Depop Fee Calculator

Payment processing, and whatever selling fee applies now.

Payment processing, and whatever selling fee applies now. Depop removed its 10% selling fee in some markets, leaving payment processing as the main cost.

Written and maintained by Mohit PatelLast checked August 4, 2026How we build these

Item price

Shipping the buyer paid

Commission rate

Payment processing

Fixed payment fee

Orders per month

Marketplace fee models change often, and several platforms in this set have altered theirs outright in recent years. These defaults are a starting point, your own seller terms are the authority.

Depop fees

$2.13

4.2% of the $51.00 order

Commission$0.00

Payment processing$2.13

You receive$48.87

Fees per month$128

Commission is charged on the shipping the buyer paid as well as the item, adding $0.00 per order. Free shipping built into the price costs the same as shipping charged separately here. Depop removed its 10% selling fee in some markets, leaving payment processing as the main cost. Which markets and which fee model apply has changed, so set the commission field to what your account actually shows.

How the Depop Fee Calculator works

Depop removed its 10% selling fee in some markets, leaving payment processing as the main cost. Which markets and which model apply have changed more than once, so set the commission field to whatever your own seller account actually shows rather than trusting any published figure.

Also known as: how much does Depop take · Depop selling fees · Depop commission calculator

The underlying calculation

Depop charges a selling fee as a percentage of the transaction including shipping, plus payment processing where the platform's own payments are used. The selling fee was removed for some sellers and reinstated in restructures, so the current schedule needs checking.

Net = price + shipping charged − selling fee − payment processing − actual shipping cost.

As with all peer-to-peer platforms, who bears shipping is the largest single variable.

Worked through

The $58 item with a 10% selling fee and 3.3% + $0.45 processing: $5.80 + $2.36 = $8.16, leaving $49.84.

If the seller pays $9.85 of shipping, the net is $40 against $26.10 of goods, $13.90, a 24% margin.

Charging the buyer $9.85 for shipping instead means the fee applies to $67.85, so fees rise to $9.36, but the seller nets $48.64 after paying the label. Profit is $22.54.

The fee on the shipping costs $1.20 and charging separately is still $8.64 better, which is the arithmetic behind why most sellers on these platforms charge shipping.

Where it goes wrong

Fees applying to the shipping charge mean that a high shipping charge with a low item price is worse than it looks, and platforms structure it this way precisely to discourage that arrangement.

Depop's audience skews young and price-sensitive, and the platform's culture rewards curation and aesthetic consistency over pure price, which affects sell-through in ways no fee model captures.

Making it useful

Charge shipping separately unless free shipping is being used deliberately as a promotional lever, and price the item accordingly.

Then check the current fee schedule before modelling. This is a platform that has changed its structure more than once, and stale assumptions are common.

Curation as a commercial strategy

On platforms where browsing dominates search, the shop as a whole sells as much as any individual item. A coherent aesthetic, consistent photography and a clear point of view drive follows, and follows drive repeat views of new listings.

That makes the marginal cost of a good listing lower over time, a seller with an established following gets views on day one that a new seller has to earn item by item.

The commercial implication is that consistency is worth more than breadth. A shop with forty items in one clear style outperforms one with two hundred unrelated items, because the first gives a reason to follow and the second gives a reason to buy once. That is a different logic from a search-driven marketplace, and sellers who apply Amazon thinking to it underperform.

Buyers on this platform negotiate frequently through offers, so listing at the price you want to receive means receiving less than that.

Building the expected negotiation into the list price is normal practice and is not the same as inflating it, the aim is that the accepted offer lands where the target was, which requires knowing your own typical discount.

Shipping method choice also affects conversion more than sellers expect. A tracked service at a slightly higher cost reduces disputes about non-delivery, which on a platform where the seller carries that risk is usually worth the difference on anything above a low value.

Where to go next

The Depop Fee question rarely arrives on its own. These are the ones that usually come with it:

Depop Profit Calculator — Sourcing cost, postage and packaging included.
Vinted Fee Calculator — Free for sellers, paid for by buyers.
Poshmark Fee Calculator — A flat fee below the threshold, a percentage above it.
Etsy Fee Calculator — Every Etsy fee on one sale, itemised.

Not financial advice. Marketplace fees change, and they vary by country, plan and seller status. Every rate here is an editable default, not a quoted price, check the platform's current fee schedule before you price a product against it. This is not tax or business advice.

Frequently asked questions

Does Depop still charge 10%?

It removed the selling fee in some markets, leaving payment processing of roughly 3.3% plus a fixed fee. Coverage and timing have varied, so confirm against your own recent payouts.

What is the payment processing fee?

Around 3.3% plus a small fixed amount, charged on the total including shipping. It is a card processing fee and applies regardless of the selling fee position.

Is shipping included in the fee base?

Yes for payment processing, since the processor handles the whole transaction. That makes cheap items with expensive shipping proportionally worse.

How does Depop compare with Vinted?

Vinted charges sellers nothing and puts the cost on buyers. Depop costs the seller more but has historically had stronger buyer demand for curated and vintage pieces, so the comparison is about traffic quality, not fees.