Depop Fee Calculator

In the US and UK, Depop takes no selling fee. You pay only payment processing: 3.3% + $0.45 in the US or 2.9% + £0.30 in the UK, on the item, shipping and any tax. A sale that came from a boosted listing adds 12%. Sellers in Canada still pay a 10% selling fee plus PayPal fees.

Many older guides still quote a flat 10% selling fee; in the US and UK it no longer applies. Depop earns most of its money from buyers instead, through a marketplace fee added at checkout. The catch is that "0% fees" does not mean you keep the full price: processing still comes out of every sale, and on cheap items the fixed part adds up quickly. Use the Depop fee calculator above as a Depop profit calculator by adding what you paid for the item.

Depop's fees depend on where your shop is based, not where the buyer lives. The calculator covers the US, UK and Canada; Australia and other countries are listed here for context.

Processing is the one fee every US and UK seller pays. Depop Payments (run on Stripe) handles cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Klarna, and the rate is the same whichever the buyer picks. It is charged once per order, so a bundle pays the fixed part only once.

The base is everything the buyer pays except the buyer's own marketplace fee: item price, shipping, and in the US the sales tax Depop collects. A $50 item with $8 shipping and 7% tax has a processing base of $62.06, so the fee is $2.50 rather than $2.36. You never see that tax in your balance, but you still pay 3.3% on it.

Why small sales cost more

The fixed $0.45 matters most at low prices. On a $10 sale processing is $0.78, or 7.8% of the price; at $25 it is $1.28 (5.1%); at $100 it falls to 3.75%. In the UK a £10 sale pays £0.59, about 5.9%. If you sell lots of low-priced pieces, bundles are the easiest way to pay that fixed fee less often.

Boosting is Depop's optional advertising. You only pay when a boosted listing leads to a sale, and the rate is 12% in the US and UK and 8% in Canada and other countries.

• What counts: the buyer saw, clicked or liked the boosted listing and bought it within 28 days. A view of the boosted tile is enough.
• Turning it off is not instant: if the qualifying view happened while the boost was on, the fee still applies to a sale inside the 28 days.
• The base: the item price excluding tax, plus shipping only if you ship the item yourself. Boost fees are never charged on a Depop Shipping label.

US and UK sellers can buy a Depop Shipping label in the app (USPS in the US, Evri in the UK) or arrange their own tracked shipping. The choice changes your fees more than most sellers expect.

Depop Shipping labels

The buyer pays the label price at checkout, the money arrives with your sale, and Depop deducts the label from your earnings, so it nets to zero. It is still part of the processing base, but it sits outside the boost fee. Labels also unlock Depop's seller protection on sales up to $300 or £250. In the UK, Evri labels cost roughly £2.99 (small), £4.49 (medium) and £6.49 (large); the app always shows the current price.

Shipping it yourself

You set the shipping price, buy postage from any carrier and keep any difference between the two. Processing applies to the shipping you charge, and so does the boost fee on a boosted sale. Tracking is required.

Free shipping

With free shipping the buyer pays nothing for postage, so processing runs on the item price alone, but the postage comes out of your payout. On a $50 item with an $8 label you keep $39.90 instead of $47.64. Pricing the item at $58 with free shipping gives exactly the same $47.64 as $50 plus $8 shipping.

In the US and UK, Depop charges buyers a marketplace fee: up to 5% of the item price plus up to $1 or £1, excluding tax and shipping. Buyers see it at checkout and it is refunded if the order is refunded.

It never comes out of your payout, which is why the calculator lists it under "Buyer pays" rather than as a deduction. It does matter indirectly: a $50 item can cost the buyer up to $61.50 with $8 shipping before tax, and buyers who notice the higher total tend to offer lower. Canadian buyers do not pay this fee.

Canada is where the old model still applies. Depop Payments is only available to sellers in the US, UK and Australia, so Canadian shops are paid through PayPal and pay two separate fees:

• Depop selling fee: 10% of the item price (excluding tax) plus the shipping you charge. There are no Depop labels in Canada, so shipping is always in the base.
• PayPal fee: 2.9% + C$0.30 for a standard domestic sale. PayPal adds 0.8% for US buyers and 1% for other international buyers, and charges extra to convert currency.
• Boost: 8% on boosted sales.

A C$50 item with C$8 shipping pays C$5.80 to Depop and C$1.98 to PayPal, leaving C$42.22 after an C$8 postage cost. Depop also collects GST/HST on domestic sales. PayPal does not say whether its fee applies to that tax, so the calculator leaves it out unless you switch it on.

The Depop earnings calculator above does the maths live, but here it is step by step:

1. Add the item price and the shipping the buyer pays (plus US sales tax) to get the processing base.
2. Multiply it by the processing rate and add the fixed fee: 3.3% + $0.45 in the US, 2.9% + £0.30 in the UK.
3. If the sale came from a boosted listing, add 12% of the item price, plus shipping if you shipped it yourself.
4. In Canada, add the 10% selling fee on item + shipping and use your PayPal rate instead of Depop Payments.
5. Subtract the fees and your shipping label from the sale total, then your item cost, to get your profit.

In the US: processing = 3.3% × (item + shipping + tax) + $0.45, boost = 12% × (item + shipping if you ship yourself), and payout = item + shipping − fees − postage. Every fee is rounded to the cent.

The "Price for a target profit" tab runs the same formula backwards. For example, to keep $40 on an item with $8 shipping you ship yourself, list it at $42.10.

A $50 item (or £50 / C$50) with $8 shipping, where you pay $8 for postage. Change one thing at a time and the payout moves like this:

With a $15 item cost, the first US example is a $32.64 profit; boosted and shipped yourself, it drops to $25.68.

For US sellers Depop is one of the cheapest places to sell clothing: a $50 sale with no shipping costs $2.10, against $5.00 on Mercari and $10.00 on Poshmark. Here is how the headline fees compare:

Low fees are only half the picture. Depop's audience skews young and trend-driven, so vintage and streetwear move fast while other items can sit. Listing the same piece on several apps gives it more chances to sell at your price.

• Boost selectively. At 12%, boost stale listings that need the visibility, not the ones already collecting likes.
• Use Depop labels on boosted items. The label stays out of the boost fee, and you get seller protection.
• Bundle cheap pieces. One order pays the fixed processing fee once, which matters a lot below $15.
• Price for offers. Buyers see your price plus their marketplace fee, so leave a little room for the offers that follow.
• Compare postage. Your own carrier is sometimes cheaper than a Depop label; the calculator shows the difference.
• Sell in Canada? Watch currency.Pricing in CAD and avoiding conversion keeps PayPal's extra charges down.