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What do you actually keep from a sale?

Marketplace fees are scattered across help pages and changed three times this year. Pick a platform, type your price, and see the real take-home — seller fees, buyer protection fees and processing, line by line.

Fee data researched and cross-checked on 4 October 2026. Every figure links to its source in the guides below.

Vinted fee calculator

Selling on Vinted is free — 0% commission in every country. The fee lands on your buyer instead, so this shows both sides: what you receive, and what your buyer actually pays (which is what your price is competing against).

Fee schedule verified 4 October 2026 · sources & how each fee works

£
£
On Vinted the buyer pays postage on top — it doesn't come out of your payout.
5.0%
UK: the fee varies between 3% and 8% depending on the item. 5% is the typical midpoint.
£
UK: between £0.30 and £0.80 per order.
You receive as the seller
£20.00
Vinted charges sellers 0% — no commission, no listing fee, no payment processing.
Item price£20.00
Vinted seller fee£0.00
Your payout£20.00
Buyer protection fee (buyer pays)£1.50
Postage (buyer pays)£3.49
Buyer's total at checkout£24.99
Heads-up: from 8 October 2026, Vinted renames the "Buyer Protection fee" to the "Vinted fee" in the UK, US and Australia. The calculation doesn't change.

Vinted buyer fee calculator

Buying, not selling? Vinted adds a mandatory buyer protection fee and postage on top of the listed price. This shows the real total you'll pay at checkout in each country — and what the same item would need to be priced at to cost you the same overall.

Fee schedule verified 4 October 2026 · sources & how each fee works

£
£
£
Enter a total you're willing to pay and we'll work out the highest list price that fits it, fee and postage included.
Your total at checkout
£24.99
The fee adds 7.5% on top of the listed price.
Listed price£20.00
Buyer protection fee£1.50
Postage£3.49
Total you pay£24.99

Depop fee calculator

Depop dropped its seller commission in 2024 — but sellers still pay payment processing on the whole transaction, and your buyer pays a marketplace fee at checkout. Both sides are shown here.

Fee schedule verified 4 October 2026 · sources & how each fee works

£
£
£
£
Processing is charged on item + shipping + tax.
You keep
£24.17
After processing and postage.
Item + shipping charged£28.50
Depop selling fee (0%)£0.00
Payment processing (2.9% + £0.30)−£1.13
Your postage cost−£3.50
Your take-home£24.17
Buyer marketplace fee (buyer pays, up to)£2.25
The buyer marketplace fee is up to 5% of the item price plus up to £1 (US: up to $1), added at checkout. It doesn't reduce your payout — but it does raise the price your buyer sees.

Poshmark fee calculator

One flat rule: 20% commission on sales of $15 or more, a flat $2.95 on anything under $15. Payment processing is already included, and the commission only applies to the item price.

Fee schedule verified 4 October 2026 · sources & how each fee works

$
$
Buyers pay Poshmark shipping, so there's no postage cost to deduct.
You keep
$24.00
80% of the sale price.
Sale price$30.00
Poshmark commission (20%)−$6.00
Your take-home$24.00

Mercari fee calculator

Since 6 January 2025: a flat 10% selling fee and a 3.6% buyer protection fee — both calculated on the item price plus buyer-paid shipping, which quietly raises the real rate.

Fee schedule verified 4 October 2026 · sources & how each fee works

$
$
Mercari charges its fees on price + this shipping amount.
$
You keep
$22.00
After the 10% selling fee and postage.
Item + buyer-paid shipping$29.99
Selling fee (10% of item + shipping)−$3.00
Your postage cost−$4.99
Your take-home$22.00
Buyer protection fee (buyer pays, 3.6%)$1.08
Buyer's total at checkout$31.07
Because the 10% is charged on shipping too, offering "free shipping" and folding postage into the price doesn't dodge the fee — the base stays the same either way.

TikTok Shop fee calculator

Referral fees differ sharply by country, and the real profit-killer is usually the creator affiliate commission on top. Add both to see what a TikTok sale actually leaves you.

Fee schedule verified 4 October 2026 · sources & how each fee works

$
10%
Set by you; sellers typically offer 5–20%. Set to 0 if the sale wasn't through a creator.
You keep
$25.20
After referral and affiliate commission.
Item price$30.00
Referral fee (6%)−$1.80
Affiliate commission (10%)−$3.00
Your take-home$25.20
US note: TikTok's official line is that payment processing is included in the 6% referral fee; some 2026 seller guides cite a separate 1.02–3.78% processing charge. This calculator uses the official all-in 6%.

