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As of November 2026, Depop charges US sellers a 0% selling fee, a payment processing fee of 3.3% + $0.45 per transaction, and a 12% fee only on sales that come through Boosted Listings. That is the whole fee list on the pages I could load, and it is why Depop looks cheap next to most marketplaces. This guide gives you the fee table, a formula you can run on any sale, four worked examples with the arithmetic shown, and a short comparison with Poshmark, Mercari and eBay. I wrote it at Ecommerce Paradise for store owners who use a resale marketplace as a side channel for returns, open-box stock, sourcing finds and clearance.
Every Depop figure below comes from Depop’s own help center pages, which I read in November 2026, plus eBay’s and Mercari’s own fee pages for the comparison. Fees change, and some details (label prices, payout timing) are not shown on the pages I could load, so I say so where that happens. The examples use assumptions I state up front. They are illustrations, not predictions of what you will earn.
Depop Fees at a Glance (as of November 2026)
This table is for a seller based in the United States. The sections after it explain what each fee is charged on and where the numbers come from.
| Fee | Amount (as of November 2026) | Charged on |
|---|---|---|
| Selling fee (US sellers) | 0% | Nothing. No Depop selling fee for sellers based in the UK or US |
| Payment processing fee (Depop Payments, US) | 3.3% + $0.45 per transaction | Item price, shipping costs and any applicable taxes |
| Boosted Listings fee (US) | 12% | Item price excluding taxes, plus shipping if you do not use a Depop Shipping label. Charged only when a boosted listing sells |
| Withdrawal fee | Not shown on the pages I could load | Check the Payments page in the Depop app before you cash out |
| Depop Shipping label | Price not shown on the pages I could load | Confirm in your Selling Hub before you price |
| Listing fee | None listed | Not mentioned on the fee page I read |
The selling and processing numbers come from Depop’s Seller fees and charges page. The 12% boosting rate comes from the Boosted Listings Policy, which shows an effective date of March 23, 2026.
The Depop Fee Formula
Here is the formula I would use for any US sale. It is not an official Depop formula. It just puts the pieces Depop’s pages describe into one line:
Processing fee = 3.3% x (item price + shipping + tax) + $0.45
Boosting fee = 12% x item price, or 12% x (item price + shipping) if you do not use a Depop Shipping label. Zero if the sale was not a boosted sale.
Profit = (item price + shipping charged) – processing fee – boosting fee – your postage cost – your product cost
If the buyer pays shipping and you pass along the label cost exactly, shipping cancels out except for the 3.3% processing fee on it. In that case the price you need to hit a target profit, with no boost and no tax, is:
Minimum item price = (target profit + product cost + $0.45 + 3.3% x label cost) / 0.967
A quick check: if you want $29.98 of profit on an item that cost you $8, with a $7.50 label passed to the buyer, the formula gives (29.98 + 8 + 0.45 + 0.2475) / 0.967 = 38.6775 / 0.967 = $40.00. That is the first example below, run backward.
Three details matter in this formula:
- The $0.45 is a fixed charge, so it takes a much bigger bite out of a $10 sale than a $100 one.
- The processing fee applies to shipping and to applicable taxes, so you pay 3.3% on money that is not part of your item price.
- Tax rules vary by state and by how an order is handled, so I left tax out of the examples. Each $10 of tax in the fee base adds 3.3% x $10 = $0.33 to the processing fee.
The Selling Fee: 0% for US Sellers
Depop’s fee page says no selling fee is charged to sellers based in the UK or the US, and it ties this to new listings from July 15, 2024. That is the headline feature of selling on Depop, and it is a real difference from marketplaces that take a percentage of every sale.
The same page lists a 10% selling fee for sellers outside the UK and US, so if you or a partner ship from another country, the fee page for that country is the one to read. It also says processing fees apply once per bundle transaction, that per-item selling fees apply only to sellers outside the UK and US, and that fees are reversed automatically on refunded sales paid through Depop Payments.
I would not read “0%” as “free.” The processing fee still takes a percentage and a fixed amount from every transaction, and boosting can add 12% on top. The next two sections cover those.
The Payment Processing Fee: 3.3% + $0.45
For US sellers on Depop Payments, the fee page lists 3.3% + $0.45 per transaction. It says the fee applies to the item price, the shipping cost and any applicable taxes. The page also says processing fees apply once per bundle transaction, and that all fees are deducted before the proceeds reach your bank account.
The fixed $0.45 is what makes the effective rate change with order size. This table shows the processing fee on orders of different totals (item plus shipping, no tax), as an illustration:
| Order total (item + shipping) | Processing fee (3.3% + $0.45) | Fee as a share of the order |
|---|---|---|
| $10.00 | $0.78 | 7.8% |
| $25.00 | $1.28 (1.275 rounded) | 5.1% |
| $50.00 | $2.10 | 4.2% |
| $100.00 | $3.75 | 3.75% |
| $250.00 | $8.70 | 3.48% |
The pattern is simple: the fee never drops below 3.3% and gets close to it as the price rises. For a store owner, that is a point in favor of listing mid-priced and higher-priced items on Depop and skipping the $5 to $10 stuff unless you are clearing stock you would otherwise write off.
