Marketplace Fees Compared: 7 Platforms, Verified 2026
Verified 2026-07-21.
Marketplace seller fees in 2026 run from nothing on Vinted and Depop in the US to roughly 13 to 14 percent all-in on eBay and Grailed. That spread is wide enough to decide which platform a given item should go on, so this reseller fee comparison lists what each one takes, shows what you actually keep on a real sale, and points you to the platform’s own fee page for every number. Every rate here was read from the source on 2026-07-21, not copied from another blog.
Key takeaways
- If you only care which app has the lowest selling fees, it is Vinted (0% to the seller), then Depop (processing only).
- eBay and Grailed take the most once payment processing is counted, both landing around 13 to 14 percent all-in.
- Whatnot is quoted as both 8 percent and 9.5 percent because those are two layers of the same bill, not a contradiction.
- Poshmark’s flat fee makes it cheap on low-price items and expensive on high-price ones compared with a percentage.
- The lowest headline rate is not always the most money kept, because reach and buyer fit vary as much as fees.
What each platform takes per sale in 2026
Every figure here is the seller-side cost from the platform’s own help documentation. "All-in" means seller commission plus payment processing, which is the number that actually leaves your payout.
| Platform | Seller commission | Payment processing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| eBay | 13.6% on most categories, on the total incl. shipping & tax | included in the 13.6% | Plus a per-order fee of $0.30 at $10 or under, $0.40 over $10 |
| Poshmark | $2.95 flat under $15, 20% at $15 and up | none charged separately | Commission includes a prepaid shipping label |
| Mercari | 10% on item price plus buyer-paid shipping | none charged to the seller | Buyer pays a separate 3.6% buyer protection fee |
| Whatnot | 8% on most US categories, 5% electronics, 4% coins | 2.9% + $0.30 | See the section below on the "8% vs 9.5%" question |
| Depop (US) | 0% | 3.3% + $0.45 | Seller commission was removed for US sellers in 2024 |
| Vinted (US) | 0% | none charged to the seller | Buyer pays a buyer protection fee instead |
| Grailed | 9% at $120 and up, 6% (minimum $1.99) under $120 | 3.49% + $0.49 domestic via Stripe | Rate structure effective May 20, 2026 |
That is the reseller fee comparison at a glance. But a headline rate only tells you so much, because the platforms charge on different things and hand the shipping cost around differently. The next section shows what the numbers do to a real payout.
What you actually keep on a $50 sale
Headline rates hide the real gap. Here is the net payout on a single $50 item, calculated straight from the published rates above. Shipping is handled differently on each platform, so this isolates the item to keep the comparison honest; the notes flag where shipping changes the picture.
| Platform | Fee on a $50 item | You keep |
|---|---|---|
| Vinted | $0.00 | $50.00 |
| Depop | $2.10 (3.3% + $0.45) | $47.90 |
| Whatnot | $5.75 (8% + 2.9% + $0.30) | $44.25 |
| Grailed | $5.24 (6% min + 3.49% + $0.49) | $44.76 |
| Mercari | $5.00 (10%) | $45.00 |
| eBay | $7.20 (13.6% + $0.40) | $42.80 |
| Poshmark | $10.00 (20%) | $40.00 |
On this one sale, the distance between the cheapest and most expensive platform is ten dollars, or a fifth of the item’s price. The catch is that eBay and Poshmark also fold shipping into the deal differently: Poshmark’s fee includes a prepaid shipping label, so the buyer pays a flat shipping charge and you post for free, while eBay applies its final value fee to buyer-paid shipping and sales tax as well as the item, which nudges its real bite above the $7.20 shown here. A fee calculator that only multiplies the item price will understate eBay and overstate Poshmark.
eBay fees explained: the 13.6% final value fee
When people ask how much does eBay take, the answer for most categories is a 13.6 percent final value fee plus a per-order fee of $0.30 on orders of $10 or less and $0.40 above that.
The detail that catches sellers out is what the final value fee is charged on. It applies to the total the buyer pays, which includes the shipping and sales tax collected at checkout, not the item price alone. So on a $50 item with $8 of buyer-paid shipping, the 13.6 percent is calculated on roughly $58 plus tax, not $50. That is why eBay’s effective cost often feels higher than its headline rate.