Whatnot fee calculator

Live-selling fees stack two charges: commission on the item price, then payment processing on the whole order. Category matters — electronics and coins pay less.

Fee schedule verified 4 October 2026 · sources & how each fee works

$
$
$
You keep
$35.19
After commission, processing and postage.
Item + shipping charged$45.00
Commission (8% of item price)−$3.20
Payment processing (2.9% + $0.30)−$1.61
Your postage cost−$5.00
Your take-home$35.19
Since 21 September 2026, Whatnot's commission tiers down as your 4-week sales volume grows — high-volume sellers pay less than the standard rates shown here. Buyers pay no platform fees.

eBay UK buyer protection fee calculator

Selling as a UK private seller has been fee-free since late 2024. Instead, your buyer pays a tiered Buyer Protection fee at checkout — this is what gets added on top of your price.

Fee schedule verified 4 October 2026 · sources & how each fee works

£
The fee is tiered: 7% on the first £20, 4% from £20–£300, 2% from £300–£4,000, plus a flat £0.10. Nothing is charged above £4,000.
You receive as a private seller
£50.00
0% final value fee for UK private sellers (Motors excluded).
Item price£50.00
Your selling fee£0.00
Your payout£50.00
Buyer Protection fee (buyer pays)£2.70
Buyer's total before postage£52.70
The tiered fee (revised 17 July 2025) means cheap items carry a proportionally heavier add-on: on a £10 item the buyer pays £0.80 extra — 8% on top of your price.

Reverse calculator — price it backwards

Know what you need to walk away with? Enter your target profit and costs, and this works out the minimum list price on each platform.

Fee schedule verified 4 October 2026 · sources & how each fee works

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£
£
Assumes you charge the buyer the same amount for postage, so it passes through — the fee on it is accounted for.
List at (at least)
£14.00
To clear your target profit after fees.
List price£14.00
Platform fees at that price£0.00
Item cost−£4.00
Your profit£10.00
Vinted UK: with a 0% seller fee, your list price only needs to cover your costs plus target profit. Postage is paid by the buyer on top.

Profit margin calculator

Fees are only half the story. Add what the item cost you and see your true margin — the number that decides whether a flip was worth it.

Fee schedule verified 4 October 2026 · sources & how each fee works

£
£
£
Assumes postage is charged to the buyer at cost, so only the fees on it affect you.
Your profit
£17.00
Margin 68.0% of the sale price.
Sale price£25.00
Platform fees£0.00
Item cost (+ postage where it's yours)−£11.50
Profit£17.00
Margin on sale price68.0%
Markup on your costs147.8%
Margin and markup aren't the same number: margin is profit as a share of the price, markup is profit as a share of your costs. Marketplaces and accountants quote margin; resellers often think in markup.

Discount headroom — how far can you drop?

A buyer asks for a lower price. How low can you go before the sale stops being worth it? This works out your break-even discount on each platform, after fees. Postage is assumed charged to the buyer at cost, except on eBay UK where it's deducted if you pay it.

Fee schedule verified 4 October 2026 · sources & how each fee works

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£
£
15%
Maximum discount before you lose money
68%
You can go down to £8.00 and still break even.
List price£25.00
At 15% off£21.25
Profit if you accept£13.25
Break-even price£8.00
That offer still leaves a healthy profit — accepting is safe on pure numbers. Whether it's worth it depends on how fast you need the sale versus holding out for full price.

Bundle profit — selling several items as one order

Bundles change the fee maths: some fees are per-order, not per-item, so grouping items into a single sale can save real money. Enter the bundle and see what you keep — and what the same items would cost you in fees sold one by one.

Fee schedule verified 4 October 2026 · sources & how each fee works

£
What the buyer pays for all items together, before postage.
£
£
One parcel, charged to the buyer at cost (eBay UK: deducted if you pay it).
Bundle profit
£30.00
Across 3 items in one order.
Bundle price£45.00
Platform fees on one order£0.00
Items cost−£15.00
Bundle profit£30.00
Fees if sold as separate orders£0.00
Fee saving from bundling£0.00
On Vinted the seller fee is 0% either way — bundling saves your buyers money instead (one postage, one buyer protection fixed fee), which is often what actually makes the bundle sell.

