How to Sell Your Wedding Dress

After you have decided to sell your wedding dress, there are still a number of things you will need to consider. The following questions will help you to determine the type of buyer you want to attract.

Determining your Wedding Dress Condition

• How old is your wedding dress?
• Has your wedding dress been dry cleaned, preserved or boxed?
• Is your dress a designer label or an off-the-rack dress?
• Has your wedding dress been marked in anyway?

Determining a Sale Price

• What was the original purchase price of your dress?
• Is postage included in your sale price?
• Can a potential buyer try-on your dress?
• Is anything else included with your dress (ie. tiara, veil, shoes, jewellery)?
• Will you negotiate on your sale price

Describing your Wedding Dress

When you sell your wedding dress you will need to add a description that uses standard industry terms. Try to avoid general descriptions since the type of buyer your are trying to attract is usually looking for specific details. Also, try to be honest about any blemishes, marks or obvious damage.

Images of your Wedding Dress

This is the most commonly overlooked aspect of selling a wedding dress and arguably the most important. Put simply, clear concise images of your wedding dress will help it to sell faster. Buyers are generally interested in detail, so try to provide several high quality images showing your dress from different angles.

Also try to have at least one full-body image of your wedding dress being modeled either by yourself or a professional. Try to avoid using a flash when taking a photo of your dress, and also try to avoid blocking-out your face. Potential buyers are attempting to get an idea of how they will look in your wedding dress, so look at your photos an ask yourself 'do they make me want to buy this dress?'.

Selling your wedding dress on the Internet

There are several wedding dress portals that buy and sell wedding dresses and gowns, so knowing which one to list with can be tricky. Before you list your wedding dress, read our Where to Sell a Wedding Dress section.