Grace Etheredge
28th Jun 2025
Reading Time: 7 minutes
Yes really – you can potentially sell your knickers…used…to people (well men) who are willing to pay actual hard cash for used underwear. A recent article in the Sun revealed an easy £300 profit per month for a woman leaning into this easy side hustle.
Weird?
Yes.
Lucrative?
Potentially. Sites like Sofia Gray make it possible to earn money.
Would you do it?
Read on to find out!
Why sell used underwear?
Yes it sounds weird, sordid and downright kinky – because it is! – but, if you can stomach it, you could make money from something you would otherwise have to spend time and money laundering, i.e. your dirty knickers.
The advantages are…
- You literally get paid to go about your daily business.
- Selling used knickers is done from the comfort of your home and, potentially, with anonymity as selling sites such as ‘PantyDeal’ have their own internal message system which you can use with an anonymous email address.
- If you have a specific short term goal in mind then it is also just as easy for you to stop your business as it is to start it.
- Alternatively, if you have an eye for the future, then online marketplaces enable you to build up a global clientele and to transact with them on a regular basis.
None of this alters the fact that you’re dealing in a dirty business – in more ways than one.
The used underwear business is not for everyone, which is why not that many women (and it is basically women’s knickers that are wanted) are doing it.
However, if selling used underwear sounds like an intriguing and easy way to make some extra money, then here’s now you do it.
How to make money if you want to sell your used underwear
Step 1: Join an online marketplace
While it is possible to set up your own website and go from there, you’re probably best registering with an online panty-selling marketplace.
Sites such as
- Sofia Gray – you can get a 10% discount on seller listing fees if you use our code Magpie69
- PantyDeal
give first time sellers a support network and clear terms and conditions from which to operate.
They also circumvent the extra PayPal fees that sellers are charged on eBay and do not ask for commission in return for a small membership fee.
STEP 2: set up your profile
Once you have decided which marketplace you want to sell your used knickers on, the next step is to set up your profile. For this, you can have fun creating a mystery alias and writing up a blurb to describe the items you want to sell.
Interests come in all ages, shapes and sizes and this means that you can be secure in your body image and also don’t have to worry about going out and buying special knickers.
In order to sell your underwear, you need to provide pictures which you can just create with your smartphone at home.
These photos can be as risqué as you like but it’s advisable to keep your face out of the pic.
STEP 3: set a price
After jazzing up your profile, all you have to do is set a price to sell your knickers and wait for a buyer to become interested.
PantyDeal advises that, when setting a price, you consider the type of used underwear you’re selling, the length of time they have been worn and any number of unique, personal selling points that make your knickers exclusive to you.
step 4: get paid
After a buyer has expressed their interest, you organise the transfer of money. The site you use will tell you which payment types are recommended or possible on their platform.
- It’s important to note than no sales should be processed via PayPal as its Terms and Conditions refuse the sale of used undies.
STEP 5: send the ‘items’ off
Once you’ve got that ping which tells you you’ve have been paid by your customer, all you need to do is zip your used panties into a bag and send them off directly to your buyer.
While you will be provided with the buyer’s address for the delivery, you should find a postal service that does not require a returns address so that you do not make your own details available.
step 6: ask for a review (yes, seriously!)
The final thing you need to do, according to the ‘professionals’, is to ask your buyer to review your product to encourage other people to stop at your profile.
It’s also helpful if you review your buyer too so that other sellers know what to expect. It’s just like selling on eBay or Amazon!
If you have had a bad experience, you can alert other sellers and also report any incidents to the managers of the marketplace where buyers or sellers can be removed from the site after an investigation.
Avoiding knicker nightmares
While the web is the perfect place for anonymous transactions, it’s important that you decide where you set your boundaries as some buyers can be interested in a little more than just your dirty laundry.
Most sites say that they encourage buyers to get in contact with sellers to request specific items to purchase or to ask questions about the pair of pants they wish to buy.
- Some may also want to have more detailed conversations. While it’s important to keep your customers happy, you need only keep your communication to the minimum and you do not need to sell to people who make you uncomfortable.
- For sites like PantyDeal, their registration also makes it clear that you can also sell photos, videos, texts and webcam chats. If that’s not for you, you do not have to do this and should not feel pressured into it.
- Sometimes, you might get strange requests that you are completely within your rights to deny and report.
However, be careful if any ask you to wear the knickers for a long time (yes, that’s one of the other requests). As Dr Alyssa Dweck, a gynaecologist and assistant clinical professor at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, told Cosmopolitan, it’s important to consider the health implications of your products as wearing the same underwear for a few days can increase the risk of getting a yeast infection or bacterial vaginosis. It probably doesn’t make you too many friends either.
So while a 24 hour wear is nothing out of the ordinary, make sure you know what you are getting yourself into if you agree to anything more!
How much can you make if you sell your knickers?
How much you make then is pretty much up to you although you have to bear in mind that for people to take your prices seriously, you have to consider what is reasonable with regards to your competition. The more you sell though, the more you can demand.
Marketplace sites allow you to set your own prices and, despite charging a membership fee, most do not charge commission.
In just 3 months one of our readers made over £4,500 doing this!
Make sure you don’t forget about tax either. You probably won’t have to pay VAT as you’re allowed a £85,000 turnover before you have to pay it. However, if your taxable turnover is over £85,000 then you’ll have to contact HMRC to register for VAT. You can use VAT software to help you keep on top of this. If you turn over less than £1000 you don’t need to register with HMRC as a sole trader because it falls under the Trading Allowance. This doesn’t mean £1000 profit – that’s £1000 flat, regardless of your expenses. So, if you earn £1001 and your expenses are £500, you still need to register. A sole trader CAN offset their expenses, so it’s worth considering registering anyway.
Is this lingerie legitimate?
Although it’s true that to sell used underwear is a crazy way to make money, it is a blossoming industry that can make your bank account boom.
While some marketplaces are more established than others, a few have been around for more than five years.
If you do some thorough research on the record, history and ethos of the marketplace you choose, it will help you know if the marketplace is worth using.
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Oh, and if this is of interest to you, you might be interested in this other ‘not safe for work’ way of making money – selling pictures of your feet.
You can use a site like FeetFinder to sell pictures of your feet. FeetFinder has over 150,000 verified users, where all models are ID verified and all buyers must add a card to use the site in any way, and to beat the scammers: with FeetFinder you’ll also have to pay – as a foot model – a monthly subscription of $2.99, but for that, the site will do all the marketing for you.
Find out more about making money from your feet here.
