groups, eBay, Depop, Gumtree, children's markets, brand-specific resale groups, dedicated brand resale marketplaces and specialist children's clothing resale services such as Daisy Chain Clothing.

The best choice depends on whether your priority is maximising your selling price or minimising the amount of work involved.

What's the easiest way to sell outgrown kids' clothes?

Selling clothes individually yourself gives you control but requires photographing, listing, communicating with buyers and fulfilling each sale.

If convenience is more important, selling in bulk or using a children's clothing resale service can substantially reduce the amount of work involved.

With the Daisy Chain Clothing Outgrown Kit, you send your suitable clothing to us in a prepaid satchel. We assess the items and calculate your payout without requiring you to wait for each individual garment to sell.

Is it worth selling secondhand children's clothes?

It can be, but not every garment is worth selling individually.

Higher-value brands, special occasion pieces and sought-after clothing may justify an individual listing. For inexpensive everyday clothing, the time required to photograph, list and sell a $5 or $10 garment can become more important than the selling price itself.

Bundling clothing or using a resale service can make more sense when you have a large number of garments. For a closer look at the trade-off, see our guide to whether selling secondhand kids' clothes is worth the time and effort.

Should I sell kids' clothes individually or in bundles?

Individual listings can potentially produce a higher total return, particularly for desirable garments, but require considerably more work.

Bundles usually trade some potential selling price for convenience. They're particularly useful for everyday clothing in the same size or season.

Where can I sell baby clothes for cash in Australia?

Online marketplaces such as Facebook Marketplace, eBay, Gumtree and Depop allow you to sell appropriate clothing directly to buyers.

Some specialist children's clothing resale services also offer cash payments. With Daisy Chain Clothing's Outgrown Kit, you can choose between a cash payout or a higher-value Daisy Chain Clothing credit payout for your accepted clothing.

What should I do with kids' clothes that aren't worth selling?

Good-quality wearable clothing can be handed down or donated. Clothing that is no longer suitable to wear may be suitable for textile recycling or repurposing.

At Daisy Chain Clothing, garments sent through our Outgrown Kit that aren't suitable for resale may be upcycled through our Next Chapter collection where appropriate. Other unsuitable items are taken to our local community recycling centre.

Ready to Clear Out Their Outgrown Clothes?

There are plenty of ways to sell children's clothing yourself — and for some families, that's absolutely the right choice.

But if you've been meaning to sell those bags of outgrown clothes for months and still haven't found the time, that's the problem the Daisy Chain Clothing Outgrown Kit was created to solve.

Order a Small, Medium or Large Outgrown Kit, fill the prepaid satchel with suitable outgrown baby and children's clothing and send it back to us.

We assess the clothing, calculate your payout and then take responsibility for selling the accepted items.

No photographing every piece. No endless listings. No negotiating with strangers. No waiting for every individual item to find a buyer.

Choose cash, or receive more value as Daisy Chain Clothing credit to put towards the sizes your family needs next.

Too small for them. Still worth something.

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