You sold a $50 item. Now what do you actually keep? Platform fees, payment processing, and shipping all chip away at your sale price before a dollar reaches your bank account. This post runs the same $50 sale through Poshmark, Mercari, eBay, Depop, Vinted, and Grailed side by side, then gives you a reusable formula so you can run the math on any item at any price.
One caveat before we start: fee structures change. Treat every figure here as a working reference and verify current rates on each platform’s official seller help page before pricing for profit.
The Payout Formula Every Reseller Needs
The math is straightforward once you know the inputs. Here it is:
Net payout = Sale price – Platform fee – Payment processing fee – Shipping cost (if seller-paid)
Where:
- Platform fee is the percentage or flat amount the marketplace keeps
- Payment processing fee is what the payment processor takes (often bundled into the platform fee)
- Shipping cost depends on who pays and which carrier you use
Run this for every new platform you sell on. The numbers will look different, but the structure stays the same.
Platform-by-Platform: What a $50 Sale Actually Pays Out
The example below uses a $50 sale price. Shipping is assumed to be buyer-paid in all cases unless the platform structure requires otherwise. Fees shown are the standard seller rates as of early 2026. Verify before acting.
Poshmark
Poshmark charges a flat $2.95 fee on sales under $15, and 20% on sales at $15 or more. On a $50 sale that is $10.00 to Poshmark. No separate payment processing fee is charged to sellers.
- Sale price: $50.00
- Poshmark fee (20%): -$10.00
- Net payout: $40.00
Shipping on Poshmark is typically buyer-paid via a prepaid USPS label, so it does not reduce your payout directly. If you offer to cover shipping as part of a deal, subtract that cost.
Mercari
Mercari charges sellers a 10% selling fee plus a 2.9% + $0.30 payment processing fee. On a $50 sale:
- Sale price: $50.00
- Selling fee (10%): -$5.00
- Payment processing (2.9% + $0.30): -$1.75
- Net payout: $43.25
Mercari also offers a shipping label program where the buyer typically pays, but if you build in a shipping discount or subsidize it, deduct that separately. See Mercari Not Selling? 8 Real Reasons and Fast Fixes for tips on pricing competitively within your margin.
eBay
eBay’s standard final value fee for most clothing categories is 13.25% of the sale price. There is also a $0.30 per order transaction fee. If you have a basic eBay Store subscription, your rates may differ.
- Sale price: $50.00
- Final value fee (13.25%): -$6.63
- Per-order fee: -$0.30
- Net payout: $43.07
No separate payment processing fee appears as a line item; it is included in the final value fee calculation via eBay’s managed payments system. If you pay for promoted listings, that percentage comes off the top too. Check eBay Title Optimization: Use All 80 Characters for Cassini to make sure each listing earns its spot.
Depop
Depop charges a 10% Depop fee and the payment processor (Stripe) charges approximately 2.9% + $0.30 for US sellers.
- Sale price: $50.00
- Depop fee (10%): -$5.00
- Payment processing (2.9% + $0.30): -$1.75
- Net payout: $43.25
Depop shipping works differently depending on whether you use their label or arrange your own. Buyer-paid shipping is common but not universal. For the full picture on what you actually keep per transaction, Depop Fees Explained: What You Actually Keep Per Sale goes deeper on every scenario.
Vinted
Vinted is the outlier in this group: sellers pay zero platform fees or payment processing fees. The buyer pays a buyer protection fee instead. For a US seller, your net on a $50 sale is effectively the full sale amount minus any shipping you choose to cover.
- Sale price: $50.00
- Seller fee: $0.00
- Net payout: $50.00 (before any shipping you subsidize)
This is the best headline number in the group, but volume on Vinted skews toward lower-priced casual items, so your average sale value matters. Vinted’s prepaid shipping label system means the buyer pays shipping directly in most cases. Compare platform fit in Vinted vs Depop: Which Platform Sells Your Item Faster before committing your inventory.
Grailed
Grailed charges a 9% commission on the final sale price. PayPal (historically the standard payment processor on Grailed) charges approximately 2.9% + $0.30, though Grailed has been expanding its own managed payments, which bundles processing.
Using the Grailed-label scenario with combined fees:
- Sale price: $50.00
- Grailed commission (9%): -$4.50
- Payment processing (approx. 2.9% + $0.30): -$1.75
- Net payout: $43.75
Grailed skews toward menswear and streetwear at higher price points, so the fee percentage often matters less than whether your listing reaches the right buyer. Strong tags and measurements drive discovery.
Side-by-Side Summary: $50 Sale Net Payout
| Platform | Fee rate | Est. net payout |
|———-|———-|—————–|
| Poshmark | 20% | $40.00 |
| Mercari | 10% + 2.9% + $0.30 | $43.25 |
| eBay | 13.25% + $0.30 | $43.07 |
| Depop | 10% + 2.9% + $0.30 | $43.25 |
| Vinted | 0% (seller) | $50.00 |
| Grailed | 9% + 2.9% + $0.30 | $43.75 |
Figures are estimates for a buyer-pays-shipping $50 sale. Always verify current rates on each platform’s official seller help page.
How to Use This Formula for Any Price
Replace $50 with your actual sale price and plug in the current fee percentages:
- Start with your listed price
- Multiply by the platform’s percentage fee, then subtract
- Multiply by the payment processor percentage, add the flat fee, then subtract
- Subtract any shipping you are covering
If the result is below your minimum acceptable profit (sourcing cost + your time + any supplies), your price is too low. Adjust up before listing, not after.
The more listings you run this math on, the clearer your platform mix becomes. Some resellers find that routing lower-priced items to Vinted and higher-value pieces to Grailed or eBay improves their blended payout per item significantly.
More Listings, More Payouts
The fee math only works in your favor if you are listing consistently. A $43 payout sitting as a draft does nothing. Resellers who list faster put more items into the fee-calculation funnel and compound their take-home week over week.
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Add to Chrome, FreeFrequently asked questions
For a $50 sale, yes. Poshmark’s 20% rate produces the lowest net payout in this comparison at $40.00. The trade-off is a large active buyer base for fashion, so sell-through rate can offset the higher fee on the right items.
Vinted shifts the fee burden to the buyer via a buyer protection fee, so the seller receives the full listed price. If you choose to cover shipping as part of a promotion or bundle deal, that cost does reduce your actual net.
No. Platform fees change without much notice. The figures here reflect publicly available rates as of early 2026. Always check the current seller fee schedule on each platform’s help center before pricing a new batch of items.
Yes, that is standard practice. If your minimum acceptable net is $40 on a given item, you need to list at $50 on Poshmark and around $47 on Mercari or Depop to end up in the same place after fees. Build the fee math into your floor price before listing, not after a sale lands.
Yes. Promoted listings standard charges an ad rate percentage on top of the final value fee, and that ad rate only applies when your item sells through the promoted placement. Factor that additional percentage into your net payout calculation if you use promotions routinely.
The table above assumes buyer-paid shipping. If you offer free shipping, deduct your actual carrier cost from each platform’s net figure. On a lightweight item, that might be $4 to $8 via USPS Ground Advantage, which changes the ranking significantly. Free shipping tends to improve click-through rates and conversion, so it is a trade-off worth modeling per item category.