Jasmine Birtles
Your money-making expert. Financial journalist, TV and radio personality.
Make money by selling your used tights online
Nadia Krige
15th Feb 2020
Used tights? You may wonder whether there’s perhaps a mistake in the title. We assure you there isn’t – you really can make money selling the tights and stockings you no longer need.
Whether your job requires you to wear tights or you simply like wearing skirts and dresses in cold weather, you probably have a few pairs knocking around.
Those worn pantyhose? Someone’ll pay really good money for them.
If you’re finding yourself a little cash-strapped, here’s how you can make money from selling your used tights online.
Who are these people buying used tights?
Remember our story about making money by selling your old toilet rolls to all sorts of keen crafters on eBay?
Well, this isn’t like that at all.
Rather than looking for a slightly pungent addition to their crafting supplies, the people who scour the internet for worn tights are typically trying to satisfy a fetish.
Pretty weird, perhaps, but who are we to judge?
Where to sell used tights
You may think you can only sell your dirty delicates in the darkest and dingiest corners of the internet. Nope. It’s a pretty common online industry.
Try the following sites that’ll welcome your worn pantyhose.
eBay
With nearly 500 posts currently under the category of ‘used tights’, it’s safe to say that eBay is probably the most popular spot for the lucrative disposal of these items. Especially among cabin crew members.
They seem to go for anything between £1 and £25, depending on the fabric and condition.
Mind that eBay has very strict rules for these sorts of items, so have a thorough read before posting yours.
Craigslist
For a less flooded market, Craigslist is the way to go. They currently only have a few posts for ‘used tights’ priced between £12 and £30.
Before used tights made it into the relatively mainstream market, the only place fetishists could find their fix was on a number of dedicated sub-Reddits.
Many of these still exist, so if you wanted to target the die-hard original fans of used tights, this would probably be the place to go.
Just take note that these pages are restricted to over-18s.
Create your own shop
The best way to go about this is probably to set up a website to sell your wares or even a dedicated Instagram account.
How much can you make selling used tights?
With the average price of about £12 for a pair of worn tights on eBay, you’re probably not going to make a killing. But it’s just another quick way to make a few extra quid – or at least recoup the cost of buying the tights in the first place!
Case study: Flight attendants
As mentioned earlier, fetishists seem to be particularly keen on the used tights of flight attendants.
A few years ago, The Sun conducted an interview with a cabin crew member using the pseudonym Juice Pusher, who sold her worn tights (and shoes) on a website called All Things Worn and Beautiful for £25 each.
While Juice Pusher’s site no longer exists, there’s lots of ‘cabin crew tights’ on eBay.
The site has cracked down on the sale of fetish items. This means that sellers often have to revert to carefully-coded messages that their clientele will understand instantly.
In fact, most have a little disclaimer, saying: “Will be washed as per eBay requirements” which we may as well accept with a little wink and a nudge.
Interestingly, almost every listing refers to some defect, such as “may have some snags” or “may be laddered.”
The takeaway here is that unlike other second-hand items you might want to sell, the more used your used hosiery is, the better for most of the keen buyers out there.
Hot Hostie selling Tights & Underwear worn on long international flights.
All bagged in sealed bags for freshness.
Email me if you are interested.
[email protected]
Hey I wear my tights for long hours of time on my flight 😉 I can sell you my tights, socks and even underwear. Email me if you are interested 😉 x [email protected]
Hi my name is Kia I’m a female Flight attendant operating on Long Haul’s flight. I wear the same tights for many hours, underwear, shoes, sometimes socks and bra. If someone wants to try my freshness Email me at [email protected]
Hi I would like to by worn pantyhose on a long flight I would appreciate it [email protected] get back to me thank you
Hey if anybody wants to buy tights then please email me at [email protected]
Thanks for not approving my last message regarding the sale of used tights,it’s ok to big up the sales of worn underwear but not to disagree with it
Lol Ross, I bet you feel dumb now. Go sniff some leggings.
Thanks Kay, as far as sniffing leggings your talking to the wrong person,but thanks for advice.
These people who buy these items need there head seen to and the sellers are just as bad,have a bit of pride in yourself go get a proper job instead of pandering to perverted men for money,but again that’s all the sellers are obviously interested in is money never mind the fact these people need help,it’s like giving a smack head an endless supply of smack instead of helping them,so well done ladies you must be proud when you post off your manky tights
wouldnt you do the same if you could make good money from it? i bet you would! at the end of the day, its not harming anyone else is it!
No John I wouldn’t,sorry to disappoint you,but I’m glad my comment still gets people talking,it’s all about opinions John,you have yours I have mine,that’s the beauty of free speech.
I was thinking about rubbing some salmon on them and having a go at selling them. Now I’m even more unsure if that’s immoral too.
Send me an email if you want to purchase current flight attendant hosiery. [email protected].
I like to by some flight attendant hosiery could you help me out I appreciate it thank you georgemarsden
I would like tobuy flight attendant hosiery my e mail is [email protected] thank you