Boosted Listings: 12% Only When a Boosted Item Sells
Boosted Listings are Depop’s paid promotion. The policy page says the boosting fee is 12% for the UK and US, whether you boost one listing or your whole shop. It is charged on the sale price excluding taxes, and on shipping too if you arrange your own shipping. The page says the fee is not charged on Depop Shipping labels.
Here is how the policy describes the mechanics, in my words:
- You owe the boosting fee only when a boosted listing is purchased.
- A sale counts as a boosting sale if the buyer saw the boosted listing (seeing the tile is enough) and bought within 28 days.
- If you stop boosting, you still owe fees on views that happened while the listing was boosted.
- Boosting a shop boosts new listings automatically while the setting is on.
- Boosting is available once you activate your Depop Balance or 28 days after you create your account, whichever comes first.
- If a buyer is refunded, the boosting, selling and processing fees are refunded to the seller.
- Boosting does not oblige Depop to promote your listings, Depop cannot guarantee that a viewed item will sell, and it reserves the right to change Boosted Listings, including the boosting fees.
The practical risk is attribution. Because a view within 28 days can trigger the fee, a buyer who would have bought anyway can still make the sale a boosted one. Before you boost, I would work out the profit with and without the 12%, and boost only the items where the lower profit still clears your minimum. The third worked example shows the math.
Shipping Label Rules for US Sellers
Depop’s US shipping page describes two paths. Depop Shipping is run through USPS: the label arrives by email as a QR code for a drop-off location, with a printable label for home printing, and the same QR code and label are in your Sold items. The page says Depop Shipping is fully tracked, so you do not need to add tracking or mark the order shipped.
The other path is labeled “Other” on the page. You organize and pay for shipping yourself, you must use a tracked method, and you must add the tracking and mark the item shipped to complete the sale. The page says the shipping method is set in your shipping settings under My Depop or Selling Hub.
Three things are not shown on the page I loaded: who pays for a Depop Shipping label, what a label costs by weight, and any date when one option replaces the other. eBay’s release names shipping as an area it plans to bring to Depop, so options may change. Before you price anything, open your own Shipping settings and see which options your account actually offers. If you only see Depop Shipping, price on that basis.
This matters for fees because the boosting fee skips Depop Shipping labels but includes your own shipping cost, and because the processing fee applies to whatever shipping the buyer is charged.
Withdrawals and Getting Paid
Depop’s fee page says that with Depop Payments, fees are deducted before your sale proceeds are paid to your bank account, so what reaches you is the sale amount minus the fees in the formula above.
When I re-checked in November 2026, Depop’s withdrawals help page and its US payout page would not load for me, so I am not stating payout timing, identity checks, age requirements, minimums or withdrawal fees. Those details are not shown on the pages I could load. Check the Payments page in the Depop app, or contact Depop support, for the numbers that apply to your account, and add any withdrawal fee to the formula above if one shows.
Has the eBay Acquisition Changed Depop Fees?
eBay announced on July 30, 2026 that it had completed its acquisition of Depop. In its press release, eBay says Depop will operate as a complementary business with its own brand, platform and culture, and that it plans to bring eBay’s shipping, personalization, compliance and trusted services to Depop. The release says nothing about Depop seller fees, and the fee page I read still showed the 0% selling fee and the 3.3% + $0.45 processing fee.
For the business side of the deal, I covered the news in the August 1 Paradise Report. My read, and it is only an opinion, is that sellers should expect shipping and policy changes before fee changes, since shipping is the area eBay named. If the fee page changes, the formula above still works: swap in the new rates.
Four Worked Examples
All four examples use the same assumptions: a US seller, Depop Payments, no sales tax in the fee base, and the buyer pays shipping equal to the label cost (so shipping cancels out except for the processing fee on it). Product costs and prices are made up for illustration.
Example 1: A $40 jacket you sourced for $8
- Buyer pays: $40.00 + $7.50 shipping = $47.50
- Processing fee: 3.3% x $47.50 = $1.5675, plus $0.45 = $2.0175, about $2.02
- After the fee: $47.50 – $2.02 = $45.48 (using the unrounded fee, $45.4825)
- Pay the $7.50 label: $45.4825 – $7.50 = $37.9825
- Subtract the $8 product cost: profit of about $29.98, or 75% of the item price
Example 2: An $8 shirt with $1.50 of cost
- Buyer pays: $8.00 + $4.50 shipping = $12.50
- Processing fee: 3.3% x $12.50 = $0.4125, plus $0.45 = $0.8625, about $0.86
- After the fee: $12.50 – $0.8625 = $11.6375
- Pay the $4.50 label: $11.6375 – $4.50 = $7.1375
- Subtract the $1.50 product cost: profit of about $5.64
The fee here is 6.9% of the $12.50 order, nearly double the rate on a $100 order, because the fixed $0.45 is spread over a small total. The profit is still positive, which is the point: cheap items can work on Depop if the sourcing cost is low and you do not boost them.
