Used Disc Golf Discs: Where To Buy, Sell, & Trade Them Online

There are lots of reasons disc golfers explore the world of used and pre-owned disc golf discs: Saving money, finding replacements for lost treasures that are out-of-production, and downsizing overflowing collections to name a few.

Used disc marketplaces also contribute to a circular economy, reducing demand for completely new products and supporting reuse over creating waste. This is especially good with discs since they're typically made of non-biodegradeable, fossil-fuel-based plastic. 

No matter why you're interested in used disc golf discs, if you're looking to buy, sell, and trade them online, you'll find a good place to do it in this guide. We've also included the reasons for and against various marketplaces as a buyer and seller. Read this post in full to learn about all your options or jump to the one that sounds most interesting to you in the post navigation above.

Online Shops That Sell & Buy Used Disc Golf Discs

Here you'll find two alphabetical lists of online shops that sell used disc golf discs, and this is what you should know before checking them out:

• We chose to do lists of e-tailers selling used disc golf gear based in the United States and Europe because they are, respectively, the first and second biggest disc golf markets. 
• The site's names in the tables link directly to their used disc golf disc collections. Note that though your local disc golf shop may sell used discs, we only included shops here that sell them in their official online shops.
• Some brick-and-mortar shops sell used gear online via eBay and/or SidelineSwap, but they are not included here because we cover eBay and SidelineSwap disc golf commerce in a separate section.
• You can see which of these shops buy used discs from remote sellers (i.e., accept shipped boxes instead of buying solely from in-person sellers at their brick-and-mortar locations) and links to pages on their sites with more information about that process.
• Information about how long the businesses have been in operation and whether they have a brick-and-mortar store were added because they could help you assess stores' reliability.

*Note: If a company didn't list the year it was founded on its website, we used the year its domain name was registered to determine how long it has been operating.

Here are European-based sites where players can find used disc golf equipment:

*Note: If a company didn't list the year it was founded on its website, we used the year its domain name was registered to determine how long it has been operating.

E-tailers typically offer buyers the same experience for purchasing used disc golf gear as for their new offerings, which has many pros and a few cons. These are the biggest ones:

There are also pluses and minuses to selling your discs remotely to an e-tailer:

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Buying & Selling Used Disc Golf Discs on eBay or SidelineSwap

SidelineSwap and eBay are online marketplaces that facilitate commerce between customers and (mostly) private sellers, and both sites have pages and pages of used disc golf discs and other gear up for sale. Check out the table below to learn a bit more about doing business on each platform.

These are the biggest advantages and disadvantages we see in buying used discs via eBay and/or SidelineSwap:

And here's the good and bad to selling on these platforms:

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r/discexchange: Buying, Selling, & Trading Used Disc Golf Discs on reddit

If you've never used reddit (intentionally not capitalized), it's a lot like an online forum where users post to start a conversation or get an answer to a question. The posts you're most likely to see are ones lots of users "upvote" to show that they believe the content is worthwhile. The site is composed of "subreddits" that users – or "redditors" – create and join to talk about specific topics. Harry Potter, Northern Ireland, people making up ridiculous names for animal species: There are literally millions of them (though not all are active).

One of those subreddits – which always have an "r/" before their names – is r/discexchange. With around 38,000 members at publication, it's the most active marketplace on reddit for disc golfers hoping to buy, sell, and trade gear directly with other redditors via deals set up in comments and private, direct messages (typically shortened to either PM or DM).

Notably, reddit is not an official marketplace like eBay or Sideline Swap, so it offers none of the nifty tools those services do for listing and searching for specific items, paying or accepting payments, or any of the protections for buyers or sellers. So, you may be asking, what exactly is the appeal of r/discexchange?

We reached out to the redditor nvjck – one of r/discexchange's moderators who believe in the subreddit's value so much that they volunteer their time to manage it – to find out. Here are our questions (bold) and the moderator's answers (normal text under question) with some small modifications made for readability's sake:

• What holes in the disc golf equipment marketplace does r/discexchange fill that aren't covered by e-tailers and brick and mortar stores?
  It genuinely feels like a fly mart some days! People will have all sorts of discs for various reasons, and more often than not they're willing to make a deal or prices will be cheap because they have a bunch. Oftentimes you'll see used discs and since it's a private seller, you can ask for more pictures or clarification on anything so you know what you're getting into! There's a bit of a community too, for a while everyone would tag the same user for everything Vibram because he was a collector. Just being able to communicate directly as buyer and seller is important and I think that's hard to do on a personal level.
  
