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Best Places to Find Resale + Rental Baby Gear

There's a ton of great baby gear out there on the resale market! When outfitting your baby's nursery, consider this eco-friendly choice that also saves you money

Two women, on holding a baby are shopping for resale baby gear

Whether you’re expecting your first baby or your last, there are lots of great reasons to buy resale baby gear. First and foremost, you save money buying secondhand gear, which costs a fraction of what you’d spend on new. Secondly — and maybe just as important — buying resale baby gear is a sustainable choice! Choosing gently-used baby gear gives those items a second life, reducing consumption and waste. What’s more, when you shop resale and consignment, you’re supporting a local business, as well as the families who consign there. And finally, when you shop secondhand, you can discover one-of-a-kind items you won’t find anywhere else.

Ready to shop sustainably and score some deals? Find resale baby (and kids!) gear at these local resale shops and consignment sales around the Main Line. And if you’re looking to try out a baby gear rental service, we found one in Philly that has a pickup spot on the Main Line!

Baby Gear Rental

Baby Gear Group

Center City Philadelphia and Ardmore

When Philadelphia mom, Bo Zhao was a new mom, she found the process of shopping for baby gear to be frustrating, stressful, expensive — and all too often — wasteful. How many parents can attest to purchasing swings, bassinets, jogging strollers, and countless other baby gear that never, or almost never, got used? That’s why she founded Baby Gear Group: a library-style borrowing service with the best gear for baby’s first year and beyond. Once you sign up, you can borrow all the gear you need for a flat membership price, starting at $49 per month. You can pickup or swap gear from a Center City location or from Mi Casita in Ardmore. Free gear delivery or swap is available for families who live within an eight-mile radius of Center City and possibly further out, for an additional charge.

Local Resale Shops

As They Grow Kids Consignment

1010 Lancaster Avenue, Berwyn

As They Grow sells exceptional, secondhand baby and children’s gear at great prices.

This self-described “upscale” consignment shop has been reselling high-quality, baby gear and children’s clothing since 1991. Here you’ll find a selection of curated brands of clothing such as Janie and Jack, Patagonia, Mini Boden, Ugg, and others. Parents can also shop baby and children’s equipment, accessories, and toys. And when your child’s done with their gently-used, upscale gear, you can consign it here, too!

GoodBuy Gear

8 Lee Blvd., Malvern

There’s so much good baby gear in the resale market.

GoodBuy Gear is an online children’s consignment shop where parents can shop — and sell — secondhand baby and kid gear. When browsing online, you’ll see that some items may be available for local pickup and delivery. That’s because GoodBuy Gear has a warehouse location in Malvern for the Philadelphia area, which makes this resale market especially convenient for Main Line parents! Some of their products are “open box,” which means the item was probably a floor model or a return. Other gear sold on the website are clean, gently-used items consigned by parents.

Kids Sweet Repeats

3551-B Rhoads Avenue, Newtown Square

Outfit your baby from Kids Sweet Repeats’ premier collection of resale gear.

Kids Sweet Repeats is a “premier” consignment boutique in specializing brand-name and designer clothing and gear for babies and children. You can also browse their online shop, which is just a small sampling of the curated items available in the Newtown Square store. Find resale baby gear, including swings, strollers, changing tables, high chairs, and more. And for the cutest, outfitted baby, shop gently used clothing from brands such as Ralph Lauren, Lilly Pulitzer, Crewcuts, Tea Collection, and Ivivva.

Kid to Kid

1244 Township Line Road, Drexel Hill

Buy — and sell — good-quality, gently used gear at Kid to Kid.

The Kid to Kid consignment shop in Drexel Hill is part of a national children’s resale franchise business founded in 1992. This community business prides itself on helping local families earn money for gently used, outgrown gear, while helping other families find great gear for less. Find good-quality, gently-used clothing from newborn to size 14, as well baby gear, toys, and accessories. And don’t forget, “When you shop secondhand at Kid to Kid, you are supporting a local small business and helping to save the planet.” What’s more, Kid to Kid stores give donated children’s clothes and toys to local charities to distribute to area families.

Little People’s Consignment Boutique

27 East State Street, Media

Lots of good gear for less in Media.

Right in the heart of downtown Media, you can shop gently-used baby and kids’ clothes, as well as shoes, accessories and gear.

Main Line Kids Consignment

722 Lancaster Avenue, Berwyn

A curated selection of upscale baby and children’s gear at Main Line Kids Consignment.

McCall Growney, owner of Main Line Kids Consignment, says she is no stranger to the consignment business. She has has opened and sold three upscale, resale stores before opening Main Line Kids Consignment. Her successful business model is built on helping parents resell their high-end gear and designer baby, and children’s clothing. Her boutique features premium children’s brands like North Face, Matilda Jane, Pink Chicken, Mayoral, and Athleta Kids, as well as designer brands like Gucci and Burberry. In fact, Main Line Kids Consignment was voted “Best Children’s Consignment Shop” by MainLine Today In 2024.

Once Upon a Child Exton

193 W Lincoln Highway, Exton

Lots of well-organized inventory at Once Upon A Child Exton.

Once Upon A Child is a national franchise business for buying and selling resale baby and children’s gear. The locally-owned Exton store is bright, well-kept, and offers a large inventory of gently-used kids’ clothing, shoes, toys, and baby gear. For sellers, Once Upon A Child pays cash on the spot for accepted items, while providing you a way to recycle your children’s outgrown gear.

Consignment Sales

Charlestown Sale

October 11–15, and 19 & 20, 2024 (hours vary) and March 28–April 1, and April 5 & 6, 2025
Kimberton Firehouse & Fairgrounds, 762 Pike Springs Road, Phoenixville

Baby gear and more at the Charlestown Sale.

The Charlestown Sale is a large, multi-family consignment sale held twice a year (spring and fall) for the benefit of Charlestown Playhouse, a non-profit, parent-cooperative play-based preschool and kindergarten. Shop “the Sale” for children’s clothing, baby gear, toys, and books — plus sporting goods, jewelry, bric-a-brac, furnishings, and adult clothing and accessories.

Just Between Friends (JBF)

August 22–25, 2024
West Chester, Brandywine Youth Club (Field House) 41 S. Thornton Road, Glen Mills

September 12–15, 2024
Western Main Line, Greater Philly Expo Center, Hall B, 100 Station Avenue, Oaks

March, 2025 (dates & location TBD)
Eastern Main Line, GIAC, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Avenue, Haverford

Strollers as far as the eye can see at a JBF-Western Main Line sale.

These whopper consignment sales for children’s clothing and gear take place all over the US, but around the Main Line, JBF sales usually happen twice a year in Haverford, Oaks, and the West Chester area. JBF promises that each local sale will be a clean, safe, organized shopping experience, with a vast array of amazing bargains on kids and maternity items under one large roof. At a JBF sale, you can save money shopping and make money selling!

L’il Angels Consignment Sale

August 16, 17, & 18, 2024
St. Ephrem Church, Marian Parish Center, 5400 Hulmeville Road, Bensalem

With more than 250 consigning families, L’il Angels consignment sales feature thousands of gently preowned and NEW name brand clothing, shoes, toys and more. You’ll find all things kids and maternity in one great location during a 3-day, weekend sale! Interested in consigning those baby and kid items that you no longer need? Visit their consignors page for all the information.

Lead photo courtesy of Just Between Friends – Western Main Line.

Main Line Parent Writer & Calendar Editor. Email beth@familyfocus.org.

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