How to Sell on OfferUp: Local-Only Selling, Listing Limits and Fees
OfferUp ended shipping in 2025. What selling there involves now, the monthly free-listing limits by category, and how to run it alongside other marketplaces.
Key takeaways
- OfferUp is local-only. It stopped nationwide shipping on new listings on 23 September 2025 and removed it from existing listings by 21 October 2025.
- Listing is free up to a monthly allowance: 200 posts across most categories, with smaller limits for cars, furniture, appliances, phones, jewellery and tools. You can buy more.
- OfferUp is a US app. You need a US account and a verified mobile number before your first post.
- FLUF Connect can post your items to OfferUp from the same inventory you sell on eBay, Facebook Marketplace and elsewhere. OfferUp sales aren’t detected by FLUF, so you mark those items sold yourself.
This guide is for US sellers with things buyers will collect: furniture, appliances, electronics, tools, bikes, baby gear. It covers how OfferUp works after the end of shipping, what listing costs, the monthly limits, and how to keep OfferUp in step with the other places you sell. If your stock is small, valuable and easy to post, a shipping marketplace such as eBay or Mercari will reach more buyers.
How OfferUp works now
OfferUp is a free app for buying and selling locally in the US (OfferUp: What is OfferUp?). You post an item with photos and a price, buyers nearby message you, and you meet to hand it over.
Shipping is gone. OfferUp’s shipping notice says new listings lost the option on 23 September 2025, shipping was removed from existing listings by 21 October 2025, and it has no plans to bring it back: “Right now, our focus is on improving the local buying and selling experience.” Many guides online still describe OfferUp’s shipping fee. That fee no longer applies, because there is nothing to ship.
What this means in practice: your buyers are the people within driving distance. Price for local demand, and lean into items that are expensive or awkward to post. A sofa, a washing machine or a set of patio chairs is where OfferUp beats national marketplaces.
What it costs to sell on OfferUp
Posting an item is free up to a monthly allowance, and a local sale carries no commission. The limits, from OfferUp’s free listing limits page:
| Category | Free listings per month |
|---|---|
| Cars & Trucks | 1 |
| Motorcycles | 1 |
| Appliances | 15 |
| Cell Phones & Accessories | 15 |
| Furniture | 25 |
| Jewelry & Accessories | 25 |
| Tools & Machinery | 25 |
| Everything else, combined | 200 |
A post in a category with its own limit doesn’t count towards the 200. Allowances reset each month, and unused ones don’t carry over. Past the limit you can buy single listings or take a For Sale listing subscription; prices are shown in the app. OfferUp also sells promotion to push a listing higher in local results.
The furniture limit is the one that catches people out. A house-clearance seller with 40 pieces will hit 25 within days, so post the pieces most likely to sell first.
Before your first post
- Verify your mobile number. OfferUp asks for it before it lets an account post. Do it in the app or on offerup.com first, or your first listing will be refused.
- TruYou. OfferUp’s identity check (a government ID and a selfie) puts a badge on your profile. It is required for some actions, including offering services, and buyers trust a verified profile more. Some accounts are asked to complete it before they can keep posting.
- Check the rules. OfferUp’s prohibited items guidelines rule out weapons, alcohol, tobacco, live animals, counterfeits, recalled products and more. Vehicles have their own selling rules.
Writing a listing that sells locally
- Lead with the item and its condition. “IKEA Kivik 3-seat sofa, grey, no stains” gets messages; “Couch” gets scrolled past.
- Give dimensions. For furniture and appliances, buyers need to know it fits their space and their car.
- Say how pickup works. Ground floor or stairs, whether you can help load, which days you’re free.
- Price with room to move. Local buyers expect to make offers. Check what similar items sold for nearby before you set a number.
- Don’t keep reposting the same item. OfferUp treats duplicate and repeated posts as against its rules; edit or promote the listing you have.
Selling the same stock on OfferUp and elsewhere
Many OfferUp sellers also list on Facebook Marketplace for the same local buyers, and on eBay or Mercari for the items that can be posted. The difficulty is keeping track: when the dresser sells on Facebook, the OfferUp listing still says it’s available.
FLUF Connect connects to OfferUp through the FLUF browser extension on a desktop computer. Our browser extension help article covers installing it. Once connected, you can post items from your FLUF inventory to OfferUp and change the title, description, price or condition from FLUF.
| Task | On OfferUp through FLUF Connect |
|---|---|
| Connect your OfferUp account | Yes, through the browser extension on desktop. US accounts only. |
| Post items from your FLUF inventory | Yes. OfferUp’s monthly free-listing limits still apply. |
| Edit title, description, price or condition | Yes |
| Detect OfferUp sales | No. Mark the item sold in FLUF when it sells on OfferUp, and it comes down from your other channels. |
| Remove the OfferUp listing when the item sells elsewhere | No. Mark it sold or archive it in OfferUp yourself. |
| Relisting or offer management | No |
So the routine is: list everywhere from FLUF, and when a buyer collects from OfferUp, mark it sold in FLUF. When it sells somewhere else, archive the OfferUp listing.
What FLUF costs
7 days for £1, then from £9/month, then plans from £9/month. Crosslisting and inventory sync are on every plan; relisting, offer management and smart pricing are included from Pro upwards.
| Plan | Monthly | Yearly | You save | Crosslisted products |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | £9/month | £85/year | 21% | Unlimited |
| Pro | £29/month | £155/year | 55% | Unlimited |
| Priority | Custom pricing — tell us what you need | Unlimited | ||
Automatic relisting, offer management, smart pricing and listing boosts are included from Pro upwards. Starter covers unlimited crosslisting, inventory sync, order sync and Instagram posting without them. Accounting integrations are included from Pro upwards. Yearly billing is charged once a year. New accounts get 7 days for £1, then move onto a plan.
Related guides
Sources
Checked November 2026.
- OfferUp: What is OfferUp?
- OfferUp: Nationwide shipping ending
- OfferUp: About free listing limits
- OfferUp: Buy single listings
- OfferUp: For Sale listing subscriptions
- OfferUp: Prohibited items guidelines
- OfferUp: Selling a vehicle
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No. OfferUp removed shipping from new listings on 23 September 2025 and from existing listings by 21 October 2025, and says it has no plans to bring it back. Sales are local and in person.
Posting is free up to a monthly allowance, and local sales carry no commission. Past the allowance you can buy single listings or a listing subscription.
200 a month across most categories combined, plus separate limits: 1 for Cars & Trucks and for Motorcycles, 15 for Appliances and for Cell Phones & Accessories, and 25 each for Furniture, Jewelry & Accessories and Tools & Machinery.
OfferUp asks for a verified mobile number before an account can post, and some accounts are asked to complete TruYou identity verification. You may also have used the month's free listings for that category.
Yes, for US OfferUp accounts. FLUF connects through the FLUF browser extension on a desktop computer and can post items from your inventory and edit their title, description, price and condition.
No. FLUF doesn't detect OfferUp sales or remove OfferUp listings. Archive the OfferUp listing yourself when an item sells elsewhere, and mark items sold in FLUF when they sell on OfferUp.
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