Same item, every platform

One item price, every marketplace side by side. Postage is assumed to be charged to the buyer at cost (£3.50 / $4.99), so the difference you see is pure fees. The UK table includes platforms where the fee hits your buyer instead of you — the "buyer's total" column shows the price they're really comparing.

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PlatformFees you payFee rateYou keepBuyer's total

Vinted and eBay UK charge the seller 0% — the buyer's total is higher there because the buyer protection fee is added at checkout. The Vinted UK buyer's total uses the calculator's default assumption of 5% + £0.70 (the fixed part officially ranges £0.30–£0.80, so the real total varies a little by item). TikTok Shop UK assumes no affiliate commission; the US figure uses the standard 6% referral, also without affiliates. Rates as researched 4 October 2026 — sources in the guides below.

Marketplace fees in 2026, explained

The fee structures behind the calculators — what changed this year, what's confirmed, and what is still reported rather than official. Figures researched 4 October 2026.

Vinted — free to sell, buyers pay

Seller 0% · Buyer 3–8% + fixed fee (varies by country)

Sellers pay nothing: no listing fee, no commission, no payment processing — confirmed on Vinted's own UK help pages. Optional paid listing boosts are the only seller cost. Vinted Pro is also free for business sellers in the UK, FR, IT, NL, LU, BE, PT and ES; their buyers pay a "Buyer Protection Pro" fee instead.

The buyer protection fee is mandatory at checkout and varies: in the UK it's 3–8% plus £0.30–£0.80 depending on the item, with a flat 3% and no fixed fee on orders of £500+. In the US, France and Spain it's widely reported as 5% + 0.70 (currency-local), though Vinted's official US/EU help pages couldn't be verified directly. Germany uses the same model, but a December 2025 Berlin Court of Appeal ruling said Vinted may not pre-apply the fee by default — the judgment isn't final, so the German position is in flux.

From 8 October 2026 the fee is renamed the "Vinted fee" in the UK, US and Australia, with the calculation unchanged.

Sources: Vinted UK help — selling fees · Vinted UK help — buyer protection · RocketDigit fee tracker · Value Added Resource — Oct 2026 terms

Depop — commission gone, processing remains

Seller 0% + processing · Buyer up to 5% + up to £1/$1

Depop removed its 10% selling commission in 2024 in both the UK and US. What sellers still pay is payment processing on the full transaction (item + shipping + tax): about 2.9% + £0.30 in the UK and 3.3% + $0.45 in the US.

Buyers pay a marketplace fee at checkout of up to 5% of the item price plus up to £1 (up to $1 in the US). Optional Boosted Listings add roughly 12% when a boosted item sells. The net effect: Depop looks free at headline level, but a £25 sale with £3.50 postage still loses about £1.13 to processing.

Sources: SellerFeeCalc (checked against Depop help, Jun 2026) · The Automated Reseller · Plott Data

Poshmark — the simplest, steepest fee

$15 or more: 20% · under $15: flat $2.95

Poshmark takes 20% of the item price on sales of $15 or more, or a flat $2.95 below that. There are no listing fees, payment processing is included in the commission, and the fee never touches shipping (buyers pay that separately).

The trap is the sub-$15 flat fee: $2.95 is 20% of $14.75 but nearly 30% of a $10 sale. Small items earn disproportionately little unless they're bundled into a single listing.

Sources: Poshmark support — selling fees · Crosslist

Mercari — 10% seller, 3.6% buyer, on shipping too

Seller 10% · Buyer 3.6% · both on price + shipping

Since 6 January 2025, Mercari charges sellers a flat 10% of the item price plus buyer-paid shipping, with no separate processing fee and no listing fees. Buyers pay a 3.6% Buyer Protection fee on the same base.

Because both fees ride on the shipping amount, a $25 item with $4.99 shipping loses $3.00 — an effective 12% of the item price, not 10%. Pricing shipping "free" by folding it into the item price doesn't change the math.

Source: Mercari US help center (official)

TikTok Shop — referral + the affiliate question

US 6% · UK 9% incl. VAT · affiliates 5–20% on top

In the US, most categories pay a 6% referral fee (5% for select jewellery; pre-owned is 5%, dropping to 3% on the portion above $10,000). New US sellers pay 3% for their first 30 days. Whether payment processing sits inside the 6% is disputed: TikTok's official line says it's included, while some 2026 seller guides cite a separate 1.02–3.78%. Refunds also carry an admin fee of 20% of the referral fee, capped at $5 per SKU.

