Key takeaways
- Sellers based in the US, UK and Australia pay no Depop selling fee. Sellers elsewhere still pay 10%.
- Payment processing is 3.3% + $0.45 in the US and 2.9% + £0.30 in the UK, charged on the item price, shipping and any tax the buyer pays.
- A boosted sale costs another 12% of the item price in the US and UK, which takes total fees from about 4% to about 14.5% on a $40 item.
- Buyers in the US and UK pay their own marketplace fee of up to 5% + $1 or £1. It does not come out of your payout.
The short answer: how much Depop takes
On an ordinary sale, Depop takes only a payment processing fee. In the US that is 3.3% of what the buyer pays plus $0.45. In the UK it is 2.9% plus £0.30. Both are worked out on the item price, the shipping and any sales tax or VAT the buyer pays, and both are taken before the money reaches your Depop Balance.
Depop dropped its 10% selling fee for UK and US sellers in 2024 and moved part of the cost to buyers, who now pay a marketplace fee at checkout: from 15 April 2024 in the UK and 18 July 2024 in the US. Sellers outside the US, UK and Australia, selling in another currency, still pay the 10% selling fee and use PayPal for payments.
The one fee that can change the picture is boosting. If a sale comes from a boosted listing, Depop adds a 12% boosting fee in the US and UK. That single fee is several times larger than processing.
| Fee | US | UK | Charged on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selling fee | None | None | Not charged to US, UK or Australian sellers |
| Payment processing | 3.3% + $0.45 | 2.9% + £0.30 | Item price + shipping + tax |
| Boosting fee (boosted sales only) | 12% | 12% | Item price, plus shipping if you arrange your own |
| Buyer marketplace fee | Up to 5% + $1 | Up to 5% + £1 | Paid by the buyer, not taken from you |
Depop fees UK vs US
The structure is the same in both countries: no selling fee, a processing fee on each sale, and 12% on boosted sales. The difference is the processing rate. UK sellers pay 2.9% + £0.30 against 3.3% + $0.45 in the US, so a UK seller keeps a little more of the same headline price.
On a £40 item with £3.50 shipping, UK processing is £1.56. On a $40 item with $7 shipping, US processing is $2.00. The gap is small on one sale but adds up over hundreds of orders.
Australian sellers also pay no selling fee, with processing at 2.6% + A$0.30 and boosting at 8%. Everyone else pays the 10% selling fee on the item price, and on shipping if they did not use a Depop label, plus PayPal’s own processing fee, which depends on the seller’s PayPal account.
One thing to watch: Depop’s Boosted Listings Policy still gives a UK example using 3.3% + £0.45 for processing, while its Seller fees and charges page, updated more recently, lists 2.9% + £0.30 for the UK. This guide uses the fees page. Your sale receipt shows the rate you were actually charged.
The payment processing fee (Depop Payments)
Depop Payments runs through Stripe, and the processing fee covers taking the buyer’s card or wallet payment. Because it is charged on the whole payment, it includes the shipping the buyer pays and any sales tax or VAT. Sales tax is not your money, but the fee on it still comes from you.
In the US, take a $40 item with $8 shipping. With no tax the fee is $48 × 3.3% + $0.45 = $2.03. If the buyer also pays $3.84 of sales tax, the fee rises to $2.16. That 13 cent difference is why the fee on your receipt can be a little higher than a quick calculation on price and shipping.
The fixed $0.45 or £0.30 matters most on cheap items. On a $15 item with $7 shipping, processing is $1.18, or 5.3% of what the buyer paid. On a $100 item it is 3.7%. Bundles help, because the fixed part is charged once per transaction, not once per item.
US processing fee = (Item price + Shipping + Sales tax) × 3.3% + $0.45 UK processing fee = (Item price + Shipping + VAT) × 2.9% + £0.30
Boosted listings: the 12% fee
Boosting shows your listing in extra placements marked “Boosted”, in search and on the For You page. You can boost single listings or your whole shop. There is nothing to pay up front. The fee is charged only when a boosted item sells.