Example 3: A $60 pair of sneakers with $25 of cost, with and without a boost
- Buyer pays: $60.00 + $10.00 shipping = $70.00
- Processing fee: 3.3% x $70.00 = $2.31, plus $0.45 = $2.76
- Without a boost: $70.00 – $2.76 – $10.00 label – $25.00 cost = $32.24 profit
- With a boost, using a Depop Shipping label so shipping is excluded: 12% x $60.00 = $7.20 boosting fee
- With the boost: $70.00 – $2.76 – $7.20 – $10.00 – $25.00 = $25.04 profit
The boost costs $7.20, which cuts profit from $32.24 to $25.04, a drop of about 22%. Whether that is worth it depends on whether the boost sells a pair that would otherwise sit. I would only boost when the item has been listed a while without interest.
Example 4: A $200 bag with $120 of cost
- Buyer pays: $200.00 + $12.00 shipping = $212.00
- Processing fee: 3.3% x $212.00 = $6.996, plus $0.45 = $7.446, about $7.45
- After the fee: $212.00 – $7.446 = $204.554
- Pay the $12.00 label: $204.554 – $12.00 = $192.554
- Subtract the $120 product cost: profit of about $72.55
At this price the fee is about 3.5% of the order. If this sale had been boosted, the 12% fee on $200 would have been $24.00, more than three times the processing fee, which is why I treat boosting as the fee to watch on higher-priced items.
Depop vs Poshmark, Mercari and eBay Fees
The right comparison is not only the sticker rate. It is the total fee on the same sale, plus the buyers you can reach. Here is what each marketplace’s own pages showed me in November 2026:
| Marketplace | Seller fee shown on official pages (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| Depop (US) | 0% selling fee, 3.3% + $0.45 processing, 12% on boosted sales |
| Mercari (US) | 10% of the item price plus buyer-paid shipping, with no seller processing fee listed on the page I read (the page gives January 6, 2025 as the effective date) |
| eBay (US, most categories) | 13.6% of the total sale amount up to $7,500 per item, plus $0.30 per order at $10 or less or $0.40 over $10. Some categories have different rates, such as 8% with no per-order fee on men’s and women’s athletic shoes with a starting price of $150 or more |
| Poshmark (US) | Not shown on the pages I could load. Check the fee article in Poshmark’s help center |
The Mercari figures come from its fees article. The eBay figures come from its selling fees page, which shows no effective date on the page I loaded. I could not read an official Poshmark fee page, so I am leaving Poshmark’s rate out rather than quoting a third party.
To make the comparison concrete, take the $40 jacket from Example 1 with $7.50 shipping, so a $47.50 total. On Depop, the fee is about $2.02. On Mercari, 10% of $47.50 is $4.75. On eBay at the most-categories rate, 13.6% x $47.50 = $6.46, plus the $0.40 per-order fee, is about $6.86. That ignores category differences, advertising and withdrawal charges, so treat it as a sketch.
Lower fees do not automatically mean more profit. A sale at Mercari or eBay may happen faster or at a higher price because of the buyer base, and a sale that never happens on Depop earns nothing. I would list the same item where the buyers for that item are. For fee math on other channels, my Etsy fees calculator post uses the same formula-plus-examples format.
When Depop Makes Sense for a Store Owner
I think of Depop as a clearance and sourcing channel, not a replacement for your own store. It fits when you have inventory you physically hold and want to move, such as returns, open-box items, overstock, or finds from a sourcing trip. The low fee is a real advantage for that kind of stock because you are not paying a 10% to 13.6% marketplace cut on top of a markdown.
It fits less well for the product model I teach. High-ticket dropshipping, which I explain in what is high-ticket dropshipping, relies on listing items your supplier ships, and I would be cautious about listing anything on a resale marketplace that you do not hold. Check Depop’s seller policies before you list, because marketplace rules on that vary. In my view, resale marketplaces also skew toward fashion and used goods, while the categories in my high-ticket niches list are different.
If you do buy stock to resell, the sourcing habits carry over. Where you buy and what you pay decide your profit more than any marketplace fee, and my guide on how to find suppliers covers vetting a supplier, which applies to wholesale lots too.