In the UK the referral fee is 9% including VAT (raised from 5% in September 2024), plus a £0.50 self-ship fee per delivered parcel since July 2025; new sellers pay around 4% for 60 days. The variable that swamps all of this is the creator affiliate commission you choose — typically 5–20% — which the calculator above lets you add.

Sources: FastMoss — US seller costs 2026 · eDesk — UK account guide

Whatnot & eBay UK — the other models

Whatnot 8% + 2.9%/$0.30 · eBay UK sellers 0%, buyers pay tiered fee

Whatnot charges 8% commission on the item price (5% electronics, 4% coins and bullion) plus 2.9% + $0.30 payment processing on the total order value. Since 21 September 2026 the commission tiers down as your 4-week sales grow. Buyers pay no platform fees.

eBay UK made private selling free in late 2024 (Motors excepted) and shifted the cost to a buyer-paid Buyer Protection fee, revised 17 July 2025: £0.10 + 7% of the first £20, 4% of £20–£300, 2% of £300–£4,000, and nothing above £4,000. On a £10 item your buyer pays 8% on top of your price; on a £500 item, about 3.4%.

Sources: Whatnot help — seller fees · ProListo — eBay buyer fee · Retail Times

Fee questions, answered

The things sellers actually ask before listing.

Does Vinted charge sellers anything at all?

No. Vinted charges sellers 0% in every country it operates in — no listing fee, no commission, no payment processing. The platform makes its money from the buyer protection fee charged to buyers at checkout, plus optional paid boosts. Vinted Pro for business sellers is also free (no subscription, no commission).

What is Vinted's buyer protection fee in the UK?

Between 3% and 8% of the item price plus a fixed £0.30–£0.80, depending on the item — 5% + £0.50 is a reasonable midpoint estimate. On orders of £500 or more it's a flat 3% with no fixed fee. From 8 October 2026 the same charge is renamed the "Vinted fee", with the calculation unchanged.

Why does my Depop payout come to less than my sale price if there's no commission?

Payment processing. Depop charges about 2.9% + £0.30 (UK) or 3.3% + $0.45 (US) on the item price, shipping and tax combined. Your buyer separately pays a marketplace fee of up to 5% + up to £1 at checkout, which doesn't come out of your payout.

Is it worth selling items under $15 on Poshmark?

Fees-wise, it's the worst spot on the platform: the flat $2.95 fee is 29.5% of a $10 sale. At $15 the 20% rate takes over ($3.00). Bundling several small items into one $15+ listing usually beats selling them individually.

Why is Mercari's fee more than 10% of my item price?

Because the 10% is calculated on the item price plus buyer-paid shipping. A $25 item with $4.99 shipping is charged on $29.99, so you pay $3.00 — 12% of the item's price. Buyers also pay 3.6% on the same combined amount.

What does TikTok Shop really cost once creators are involved?

The referral fee is 6% in the US or 9% (VAT included) in the UK. On top, if a creator's video or live drove the sale, you pay the affiliate commission you set — typically 5–20%. A 6% referral plus a 15% affiliate means over a fifth of the sale price is gone before product and shipping costs.

eBay UK is free to sell — so who pays the Buyer Protection fee?

Your buyer, at checkout. It's tiered: £0.10 plus 7% of the first £20, 4% between £20–£300 and 2% between £300–£4,000. As a private seller you receive your full item price (Motors listings are the exception), but the buyer's total is higher than the price you set — worth remembering when comparing your listing against Vinted, where the same model applies.

How current are these fees?

Researched and cross-checked against two or more sources on 4 October 2026, with official help pages used wherever reachable. Where a figure comes from reputable secondary reporting rather than an official page (Vinted's US and EU buyer fees, TikTok's US processing treatment), the guides say so. Marketplaces change fees often — check the linked source before a big pricing decision.

Marketplace fee changes in 2026 — what moved, and what it costs you

Marketplace fees rarely stand still for a full year, and 2026 is no exception: a fee rename at Vinted, a legal challenge in Germany, volume tiers at Whatnot, and the settling-in of last year's big structural changes at Mercari, Depop, TikTok Shop and eBay. This page tracks the changes that matter for your pricing, with the date each took effect. Figures researched 4 October 2026; each section links to its sources.