Rates are not uniform across the site either. Some categories carry their own final value fee percentages, and high-value orders drop to a lower rate on the portion above $7,500. For most everyday reselling, though, 13.6 percent plus the per-order fee is the number to plan around.
Poshmark and Mercari: flat fee versus percentage
Poshmark and Mercari sit next to each other in most reseller fee comparisons and work in opposite ways.
Poshmark selling fees are the simplest on this list: a flat $2.95 on anything under $15, and a 20 percent commission at $15 and above. There is no separate payment processing fee, and the commission covers a prepaid shipping label. The flat fee makes Poshmark genuinely cheap on low-price items, a $2.95 cut on a $14 top is only 21 percent, while a percentage platform would take less. Above $15 the 20 percent is the steepest headline rate here, which bites hardest on expensive items.
Mercari selling fees run the other direction: a flat 10 percent on the item price plus buyer-paid shipping, with no seller-side processing fee since the 2025 restructure. Mercari moved the old processing cost onto the buyer as a 3.6 percent buyer protection fee, so the seller’s line is simply 10 percent. That makes Mercari one of the cheaper mainstream options for mid-priced goods, and simpler to predict than eBay.
Why Whatnot is quoted as both 8% and 9.5%
This is the single most common point of confusion in marketplace fee coverage, and it is not a real disagreement.
Whatnot’s seller commission is 8 percent on most US categories. On top of that it charges a payment processing fee of 2.9 percent plus $0.30, the same kind of processing fee every card-accepting platform pays. Add the processing to the commission on a small order and you land near 9.5 percent all-in.
So when one source says Whatnot takes 8 percent and another says 9.5 percent, both are describing the same bill: one is quoting the commission line, the other is quoting commission plus processing. Neither is wrong, and neither is the whole picture on its own. The all-in figure is what matters for your payout, and it drifts with order size because the fixed $0.30 is a bigger share of a small sale than a large one. Electronics and coins carry lower commission rates of 5 and 4 percent.
Depop and Vinted: the zero-fee platforms
If your only question is the cheapest platform to sell on, Depop and Vinted are the answer for US sellers, and they get there differently.
Depop fees for US sellers are now just payment processing: 3.3 percent plus $0.45, with no seller commission since Depop removed it in 2024. On a $50 item that is $2.10, the second-lowest cost on this list. Optional listing boosts add a separate advertising charge and are not part of the base fee, so treat them as ad spend rather than a selling fee.
Vinted seller fees are the lowest of all: zero. No commission, no processing fee, no listing fee. Vinted funds itself with a buyer protection fee added at checkout and paid by the buyer, not the seller. "Zero seller fees" is accurate, but it does not mean the transaction carries no fees, only that you are not the one paying them. That matters when you price against a Vinted listing, because the buyer’s total is higher than the sticker. Local platforms like Facebook Marketplace also charge nothing on in-person sales, but work outside this shipped-marketplace comparison.
Grailed: when a 13% fee is worth paying
Grailed fees are the heaviest all-in on this list once processing is included, and for the right item they are still worth it.
The commission is 9 percent on sales of $120 and up, and 6 percent with a $1.99 minimum below that, a structure that took effect May 20, 2026. Add Stripe payment processing of 3.49 percent plus $0.49 for domestic sales and the all-in cost lands between roughly 12 and 14 percent, close to eBay.
The reason sellers pay it is audience. Grailed’s buyers are there specifically for menswear, streetwear, and designer pieces, and they pay accordingly. A $300 archive jacket often clears faster and higher on Grailed than on a general marketplace, and the extra point or two of fee is smaller than the price premium the audience supports. On cheap or general items, the higher rate is harder to justify and a lower-fee platform usually wins.
Which platform is cheapest for what you sell
The lowest fee and the most money kept are not always the same choice, because reach and buyer fit move the final number as much as the headline rate does. Reading the eBay vs Poshmark vs Mercari fees question purely on percentage misses that a platform with a slightly higher fee but the right buyers can net more per item and sell faster.
As a rough guide, matching the item to the audience:
- Everyday clothing and shoes at low prices: Vinted or Depop keep the most, since fees are near zero
- Women’s and brand-name fashion: Poshmark’s audience often supports prices that absorb the 20 percent
- Menswear, streetwear, and designer: Grailed’s premium buyers usually outweigh its higher fee
- Electronics, collectibles, and higher-value goods: eBay’s reach and category tools tend to win despite 13.6 percent
- Mid-priced general items where you want simple, predictable fees: Mercari’s flat 10 percent is easy to plan around
List the same item on the platform whose buyers value it most, then let the fee be a tiebreaker between otherwise equal options, not the first filter.
