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Depop Fees: What Sellers Really Pay

Guide · 1,312 words · fees verified 27 August 2026

Depop is the cheapest of the major resale platforms for US sellers, and the structure is unusual enough to be worth stating precisely, because the headline is genuinely good and the detail is where people get caught.

For US sellers there is no selling commission on eligible new listings. The cost is payment processing at 3.3 percent plus 45 cents, charged on the item price plus shipping and any applicable taxes. That is the whole compulsory cost.

What that means in actual money

On a $20 sale the processing comes to about $1.11. On $50 it is about $2.10. On $100 it is about $3.75. On $1,000 it is about $33.45.

Put beside the alternatives, that is a meaningful gap. A platform charging 8.8 percent takes $8.80 on that hundred-dollar sale. Mercari at 10 percent takes $10. Whatnot's structure takes around $11.20. Poshmark is the highest of the major options by a wide margin. Our guide to live selling fees compared sets them out together.

The one structural detail worth noticing is the 45 cents. A flat component matters most at low prices, because it does not scale down. On a $5 sale that 45 cents is a far larger proportion than it is on a $50 one, so very cheap items carry proportionally more cost than the percentage suggests. Bundling cheap items into a single listing avoids paying that fixed charge repeatedly.

The boost is where the real cost decision sits

Boosted Listings are optional and they are expensive relative to everything above. For eligible new listings from 23 March 2026, boosted listings carry a 12 percent fee in the UK and US, charged when the item sells through the boost.

That is the number to think about carefully, because it changes the arithmetic completely. A boosted sale at $100 costs roughly $15.75 all in, against $3.75 unboosted. Boosting takes Depop from the cheapest option to more expensive than most of the alternatives.

That does not make it wrong. A boost that turns an unsold item into a sold one is worth 12 percent, since an item that never sells earns nothing at all. What is wrong is leaving it on by default across a whole shop, which converts your fee advantage into a fee disadvantage without any decision being made.

What the fee is charged on

Processing applies to the item price plus shipping plus applicable taxes, not to the item price alone. That is standard across most platforms and it is still the detail sellers most often forget when calculating margin.

The practical effect is that shipping you charge the buyer is part of the base the fee is calculated on. On a low-priced item where shipping is a large share of the total, that lifts the effective rate above what the headline suggests. It is a small amount in absolute terms and it matters when margins are thin.

Calculate on the total the buyer pays rather than the item price, and the number you get is the one that actually lands.

Where the cost advantage stops mattering

A fee is a share of the final price, so a low rate on a low price can pay less than a higher rate on a higher one. Depop's advantage is real when you know what your item is worth and the price is going to be roughly what you set it at.

It stops being decisive when the value is uncertain. On Depop you set a number and buyers negotiate downward from it, which means an underpriced item sells instantly and you never find out. A format where interested buyers bid against each other establishes the price rather than accepting yours, and the difference on an item you could not price confidently frequently exceeds the fee gap. Our guide to Depop alternatives covers when that trade is worth making.

For the great majority of everyday fashion at researchable prices, none of that applies and Depop's structure is simply the best deal available.

Bottom line

Depop charges US sellers no selling commission on eligible new listings, with the cost being payment processing at 3.3 percent plus 45 cents on the item price plus shipping and taxes. That works out around $3.75 on a hundred-dollar sale against roughly $8.80 on an 8.8 percent platform, $10 on Mercari and more on Poshmark, making it the cheapest of the major options. The 45-cent flat component hits cheap items hardest, so bundling low-value pieces avoids paying it repeatedly. The real decision is Boosted Listings, which carry a 12 percent fee on eligible new listings in the UK and US from 23 March 2026 and take a hundred-dollar sale from about $3.75 to about $15.75, turning the cheapest platform into an expensive one if left on by default.

A note on format rather than rate

ShopBidz is not the cheapest option on this page and this is not the place to pretend otherwise.

What it does differently is sell live: the item is shown, questioned and bid on in the moment rather than listed and waited on. For goods whose condition carries the value that is worth something, and for goods that sell on specification it is worth very little.

Rate matters most when two platforms do the same job. When they do different jobs, the question is which job your goods need.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage does Depop take?
For US sellers there is no selling commission on eligible new listings. The cost is payment processing at 3.3 percent plus 45 cents, charged on the item price plus shipping and any applicable taxes. That works out at roughly $3.75 on a hundred-dollar sale, which is the lowest structure among the major resale platforms.
Does Depop charge a selling fee?
Not on eligible new listings for US sellers, which is the change that made it the cheapest major option. What remains is payment processing at 3.3 percent plus 45 cents. Separately, Boosted Listings are optional and carry a 12 percent fee in the UK and US on eligible new listings from 23 March 2026, charged when an item sells through the boost.
How much is the Depop boost fee?
12 percent on eligible new listings in the UK and US from 23 March 2026, charged when the item sells through the boosted listing. That takes a hundred-dollar sale from around $3.75 in total cost to around $15.75, which moves Depop from the cheapest platform to more expensive than most alternatives. It can still be worth it on an item that would otherwise not sell, but it is a decision rather than a setting to leave on.
Are Depop fees charged on shipping?
Yes. Payment processing applies to the item price plus shipping and any applicable taxes rather than to the item price alone, which is standard across most platforms and still the detail sellers most often miss. On a low-priced item where shipping is a large share of the total, this lifts the effective rate above what the headline figure suggests.
Why does the 45-cent fee matter?
Because a flat component does not scale down with price. On a fifty-dollar sale it is negligible; on a five-dollar sale it is a substantial share of the total cost. That means very cheap items carry proportionally more fee than the percentage implies, and the practical response is to bundle low-value pieces into a single listing rather than selling them individually and paying the fixed charge each time.
Is Depop cheaper than Poshmark or Mercari?
Yes, clearly, for US sellers on unboosted listings. Depop's roughly $3.75 on a hundred-dollar sale compares with $10 on Mercari at 10 percent, and Poshmark is the highest of the major options by a wide margin. The comparison reverses on boosted listings, where Depop's 12 percent boost fee makes it more expensive than most of the alternatives.