• Do you think r/discexchange is better than Facebook or eBay marketplaces or just for a different crowd? 
  I think it's the best marketplace on the internet, but I'm obviously biased towards the favor of my amazing moderator team who help me out day to day. I think it comes down to what platform you prefer to use and I don't use Facebook, so that's one out. eBay is a safe and easy to use marketplace and where I go to when looking for older runs of discs that I can't find on r/discexchange but it's still option two. I browse reddit less than an hour a day but that's still an hour more than how much I look at eBay on a daily basis. It's just easy to post and then browse something else.
  
• What are your top tips for...
  
  ...buyers?
  Take your time and make sure you're buying the right disc for you, don't be afraid to ask for more photos, communicate key items in your posts like weight and budget, tell someone if you're not interested in their items so they know to move on, and never buy if something doesn't feel right. Our mod team is pretty quick to respond if you need anything!
  
  ...sellers?
  Don't pressure people when the discs sell themselves, no reason to get mad or upset if someone asks for more photos, assume you need to ship things the next business day unless otherwise specified, and leave your selling posts up to confirm your deals. Send those tracking numbers ASAP!
  
  ...traders?
  We have a reputation system and I personally wouldn't trade with anyone with less than a few dozen transactions to their flair. Good communication is the best way to make sure these go smoothly. If you don't have a lot of transactions on the sub, don't be offended for people with significantly higher numbers ask you to send first. 

Another important aspect of r/discexchange is that it includes a feeback system that allows redditors to see how many buys, sells, and trades another redditor has completed on the subreddit and find threads that show how they've communicated about exchanges in the past. This is enabled through a bot created by the moderator RegExr that generates flair next to usernames like you see in the image below:

To learn how the bot keeps track of exchanges and how to find users' feedback and exchange history, you can check out a thorough text put together by the moderators.

As you've come to expect by now, we've put together the positives and negatives of r/discexchange for buyers....

...and sellers:

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Buying, Selling, & Trading Used Disc Golf Discs on Facebook

Before we start, we should be clear that his section is not about using the official Facebook Marketplace, which is a place where people can find used things near them to pick up in person or buy through the platform. The advice here focuses on normal Facebook groups that have been structured by members and volunteer administrators to facilitate people buying, selling, and trading disc golf gear directly with each other.

And there are tons of these groups. Every country with a significant disc golfing population tends to have its own, and there are many other disc golf buy, sell, and/or trade groups based around single brands or other market niches. Two of the biggest both have around 40,000 members and are used mostly by U.S. residents: Disc golf buy, sell, trade and THE Disc Golf Marketplace (which doesn't allow trading). 

All of these groups operate with different norms and rules, and most are private. The private status has benefits (such as administrators being able to ban people who abuse the platform), but it means you'll need to request to join almost any group before you can peruse the posts to get a feel for what it offers. 

Though every group will have its own quirks, here's some advice that should apply to most of them:

• How do I find places on Facebook to buy, sell, and trade used disc golf equipment?
  There are many groups on Facebook dedicated to used disc golf commerce. If you're interested in all disc golf equipment, try a general search on Facebook such as "buy disc golf" and check out what groups pop up. The higher the group membership is, the more likely it is to be a busy place with plenty to offer. If you're into a certain brand or something else more niche, do a more specific search (e.g., "buy MVP discs" or "buy Innova Rocs" – both get very specific results). You'll likely need to request to join a group before you can see posts in it.
• How can I quickly learn group rules and norms?
  After you join a group, go to its main page and click or tap the "Featured" tab at the top. You're likely to find pinned posts there with the community rules, explanations for commonly used acronyms, expectations for how to structure posts and organize exchanges, and other key information.
• Is there any way I can check how trustworthy another member is?
  Many administrators of buy, sell, and trade groups have turned on a Facebook feature that tracks members' contributions to the group. When they have, you can see people's participation in a group by clicking or tapping their name above a post or comment they've made in the group. The first page you'll see shows their recent posts, and if you click or tap the "(Name)'s Contributions" tab, you'll see points they've earned for contributing to the group via posts and comments. Though this doesn't track buys/sells/trades the user has conducted, it will help you research their activity in the group to see if it seems on the up-and-up.
• How do I minimize the chance of being scammed?
  Familiarizing yourself with common scam tactics will help you spot many scams before you get trapped by them. This post focuses on scams people run on the formal Facebook Marketplace, but many of the warnings are still valid for these groups. One big exception, though, is the dangers it talks about of paying through Venmo, Zelle, CashApp, etc., which is just a hazard you accept when buying/selling in these informal marketplaces.

And here are the good and bad sides to buying used disc golf gear via Facebook groups:

And the same for selling on them:

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Did We Miss Something About Buying, Selling, & Trading Used Disc Golf Discs Online?

We did our best to find all the traditional retailers and most-used alternative marketplaces for pre-owned disc golf equipment on the internet and discuss them here. But the internet is vast, and we may have overlooked a place disc golfers should really learn about. If so, let us know about it at [email protected].