How much does Poshmark charge on a $20 sale?

$4.00, which is 20.0% of the sale. It is made up of $4.00 (commission) = $4.00 in total.

How do Poshmark fees change with the sale price?

They fall as a percentage. Here is the same item at four price points: $20 → 20.0%, $50 → 20.0%, $100 → 20.0%, $500 → 20.0%. The fixed part of the fee is the same amount on every one of them.

Is selling a $20 item on Poshmark worth it?

That depends on your costs, not the fee rate. Subtract $4.00 from $20 and you have $16.00 to cover postage, packaging and what you paid for the item. The calculator above shows that split.

Poshmark Fees on a $20 Sale

Poshmark charges no fixed per-item fee, so $20 is charged the same percentage as any other price: 20.0% of the sale. The $4.00 in fees is entirely proportional — nothing is rounded up, nothing is charged once per order — and this page runs that exact sale line by line.

Short answer

On a $20 sale, Poshmark takes $4.00 — $4.00 (commission) = $4.00 in total. That is a 20.0% effective rate and $16.00 reaches your account.

Your numbers

Item sale price

Shipping the buyer pays

What your label costs

What you paid for the item

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Net payout

$16.00

Total fees: $4.00
Effective fee rate: 20.0%
Net profit: $1.50
Buyer pays: $20.00

Fee breakdown

Marketplace commission · $15 and above20% × $20.00−$4.00

Total fees$4.00

What Poshmark charges on $20

At this price the fees break down as $4.00 (commission) = $4.00 in total. The payout is $16.00, which is 20.0% of the sale going to the platform.

Poshmark charges a flat percentage with no fixed per-order fee, so the effective rate is the same at every price.

Across the other marketplaces at $20, the same sale costs Mercari $2.00 and Poshmark $4.00, a spread of $2.00 to $4.00. The platform choice moves more money than most sellers expect at this price.

The same platform across four price points

Fixed per-order fees matter more the cheaper the item is, because they are a flat charge rather than a percentage. Read the effective rate column, not the headline rate.

eBay (US): $20 → 15.6%, $50 → 14.4%, $100 → 14.0%, $500 → 13.7%.

Etsy: $20 → 11.8%, $50 → 10.4%, $100 → 9.9%, $500 → 9.6%.

Rate table

Sale under $15the same fee whether the item sells for $5 or $14.99	$2.95 flat
Sale of $15 or more	20% of the item price
Listing fee	None
Payment processing	None charged to the seller
Shippinga seller-funded discount comes out of your payout	buyer-paid flat rate
Canada	C$3.95 under C$20, then 20%

Source: the marketplace's own fee page
Rates last verified: 2026-10-06

Formula

20% (flat $2.95 under $15) applied to the $20 sale, plus any fixed per-order fee

What each term means

commission: 20.0% × $20.00

Assumptions

US marketplace, USD, a $20 sale, buyer pays no shipping.
Rates are the current published rates; the verification date is shown at the bottom of this page.
Postage, item cost and packaging are excluded from the fee calculation and shown only in the profit line.
Advertising is a budget you set, not a published fee, so it is not included here.

Worked examples

The same item listed at $50

Buyer pays: $50.00
Total fees: $10.00
Effective rate: 20.0%
Net profit: $13.50

Fee breakdown

Marketplace commission · $15 and above20% × $50.00−$10.00

Total fees$10.00

$10.00 in fees — a 20.0% effective rate, the same rate as at $20, because Poshmark has no fixed per-order fee to spread.

The same item listed at $100

Buyer pays: $100.00
Total fees: $20.00
Effective rate: 20.0%
Net profit: $32.00

Fee breakdown

Marketplace commission · $15 and above20% × $100.00−$20.00

Total fees$20.00

$20.00 in fees — a 20.0% effective rate, the same rate as at $20, because Poshmark has no fixed per-order fee to spread.

The same item listed at $500

Buyer pays: $500.00
Total fees: $100.00
Effective rate: 20.0%
Net profit: $192.00

Fee breakdown

Marketplace commission · $15 and above20% × $500.00−$100.00

Total fees$100.00

$100.00 in fees — a 20.0% effective rate, the same rate as at $20, because Poshmark has no fixed per-order fee to spread.

Every figure above is computed from the rate schedule on this page for Poshmark, using the same engine as the calculator — not typed in by hand.

Common mistakes

Pricing from the $20 headline rate

Poshmark has no fixed component, so the percentage is the whole charge: 20.0% of the sale, $4.00 on $20. There is nothing else to subtract — but the item cost and postage still come off the payout before you are in profit.

Assuming the fee rate is the same at every price

On Poshmark it genuinely is. There is no fixed per-order or per-listing charge, so every sale pays the same percentage and the effective rate does not move between price points. That makes cross-price comparison unusually simple here, and it is why the rate on this page matches the one on the $20 page.

Questions

How much does Poshmark charge on a $20 sale?: $4.00, which is 20.0% of the sale. It is made up of $4.00 (commission) = $4.00 in total.
How do Poshmark fees change with the sale price?: They fall as a percentage. Here is the same item at four price points: $20 → 20.0%, $50 → 20.0%, $100 → 20.0%, $500 → 20.0%. The fixed part of the fee is the same amount on every one of them.
Is selling a $20 item on Poshmark worth it?: That depends on your costs, not the fee rate. Subtract $4.00 from $20 and you have $16.00 to cover postage, packaging and what you paid for the item. The calculator above shows that split.

Related calculators

These calculators apply published marketplace fee schedules. They are general information tools, not tax, legal, accounting or financial advice — check your own payout statement and speak to a qualified professional where it matters.

Poshmark — 20% (flat $2.95 under $15). Rates last verified: 2026-10-06. the marketplace's own fee page.