How to read a platform’s fee before you list
Fees change, and they change without much warning. Poshmark reverted a fee experiment in late 2024, Mercari restructured in January 2025, and Grailed adjusted its commission tiers in May 2026. A rate you memorised last year may not be current.
Before listing something where the fee matters to the decision, check three things:
- The seller commission for that specific category, since electronics, coins, and some others are charged differently
- Whether payment processing is separate or already folded into the headline rate
- What the fee is calculated on, because several platforms apply it to buyer-paid shipping and sales tax, not just the item price
The safest source is always the platform’s own fee page, dated. A calculator or a comparison post, including this one, is only as current as the day it was checked.
Frequently asked questions
Which marketplace has the lowest seller fees in 2026?
For US sellers, Vinted and Depop are the lowest. Vinted charges the seller nothing and funds itself with a buyer-paid protection fee. Depop charges 0 percent commission and only payment processing of 3.3 percent plus $0.45. The trade-off is audience and item fit rather than cost.
Does eBay really take 13.6 percent?
On most categories, yes, plus a per-order fee of $0.30 or $0.40. The important detail is that the 13.6 percent applies to the total, which includes shipping and sales tax collected from the buyer, not the item price alone, so the effective bite on your item can feel higher than the headline rate.
What is a final value fee?
A final value fee is the commission a marketplace charges when your item sells, expressed as a percentage of the sale. It is eBay’s term for its main selling fee. On most platforms this is the largest cost, and it is separate from any payment processing fee, which covers the card transaction.
Are marketplace fees charged on shipping?
On several platforms, yes. eBay and Mercari both calculate their fee on the item price plus buyer-paid shipping. Poshmark includes a shipping label in its commission instead. This is why two platforms with the same headline percentage can produce different payouts on the same sale.
What is the cheapest platform to sell clothes on?
Vinted is the cheapest for US sellers at 0 percent, followed by Depop at processing-only. For women’s and brand-name fashion, Poshmark’s audience often supports higher prices that absorb its 20 percent fee, so the cheapest platform and the most profitable one can differ by item.
Why do fee comparison sites disagree on the numbers?
Usually because they are quoting different layers. One site lists commission only, another lists commission plus payment processing, and a third quotes an all-in figure for a specific order size. All three can be technically correct for the same platform. Always check whether a quoted rate includes processing.
How we checked this
Read the published seller-fee rate on each platform’s own official help documentation and recorded it, then calculated the net payout on a $50 item directly from those rates, resolving cases where the base commission and the all-in cost were being quoted interchangeably elsewhere 7 marketplaces: eBay, Poshmark, Mercari, Whatnot, Depop, Vinted, Grailed. Collected 2026-07-21.
What this guide does not cover
These are US seller rates for standard categories as of 2026-07-21. The $50 payouts are calculated from the published rates and isolate the item price, since each platform handles shipping differently. They exclude optional costs like promoted listings, store subscriptions, and instant-payout fees, and category-specific exceptions beyond the few noted. Rates outside the US differ, and all of them change over time.
Sources
- eBay charges a 13.6% final value fee on most categories plus a $0.30 or $0.40 per-order fee, applied to the total including shipping and tax — eBay Help
- Poshmark charges a flat $2.95 under $15 and 20% at $15 and above, with a prepaid shipping label included — Poshmark Support
- Mercari charges a 10% selling fee on item price plus buyer-paid shipping, with a separate 3.6% buyer-paid protection fee — Mercari Help
- Details of Mercari’s January 2025 fee restructure — Mercari Help
- Whatnot charges 8% commission on most US categories plus 2.9% + $0.30 payment processing, with lower rates for electronics and coins — Whatnot Help Center
- Depop charges US sellers 0% commission and 3.3% + $0.45 payment processing — Depop Help Centre
- Vinted charges sellers no fees and funds a buyer-protection fee paid by the buyer — Vinted
- Grailed charges 9% commission at $120+ and 6% (minimum $1.99) under $120, plus Stripe processing of 3.49% + $0.49 domestic, effective May 20, 2026 — Grailed Support
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