Taxes, Business Formation and Bookkeeping
Selling on a marketplace is income, even if it is a side channel. The IRS page on Form 1099-K, which showed a last reviewed date of October 28, 2026 when I read it, lists a third-party settlement organization threshold of more than $20,000 across more than 200 transactions. It also says you must report income on your tax return even if you do not receive a 1099-K, and that you may receive one below the threshold. That is general information, not tax advice, so confirm how it applies to you with a tax professional or the IRS page itself.
Two practical steps follow for a store owner. First, keep marketplace sales out of your personal accounts. If you run the resale channel alongside a store, a separate legal entity is worth considering, and my guide to business formation for high-ticket dropshipping walks through the choices.
If you want a filing service, Bizee is one option for LLC formation. You can compare its plans in my Bizee pricing breakdown.
Second, track each sale with its fees, label cost and product cost, because the formula above only works if you record those numbers. A spreadsheet is fine at small volume.
When the channel grows, bookkeeping software aimed at ecommerce stores, such as Finaloop, is worth a look. I covered it in my Finaloop review.
If your main business is a Shopify store, you can start with Shopify and keep the resale channel separate in your reporting.
A Pricing Checklist Before You List on Depop
- Open your Shipping settings and confirm which shipping options your account offers.
- Run the formula once with no boost and once with a 12% boost. Skip the boost if the lower profit misses your minimum.
- Add 3.3% of any shipping you charge to the buyer, since the processing fee applies to it.
- Check the Payments page for withdrawal fees and timing before you plan around the cash.
- Compare the net profit with what the same item would net on Mercari or eBay, and list where the buyers are.
- Record the sale, fees and costs in your books so tax time is not a scramble.
If you would rather have someone walk through your numbers with you, my coaching program covers pricing and margin decisions for a store, and the same fee-first thinking applies to any channel you add.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the Depop fees for US sellers in November 2026?
Depop’s seller fees page lists no selling fee for US sellers and a payment processing fee of 3.3% + $0.45 per transaction on Depop Payments. Boosted Listings add a 12% fee, charged only when a boosted listing sells. Fees are deducted before the proceeds reach your bank account.
How do I calculate Depop fees on a sale?
Multiply the item price plus shipping (plus any applicable tax) by 0.033, then add $0.45. If the sale was boosted, add 12% of the item price. For a $60 item with $10 shipping and no boost, that is 0.033 x 70 = $2.31, plus $0.45, which equals $2.76.
Does Depop charge a fee if I do not sell anything?
The fee pages I read do not list a listing fee, and the selling fee for US sellers is 0%, so the charges I found arise on completed sales. Boosting fees become payable only when a boosted listing is purchased. Confirm any account-level charges in your own settings.
Is the processing fee refunded if the buyer returns an item?
Depop’s fee page says fees are reversed automatically on refunded sales paid through Depop Payments, and the Boosted Listings policy says boosting, selling and processing fees are refunded to the seller when the buyer is refunded. Read the live policy for the exact conditions.
Has eBay changed Depop’s fees since the acquisition?
eBay announced it completed the acquisition on July 30, 2026, and its press release does not mention seller fees. The Depop fee page I read in November 2026 still showed 0% selling fee and 3.3% + $0.45 processing for US sellers. Check the live page before you price, since terms change.
This article is general information about marketplace fees, not tax, legal or financial advice. Fees and terms change, so check Depop’s current pages before you rely on any number here.
Related Articles
If you are comparing marketplaces, fees and the economics of your own store, these posts go deeper on the same decisions:
- eBay Alternatives for Sellers: 4 Places to Sell Compared by Fees and Fit (2026)
- Shopify Fees in 2026: Every Charge, Rates by Plan and Real Examples
- How to Start an Etsy Shop in 2026: Setup Steps, Fees and Mistakes to Avoid
- Wholesale Suppliers for Resellers 2026: Where to Find Legit Ones
- Stripe Fee Calculator 2026: What You Keep on Every Payment
Trevor Fenner is an ecommerce entrepreneur and world traveler from Seattle, Washington, and the founder of Ecommerce Paradise, a platform focused on helping entrepreneurs build and scale profitable high-ticket ecommerce and dropshipping businesses. With over a decade of hands-on experience, Trevor specializes in high-ticket dropshipping strategy, niche and product selection, supplier recruiting and onboarding, Google & Bing Shopping ads, ecommerce SEO, and systems-driven automation and scaling. Through Ecommerce Paradise, he provides free education via in-depth guides like How to Start High-Ticket Dropshipping, advanced training through the High-Ticket Dropshipping Masterclass, and fully done-for-you turnkey ecommerce services for entrepreneurs who want a faster, more hands-off path to growth. Trevor is known for emphasizing sustainable, real-world ecommerce models over hype-driven tactics, helping store owners build scalable, sellable, and location-independent brands.
He maintains homes in Seattle and Bali, spends most of the year overseas, and usually returns to Seattle for about a month each summer.