Vinted: same fee, new name — 8 October 2026

From 8 October 2026, the "Buyer Protection fee" becomes the "Vinted fee" in the UK, US and Australia. Only the label changes: the calculation (3–8% plus a fixed fee in the UK, 5% + 0.70 in most other markets) stays the same, and sellers still pay 0% everywhere. Europe's terms were separately updated on 5 October 2026. If your listings or screenshots mention "buyer protection", buyers will start seeing the new name at checkout.

In Germany, the model itself is unsettled: in December 2025 the Berlin Court of Appeal ruled that Vinted may not pre-apply the buyer protection fee by default. The judgment is not yet final, so German sellers and buyers should treat the fee's presentation as subject to change.

Depop: life after the commission

Depop removed its 10% selling commission in 2024 in both the UK and the US, and that remains the position in 2026: sellers pay only payment processing (about 2.9% + £0.30 in the UK, 3.3% + $0.45 in the US, charged on item + shipping + tax), while buyers pay a marketplace fee of up to 5% plus up to £1/$1 at checkout. Optional Boosted Listings add roughly 12% when a boosted item sells — the one Depop charge that can still surprise you.

Mercari: the January 2025 structure, one year on

Mercari's current model dates from 6 January 2025: a flat 10% selling fee and a 3.6% buyer protection fee, both calculated on the item price plus buyer-paid shipping. A year on, the practical lesson is unchanged — quoting "10%" understates the real take, because the shipping portion inflates the fee base. On a $25 item with $4.99 shipping, the seller fee is $3.00, an effective 12% of the item price.

TikTok Shop: 9% in the UK, affiliate economics in the US

The UK's 9% referral fee (VAT included, raised from 5% in September 2024) is now the settled rate, alongside a £0.50 self-ship fee per delivered parcel introduced in July 2025 and a ~4% introductory rate for new sellers' first 60 days. In the US, most categories pay 6% (new sellers 3% for 30 days), and the live question for 2026 is whether payment processing is truly included in that 6% — TikTok's official line says yes, while some current seller guides cite a separate 1.02–3.78%. Either way, the creator affiliate commission you set (typically 5–20%) remains the bigger variable.

Whatnot: volume now pays — from 21 September 2026

Whatnot's standard commission is 8% of the item price (5% electronics, 4% coins and bullion) plus 2.9% + $0.30 processing. Since 21 September 2026 the commission tiers down as your 4-week sales volume grows, so the calculators here — which use standard rates — are a worst case for high-volume sellers.

eBay UK: the buyer fee beds in

Private selling on eBay UK has been fee-free since late 2024, funded by the buyer-paid Buyer Protection fee, whose tiered schedule was revised on 17 July 2025 (£0.10 + 7% of the first £20, 4% of £20–£300, 2% of £300–£4,000). The effect to watch is at the cheap end: on a £10 item the buyer pays 8% on top of your price, which shapes what "competitive" means against Vinted, where the same buyer-pays model applies.

What this means for your pricing

None of the 2026 changes alter the headline ranking — Vinted and eBay UK still charge sellers nothing, Poshmark's 20% is still the steepest mainstream take — but they widen the gap between the price you set and the price your buyer compares. Recheck your numbers whenever a platform announces a change: every calculator on this site carries the date its fee schedule was verified, and the guides link to the sources behind each figure.

Sources: Value Added Resource — Vinted Europe terms, Oct 2026 · Berlin buyer-protection ruling · Mercari help center · Whatnot seller fees · ProListo — eBay buyer fee

About this site

vintedfeecalculator.com is a set of free fee calculators for people who sell on second-hand and social marketplaces. It started with Vinted — where the seller fee is zero but the buyer's fee changes what your items really cost — and grew to cover Depop, Poshmark, Mercari, TikTok Shop, Whatnot and eBay UK, because most resellers list the same item in more than one place and the "cheapest" platform is rarely the obvious one.

How the numbers are produced

Every calculator runs entirely in your browser: type a price, get the breakdown. No account, no uploads, nothing sent anywhere. The fee structures behind them were researched on 4 October 2026 and cross-checked against at least two sources wherever possible, preferring the marketplaces' official help pages. Each guide section links to its sources, and where a figure rests on secondary reporting rather than an official page — Vinted's US and European buyer fees, for example — we say so rather than dressing it up as official.

What this site is not

This is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Vinted, Depop, Poshmark, Mercari, TikTok, Whatnot or eBay, and the marketplace names are used only to describe the fees being calculated. Fee schedules change frequently; the calculators are a planning aid, not a guarantee of any platform's current charges.

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