Depop Fees Explained: What You Actually Keep Per Sale

You sold a jacket for $40. Before you celebrate, you need to know what lands in your bank account. Depop’s fee structure has changed meaningfully over the past few years, and the details around who pays what are easy to confuse. This post breaks down every charge, shows you the take-home math, and gives you a repeatable formula to use before you price any item.

What Depop’s Fee Structure Looks Like in 2026

Depop made a well-publicized move to eliminate its 10% seller commission for US-based sellers. That change was broadly covered and remains in effect as of May 2026. However, a selling commission removal does not mean free transactions. There are still costs to account for.

Important caveat: Depop’s fee policies have changed before and can change again. The figures in this post reflect publicly available information as of May 2026. Before making pricing decisions at scale, verify the current structure on Depop’s official fees page.

Here is the current structure for US sellers, to the best of available information:

• Selling fee (US sellers): 0% — Depop removed its 10% commission for US sellers
• Payment processing fee: approximately 3.3% + $0.45 per transaction (charged by Depop’s payment system on the total transaction amount, including shipping)
• Shipping: your responsibility to set; you can pass it to the buyer, offer free shipping, or use a Depop shipping label

For sellers outside the US, a selling fee may still apply. Check Depop’s fees page for your region.

The Take-Home Math: A Worked Example

Let’s use a concrete sale to show how the numbers work.

Scenario: You sell a vintage bomber jacket listed at $45, and the buyer pays $6 shipping using a Depop shipping label you purchased.

Total transaction amount: $45 + $6 = $51

Payment processing fee: 3.3% of $51 + $0.45 = $1.68 + $0.45 = $2.13

Shipping cost: You paid $5.20 for the label (Depop prepaid USPS label)

Your take-home calculation:

| Line item | Amount |

|—|—|

| Sale price | $45.00 |

| Shipping collected from buyer | $6.00 |

| Payment processing fee | -$2.13 |

| Shipping label cost | -$5.20 |

| Net payout | $43.67 |

Your net on the $45 item is approximately $43.67, assuming the buyer covers shipping cost and your label cost is close to the collected shipping amount.

If instead you offered free shipping and absorbed the $5.20 label cost yourself, your net drops to approximately $37.67 on the same $45 item.

The Formula to Use Before You Price

Before setting any price, run this quick calculation:

Net payout = Sale price − (sale price × 0.033) − $0.45 − your shipping cost

If the buyer pays a separate shipping fee on top, that shipping amount also gets added to the base for the payment processing calculation (Depop processes the full transaction), so the fee is slightly higher than if only the item price were processed. Adjust accordingly.

A more conservative version: add 4% flat on the full transaction and subtract shipping costs. That gives you a safe floor estimate.

Practical rule of thumb: Plan for roughly 4 to 5% of your selling price going to transaction costs on a typical sale where the buyer pays shipping. If you absorb shipping, your true cost goes up significantly.

For a side-by-side look at how Depop’s costs compare across platforms, see Depop vs Poshmark Fees: Real Take-Home Compared and Your Real Payout: Fee Math for 6 Resale Apps.

Shipping on Depop: Who Pays, and What It Costs You

Shipping is often the variable that surprises sellers the most. On Depop you have three main options:

• Buyer pays shipping: The most common setup. You set a shipping rate when you list. The buyer sees that amount at checkout, and it gets added to the transaction total. The payment processing fee applies to the combined amount.
• Seller offers free shipping: You set a price that includes your expected shipping cost, then offer free shipping as a listing feature. This can increase conversion but requires you to build the cost into your price accurately.
• Depop prepaid labels: Depop offers USPS labels you can purchase through the app. The label cost is deducted from your payout. Rates vary by weight and size. Always weigh your item before selecting a label tier.

Underestimating shipping is one of the fastest ways to erode margin. A flat-rate envelope runs fine for a lightweight scarf, but a thick jacket may need a medium flat-rate box or a calculated weight-based label that costs noticeably more.

For a deeper dive into shipping choices and their costs, see Depop Shipping Costs: USPS vs Depop Label vs Buyer Pays.

How Depop Fees Affect Your Pricing Strategy

With a 0% selling commission but a payment processing fee that applies to the full transaction, Depop’s fee structure rewards sellers who price items accurately rather than building in a large cushion for a commission that no longer exists.

Where sellers get caught: they price as if the old 10% commission still applies (so they price high), then wonder why conversion drops. Or they price without accounting for the processing fee at all and end up taking home less than expected.

A clean workflow looks like this:

1. Research comps — what have similar items sold for recently on Depop?
2. Estimate your true cost: item cost + time + shipping + processing fee
3. Set a target margin and back into a list price from there
4. For any item above $30, also verify your Depop AI listing is optimized so the listing itself does the work of justifying your price

Good listings reduce the pressure to discount. If your title and description clearly communicate condition, brand, measurements, and style, buyers are more willing to pay your asking price rather than negotiating it down. For the mechanics of how the algorithm rewards strong listings, see How the Depop Algorithm Works in 2026.

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