Depop (US): the 0% case
Depop charges sellers 0% commission — but a $50 sale still costs $2.10 in processing.
Short answer
Depop charges sellers 0% commission — but a $50 sale still costs $2.10 in processing. On a $50.00 sale that is $2.10 in fees — 4.2% of the sale — leaving $47.90. "0% fee" is true and misleading at the same time. Depop removed its seller commission in 2024, but the seller still pays 3.3% + $0.45 processing — so $2.10 on a $50 sale, 4.2% in total. The cost was moved to the buyer as a marketplace fee of up to 5% + $1, not eliminated.
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Net payout
$47.90
- Total fees
- $2.10
- Effective fee rate
- 4.2%
- Net profit
- $47.90
- Buyer pays
- $50.00
Fee breakdown
- Payment processing
3.30% × $50.00 + $0.45−$2.10
What 0% actually costs
On the default sale above, Depop (US) takes $2.10 — 4.2% of the price, leaving $47.90 in the seller's account.
"0% fee" is true and misleading at the same time. Depop removed its seller commission in 2024, but the seller still pays 3.3% + $0.45 processing — so $2.10 on a $50 sale, 4.2% in total. The cost was moved to the buyer as a marketplace fee of up to 5% + $1, not eliminated.
Every line is itemised below with the arithmetic that produced it, so each figure can be checked against the published rate card.
The $0.30 floor, and the categories that do not have it
Read the referral line on its own here. On a $1 electronics item Amazon computes 8% = $0.08, then charges $0.30 because that category carries the published minimum. The same $1 item in grocery is charged 8% and nothing more, because the official rate card prints "--" in the minimum column for grocery, media, video games, consoles, gift cards and fine art.
The floor is not a rounding rule, it is a per-unit charge. It only disappears once the percentage overtakes it — at 8% that happens at $3.75, so everything below that price pays $0.30 in referral fee no matter how low the percentage would be.
Professional selling plan, with the $39.99 monthly fee spread over 100 orders ($0.40 per order). On a $1 item that plan fee is larger than the referral fee, which is exactly why a sub-$2 sale is not viable on this plan.
The same price on every other platform
This is what makes the 0% figure unusual: at $50.00, the platforms rank like this.
Poshmark: $10.00 (20.0%).
Amazon (US): $7.90 (15.8%).
eBay (US): $7.20 (14.4%).
Etsy: $5.20 (10.4%).
Mercari: $5.00 (10.0%).
Rates last verified 2026-10-03.
Rate table
| Marketplace commission — US & UK sellerson new or updated listings | 0% |
|---|---|
| Marketplace commission — outside US & UK | 10% |
| Payment processing — UScharged on item price plus buyer-paid shipping | 3.3% + $0.45 |
| Payment processing — UK | 2.9% + £0.30 |
| Boosted listingcharged on sales through the boost, on listings created from 23 Mar 2026; 8% applies outside the UK and US | 12% US / UK |
- Rates last verified
Formula
0% + 3.3% + $0.45 processing — applied to this case it comes to $2.10 on $50.00What each term means
paymentProcessing- 3.3% × $50.00 + $0.45
Assumptions
- Depop (US) US marketplace, USD, one third-party seller.
- Professional selling plan where the platform has one, with the monthly fee spread over 100 orders so the per-order figures stay visible.
- The buyer pays no shipping, so the fee base is the item price alone.
- Postage, item cost and packaging are excluded from the fee and shown only in the profit line.
- Advertising is a budget the seller sets, not a published fee, so it is not included.
Worked examples
The same item listed at $20
- Buyer pays
- $20.00
- Total fees
- $1.11
- Effective rate
- 5.6%
- Net profit
- $18.89
Fee breakdown
- Payment processing
3.30% × $20.00 + $0.45−$1.11
$1.11 in fees — 5.6% of the sale. 4.2% effective — processing dominates.
The same item listed at $50
- Buyer pays
- $50.00
- Total fees
- $2.10
- Effective rate
- 4.2%
- Net profit
- $47.90
Fee breakdown
- Payment processing
3.30% × $50.00 + $0.45−$2.10
$2.10 in fees — 4.2% of the sale. $2.10 in fees.
The same item listed at $100
- Buyer pays
- $100.00
- Total fees
- $3.75
- Effective rate
- 3.8%
- Net profit
- $96.25
Fee breakdown
- Payment processing
3.30% × $100.00 + $0.45−$3.75
$3.75 in fees — 3.8% of the sale. the percentage starts to bite.
Every figure above is computed from the rate schedule on this page for Depop (US), using the same engine as the calculator — not typed in by hand.
Common mistakes
Assuming the headline rate applies at 0%
"0% fee" is true and misleading at the same time. Depop removed its seller commission in 2024, but the seller still pays 3.3% + $0.45 processing — so $2.10 on a $50 sale, 4.2% in total. The cost was moved to the buyer as a marketplace fee of up to 5% + $1, not eliminated.
Reading a percentage when the fee has a fixed component
A flat charge does not scale down with the sale. It is why the effective rate on a cheap sale can be several times the published percentage, and why quoting the percentage alone understates the cost badly.
Questions
- Why does Depop (US) charge 0% here?
- "0% fee" is true and misleading at the same time. Depop removed its seller commission in 2024, but the seller still pays 3.3% + $0.45 processing — so $2.10 on a $50 sale, 4.2% in total. The cost was moved to the buyer as a marketplace fee of up to 5% + $1, not eliminated. The figure is taken from the current published rate card, verified 2026-10-03.
- What does Depop (US) charge on a $50.00 sale?
- $2.10, which is 4.2% of the sale, leaving $47.90. Every fee is listed separately above with the formula behind it.
- How do the fees change as the sale price rises?
- $20 → $1.11 (5.6%); $50 → $2.10 (4.2%); $100 → $3.75 (3.8%).
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Depop (US) — 0% + 3.3% + $0.45 processing. Rates last verified: . the marketplace's own fee page.