Depop Fee Calculator

Depop's fee structure in 2026

Depop's fee structure changed completely in 2024, and a lot of the advice online is out of date. For sellers based in the US, UK and Australia there is now no selling fee, the old 10% commission is gone. What remains is payment processing:

• US: 3.3% + $0.45 per order, charged on the item price plus the shipping the buyer pays and any applicable tax.
• UK: 2.9% + £0.30; Australia: 2.6% + A$0.30.
• Everywhere else: a 10% selling fee plus 3.49% + $0.49 processing.

On top of that, optional Boosted Listings add 12% of the item price when a boosted listing sells. Depop publishes the current table in its seller fees and charges help article. The calculator lets you pick your market and toggle Boost, so you can see both the fee and the money that lands in your account.

Worked example: a $40 item with $5 shipping

Calculator defaults: a $40 item with $5 shipping, US market, no Boost.

• Selling fee: $0.00 (US)
• Payment processing (3.3% × $45 + $0.45): $1.94
• Total Depop fees: $1.94

Depop keeps $1.94 out of a $45 order, just 4.3%. Your costs are the item ($12) plus shipping ($4.50) = $16.50, so your profit is $45 − $1.94 − $16.50 = $26.56, a 59% margin. Poshmark would take 20% ($8.00) on the same item, and eBay would take about $6.52. Depop is the cheapest of the resale apps on fees; the trade-off is a younger, more fashion-focused audience and lower average order value.

How Boost changes the math

Boost is Depop's paid promotion, and it changes the math more than people expect. Boosting a listing costs 12% of the item price when a buyer who saw the boosted listing buys within 28 days. It's optional, and you're only charged on boosted sales.

Take the same $40 item. Boost adds 12% × $40 = $4.80 to the $1.94 processing, so total fees are $6.74 and your profit falls from $26.56 to $21.76, the boost costs 10.7% of the order. That's only worth it if it generates enough extra sales to cover it. If boosting lifts an item from one sale a month to two, the extra sale's profit ($21.76) easily beats the $4.80 boost cost. If it lifts nothing, you've paid $4.80 for a click. Track boosted sales separately in the app before you boost a whole closet.

Depop fees at a glance

What Depop charges, by market and option:

In the US, processing is charged on the item price plus buyer-paid shipping and tax. Where a selling fee applies, it's charged on the item price only.

Why 0% doesn't mean free

"0% selling fee" sounds free, but processing still comes off every order, and it's charged on more than the item price. Because Depop's US processing applies to the item plus shipping plus tax, the more you charge for postage, the more you pay.

Example: a $15 item with free shipping, where the shipping costs you $4.50. The buyer pays $15, processing is 3.3% × $15 + $0.45 = $0.95, and your net before costs is $14.05. Subtract the $4.50 you spent on shipping and the item's cost, and a cheap item can easily lose money. Offering free shipping lowers your margin without lowering the fee, because the fee was never on the shipping in the first place, it's on what the buyer pays, which is now just the item price.

What the buyer pays vs what you pay

Depop charges buyers separately. Depending on the market, buyers may see a marketplace fee or buyer-protection charge added at checkout, in the US that has been up to 5% + $1 in some periods. That fee is on the buyer's side and does not come out of your payout, so don't subtract it when you work out your own net.

What does affect your payout: if you use Depop Payments, all fees are deducted before the money is deposited to your bank. If you sell via PayPal instead, proceeds go to your PayPal account and fees come off there as separate charges. Either way your net is the same. Depop's seller help article lists which payment method applies in your market, and remember the profit shown is before income tax, in the US, self-employment tax applies to what's left, as the IRS explains.

Depop vs Poshmark and Mercari on fees

Depop's 0% makes it the cheapest of the three big resale apps on fees, but the fee is only half the story. On a $40 item:

Poshmark's 20% is the steepest headline rate, but it includes a prepaid shipping label that the other two make you buy. Mercari's 10% is flat with no subscription. Depop's near-zero fee is real, but the buyer base is smaller and skews younger, so volume can be lower. The honest answer is that the best platform is the one where your items sell, a 20% fee on a sale beats a 0% fee on a listing nobody sees.

Pricing for Depop's processing fee

Depop's fee is small but not zero, and the fixed $0.45 matters most on cheap items. On a $10 item, 3.3% + $0.45 = $0.78, or 7.8% of the sale. On a $50 item it's $2.10, or 4.2%. The fixed part is why a closet full of $8 tops makes less than it looks.

To work out the price that hits a target payout, use (target + $0.45) ÷ (1 − 0.033). To net $30 on an item that's ($30 + $0.45) ÷ 0.967 = $31.49. Add your shipping cost on top if you're covering postage. If you boost the listing, add 12% of the item price to that figure, or price about 15% higher to hold the same margin. Run your own numbers through the calculator with Boost toggled on and off to see the difference before you commit.