A sale counts as boosted if the buyer saw the boosted version of your listing and bought the item within 28 days. Depop’s policy says the buyer does not need to click it: seeing the boosted tile is enough. Stopping a boost does not cancel fees on buyers who already saw it.
In the US and UK the fee is 12% of the item price, excluding tax. Shipping is added only if you arranged your own shipping. Depop does not charge boosting on Depop Shipping labels. Depop’s fees page marks the 12% rate as applying to new listings from 23 March 2026, when it replaced the earlier 8% rate, so an older boosted listing may still show 8% on its receipt.
On a $40 item the boosting fee is $4.80, more than twice the $2.03 processing fee. If you ship that item with your own label and charge $8 shipping, the boost fee is charged on $48 and rises to $5.76.
Boosting fee = Item price × 12% (+ Shipping × 12% if you arranged your own shipping instead of a Depop label)
Free toolDepop fee calculatorShipping and how it affects your fees
Depop Shipping gives you a prepaid, tracked label: USPS in the US and Evri in the UK. Under Depop’s US shipping guide, the “Other” option for arranging your own shipping is no longer available for listings created from October 28, 2026, so new US listings use Depop Shipping. Older listings set to Other keep that setting until they sell.
Shipping affects your fees in two ways. Processing is always charged on the shipping the buyer pays, whichever method you use. Boosting is charged on shipping only when you arranged your own. So for a boosted item, a Depop label is slightly cheaper in fees than your own label at the same postage price.
If you ship your own way, Depop requires tracked shipping, and you must add the tracking details within 10 days or the order is cancelled and refunded. Price your shipping to cover the real label cost, because any shortfall comes out of your profit.
Worked example: what you take home
The table below shows what a US seller keeps at five price points, assuming the buyer pays $7 shipping and the label costs exactly $7, with no sales tax. “You keep” is the item price minus Depop’s fees, before what the item cost you.
Standard fees stay between about 4% and 5% of what the buyer pays. A boost pushes the total to roughly 13.5% to 15%, because the 12% grows with the price while the fixed $0.45 does not.
- UK equivalent, with £3.50 shipping at 2.9% + £0.30: a £40 item costs £1.56 in fees and leaves £38.44, or £33.64 if boosted.
- Add profit: a $40 vintage shirt bought for $12, sold with $8 shipping on a $7.50 label, leaves $26.47 profit after the $2.03 processing fee, a 55.1% margin. A boost cuts that to $21.67.
- A seller outside the US, UK and Australia shipping that $40 item their own way for $8 would pay a 10% selling fee on $48, or $4.80, before PayPal’s fee. That is more than double the US processing fee.
| Item price | Standard fees | You keep | Fees if boosted | You keep if boosted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15 | $1.18 | $13.82 | $2.98 | $12.02 |
| $25 | $1.51 | $23.49 | $4.51 | $20.49 |
| $40 | $2.00 | $38.00 | $6.80 | $33.20 |
| $60 | $2.66 | $57.34 | $9.86 | $50.14 |
| $100 | $3.98 | $96.02 | $15.98 | $84.02 |
Refunds, buyer fees and comparing platforms
If a sale is refunded, Depop reverses all of its fees, including processing and boosting, automatically for Depop Payments sales. The buyer’s marketplace fee is refunded too. That is more generous than some marketplaces, which keep part of the fee on a refund.
The buyer’s marketplace fee, up to 5% of the item price plus up to $1 or £1, is not a cost to you, but it raises the total the buyer sees at checkout. On a $40 item it can add up to $3. Keep that in mind when you compare your price with the same item listed on a site where the buyer pays nothing extra.
Depop’s standard fees are among the lowest of the big resale apps. Whether it leaves you the most profit depends on boosting, shipping and how fast your item sells there. Run the same sale through each marketplace before you decide where to list.
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