GotSneakers proudly serves more than 150,000 individuals and organizations in the U.S. Our FREE sneaker recycling program extends the life of used sneakers through reuse and recycling and offers financial opportunity to those seeking to raise money for any cause.

We publish these sneaker guidelines to create transparency and guide our sneaker recycling partners toward the procurement of reusable athletic sneakers. It is important to understand that sorting and evaluating used footwear is a highly subjective process. Our team is committed to the highest level of transparency and integrity. We do our absolute best to objectively evaluate every pair of sneaker by style, condition, brand, and measurement. At GotSneakers’ sole discretion, each pair will be evaluated by our professionally trained staff to determine the proper category and compensation level per the sneaker guidelines below.

There is a service fee of $3.00 to process each sneaker recycling bag to balance the surging costs of shipping, materials, warehousing, and labor. This small fee will be deducted from your monthly payout. However, you will not be charged anything if your payout is less than $3.00. Our sneaker recycling program is and will remain 100% FREE. We do not collect any credit card or banking information from our sneaker recycling partners.

We do not accept non-athletic footwear of any kind including but not limited to dress shoes, heels, sandals, wedges, water socks, rain boots, crocs, and other non-athletic styles. If you have non-athletic footwear that you would like to recycle, we recommend finding a local charity, homeless shelter, or other organization that will accept non-athletic footwear.

Please carefully read the sneaker guidelines set forth below to set proper compensation expectations for you and/or your organization.

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