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How Much Can You Make on Poshmark?

Guide · 781 words · fees verified 27 August 2026

No average is meaningful, because earnings depend on what you sell, what it cost you, your average price, and how consistently you share. What is calculable is your own number, and Poshmark's structure makes that calculation unusually straightforward.

The calculation

Take the sale price. Subtract 20 percent if the sale was $15 or more, or $2.95 if it was below that. There is no separate payment processing to subtract, and no shipping to subtract either for standard-weight packages, since the buyer pays a flat $7.67 and the seller pays nothing up to five pounds.

Then subtract packaging and what the item cost you to acquire. Divide by the hours you spent photographing, listing, sharing, packing and shipping.

On a $100 sale you keep $80 before packaging and acquisition cost. On a $10 sale you keep $7.05, which is why the cheap end is where sellers lose money without noticing.

What actually determines the number

Acquisition cost is the largest variable. Someone clearing their own wardrobe has an effective cost of zero and everything is margin; someone buying to resell created their margin at purchase, not at sale.

Average price is second, and it matters more on Poshmark than elsewhere because of the flat fee below $15. The work per item is roughly identical whether it sells for $10 or $100, and at $10 the platform takes nearly 30 percent of it.

Sharing consistency is third and it is the one people underestimate. Items only move when they are visible, visibility comes from daily activity, and inventory that sits earns nothing however good it is.

The costs people leave out

Time is the main one, and Poshmark demands more of it than most platforms because of the sharing requirement. An hour spent listing is not the whole cost when sharing is a daily habit on top.

Packaging is small but real. Acquisition cost is large and frequently forgotten, particularly by anyone reselling rather than clearing a wardrobe.

What is not a hidden cost, unusually, is shipping and processing, both of which are genuinely covered within the standard arrangement. That is worth crediting when comparing against platforms where they are not.

Bottom line

There is no useful average, so calculate your own: sale price, minus 20 percent above $15 or $2.95 below it, minus packaging, minus what the item cost you, divided by the hours including daily sharing. There is nothing further to subtract for processing or for standard shipping, which is genuinely unusual. Acquisition cost is the largest variable, average price is second and matters more here than elsewhere because the flat fee takes nearly 30 percent of a $10 sale, and sharing consistency is third because invisible inventory earns nothing.

Frequently asked questions

How much do Poshmark sellers make?
There is no meaningful average, since it depends on acquisition cost, average price and how consistently you share. What is calculable is your own figure: sale price minus 20 percent above $15 or $2.95 below it, minus packaging and what the item cost you, divided by the hours spent. There is no separate processing charge and no shipping cost on standard packages to subtract.
How much do you keep on a $100 Poshmark sale?
$80 before packaging and what the item cost you. Poshmark takes $20 as its 20 percent commission, and there is nothing further deducted for payment processing, and nothing for standard shipping since the buyer pays a flat $7.67 and the seller pays nothing up to five pounds.
Is Poshmark profitable?
It can be, and the deciding factors are acquisition cost and average price rather than the platform. Anyone clearing their own wardrobe is working with an effective cost of zero. Anyone reselling created their margin when they bought. Average price matters more here than on most platforms because the flat fee below $15 takes nearly 30 percent of a $10 sale.
Why do my Poshmark sales look better than my earnings?
Usually acquisition cost, which is the largest number in the calculation and the easiest to forget, followed by the 20 percent commission compounding across many sales. Unusually, shipping and payment processing are not the culprits here, since both are covered within the standard arrangement, which is worth crediting when comparing against platforms where they are not.
How much time does Poshmark actually take?
More than listing alone, because visibility depends on daily sharing rather than search. Photography, listing, sharing every day, packing and shipping all count toward the hours, and the sharing is the part that continues indefinitely rather than ending when the listing is published. Calculating your return per total hour is the most clarifying thing you can do.