Depop Fees Explained: What UK Sellers Pay in 2026

What fees does Depop charge UK sellers?

The headline first: Depop takes no cut of your sale price in the UK. The 10%-style selling fee that marketplaces are famous for was scrapped for UK sellers in March 2024, and it has not returned. Listing an item costs nothing, and no commission is deducted when it sells.

What you do pay is payment processing. Every order placed through Depop Payments runs through Stripe, which charges 2.9% + £0.30, and Depop passes that cost directly to the seller. On a £30 sale with no shipping charged, the maths is 30 × 0.029 = £0.87, plus £0.30 — £1.17 in total — leaving you £28.83.

Smaller sales feel the fixed 30p more keenly. On a £15 sale the processing fee is about £0.74 (15 × 0.029 + £0.30), so roughly £14.26 reaches you. That flat 30p is why very cheap items are the worst value on Depop: on a £5 sale it swallows almost 9% before you have even covered the postage.

How is the Depop processing fee actually calculated?

The 2.9% + £0.30 applies to the item price plus any shipping you charge the buyer, plus tax where relevant. That detail matters: adding £3.50 of shipping to your listing does not sidestep the fee, because the percentage is taken on the combined total. On a £25 item with £3.50 shipping, the charge is (28.50 × 0.029) + £0.30 — about £1.13.

This is also why ‘free shipping’ is not really free on Depop. Folding the postage into your item price instead of charging it separately just moves the 2.9% onto a higher figure. Either way the numbers land in nearly the same place, so pick whichever presentation sells better rather than whichever looks cheaper on fees.

One boundary worth knowing: these are the UK terms (shared with the US and Australia). Sellers in most other countries still pay a 10% selling fee on top of PayPal processing, so a ‘Depop is free’ claim from an overseas creator does not apply to you.

What do Depop buyers pay on top of your price?

Buyers see a marketplace fee added at checkout of up to 5% + £1 — on a £30 purchase, up to £2.50 extra. It comes from the buyer’s pocket, not yours, so your payout is untouched. It still matters to you, though, because it lifts the total your buyer pays and can make your price look weaker next to the same item on Vinted, where the buyer-side fee works differently.

There is no way for you to shrink the buyer’s marketplace fee, so build it into your pricing instincts instead. A £28 Depop listing can easily cost the buyer more at checkout than a £30 Vinted listing once each platform’s buyer-side charges are added. Our platform comparison calculator lays the buyer totals out side by side so you can see the real gap.

What is a Boosted Listing and what does it cost?

Boosted Listings are Depop’s paid promotion: you pay Depop to push a listing higher in search results and buyer feeds. The price is 12% of the item price (plus a share of shipping if you post it yourself), and the key detail is that it is charged only when the boosted item actually sells. No sale, no boost fee.

The rate jumped on 23 March 2026, from 8% to 12% — a 50% rise that made boosting noticeably dearer overnight. On a £40 sale, the boost alone costs £4.80, sitting on top of the £1.46 processing fee (40 × 0.029 + £0.30), so a boosted £40 sale leaves you £33.74 before you have paid for postage.

Whether boosting earns its keep depends on your margin. On a £15 fast-fashion top, 12% is £1.80 — often more than the profit sitting in the item. On a £120 designer piece, £14.40 of boost that converts a stale listing into a sale can be money well spent. Boost selectively, watch what actually sells, and never boost an item you have not first tried with better photos and a sharper price.

Has eBay’s takeover of Depop changed the fees?

eBay completed its purchase of Depop from Etsy on 30 July 2026, for around $1.2 billion. Depop carries on as its own brand with its own app — accounts have not been merged into eBay, and your Depop login still opens Depop.

At our check on 21 October 2026, Depop had announced no fee changes following the acquisition. The 0% UK selling fee, the 2.9% + £0.30 processing and the 12% boost rate all stand exactly as before. That may not last forever — when a marketplace changes hands, a fee review typically follows within a year or two — so re-check Depop’s own help pages before basing a big decision on these numbers.

How do Depop’s fees compare with Vinted and eBay?

For a UK seller the ranking on a £30 sale is straightforward. Vinted lets you keep the entire £30, because its 0% seller fees mean the buyer funds the platform instead. Depop leaves you around £28.83 after the processing deduction. eBay’s outcome matches Vinted’s for private sellers: with final value fees gone since October 2024, the whole £30 stays with you — though eBay’s buyer, like Depop’s, pays a protection fee on top.

Do not guess at your own price point — run the exact numbers first:

• Depop Fee Calculator — processing, boost and your precise take-home at any price.
• Vinted vs Depop vs eBay comparison — the same sale on all three platforms, side by side.
• Vinted Profit Calculator — your payout and your buyer’s total on Vinted.