The honest guide
Facebook Marketplace alternatives in Australia.
The main Facebook Marketplace alternatives in Australia are Toka, Gumtree, eBay, Vinted and Depop. Which one is right depends on two things: whether your item posts cheaply or changes hands in person, and how much of the work you want to do yourself.
One thing has changed the picture: as of 2026, the major resale platforms serving Australia are shipping-first. That works for a jacket. It doesn't work for a wardrobe, a bike or a cot, or for anything you want to see with your own eyes before you pay. Local, in-person deals are exactly the lane Toka was built for, so yes, this guide is written by Toka. We've kept it honest anyway.
At a glance
| Platform | Best for | How items move |
|---|---|---|
| TokaOurs | Local deals without the admin | In-person handover, payment secured in the app |
| Gumtree | Free local classifieds with a long history | You arrange contact, payment and handover yourself |
| eBay | Maximum reach and shipped sales | Mostly shipped, with checkout and buyer protection |
| Vinted | Posting fashion parcels cheaply | Shipping-first via Australia Post |
| Depop | Fashion and streetwear with a younger crowd | Shipping-first, social-style shop profiles |
Toka (yes, ours)
Best for: Local deals without the admin
Full disclosure: Toka is ours. It's also the only one on this list built so you don't do the work. Toka is the world's first agentic secondhand marketplace platform: photograph the item and the agent writes the listing, prices it, answers the buyers and screens out the bots, scammers and lowballers. The seller sets a payout and receives exactly that. The buyer sees one all-in price, and pays a small fee for Toka buyer protection: payment is secured before you meet and released once the item is in their hands. Free to download, free to sell. Live in beta, Melbourne first, with listings around Australia.
Gumtree
Best for: Free local classifieds with a long history
Australia's longest-running online classifieds. Listing locally is free and the audience is broad, from furniture to cars to jobs. It's the same self-service model as Facebook Marketplace: you write the listing, field the messages, negotiate, and settle payment between yourselves, so the same admin and the same scam-spotting falls on you.
eBay
Best for: Maximum reach and shipped sales
The biggest reach of any marketplace in Australia and the natural home for anything collectible, niche or easy to post. Payment runs through checkout with buyer protection on shipped orders, and auctions can find the true price of rare things. In return, seller fees take a slice of most sales, listings compete in a very deep pool, and it's built around parcels rather than local handover.
Vinted
Best for: Posting fashion parcels cheaply
Vinted launched in Australia in July 2026 with a national delivery partnership with Australia Post. Selling is free, and buyers pay a protection fee on each order. It's built for clothes and accessories that fit in a satchel, sent through post offices and parcel lockers. Anything bulky, heavy or fragile, or anything you'd want to see before paying, isn't what it's for.
Depop
Best for: Fashion and streetwear with a younger crowd
A social shopping feel with curated shop profiles, strongest in streetwear, vintage and Y2K fashion, and now part of the eBay group. Like Vinted, it's a parcel platform: great for a jacket, not for a couch. Sellers do their own photography, styling and posting, which suits people building a fashion brand and is overhead for people who just want something gone.
Want the deep dive on the one everyone starts with? Read Toka vs Facebook Marketplace.
Quick answers
What is the best Facebook Marketplace alternative in Australia?
It depends on what you're selling and how much work you want to do. For local deals without the admin, Toka: the agent writes the listing, answers the buyers, and payment is secured before you meet. For fashion that posts cheaply, Vinted or Depop. For maximum reach on shipped items, eBay. For free classifieds where you run everything yourself, Gumtree.
Which Facebook Marketplace alternatives are free to sell on?
Toka, Gumtree and Vinted are free to sell on. On Toka the seller receives exactly the payout they set and the buyer pays a small fee for Toka buyer protection. eBay charges seller fees on most sales.
What is the safest alternative to Facebook Marketplace?
Toka. Chat and payment stay in the app, bots and scammers are screened out, and money only moves once the item is in the buyer's hands, so the classic marketplace scams don't work.
Why leave Facebook Marketplace at all?
The admin. Writing listings, answering the same question forty times, haggling, no-shows, and payment scams are all part of the deal on Marketplace. Every platform on this list removes some of that. Toka removes the most: the agent runs the sale for you and the payment is secured before anyone meets.
Facebook Marketplace is a product of Meta Platforms, Inc. Gumtree, eBay, Vinted and Depop belong to their respective owners. Toka isn't affiliated with any of them. Details reflect Australia as at September 2026.