UK Secondhand Selling Fees 2026: The Complete Data (Vinted, Depop, eBay, Etsy, Facebook, Gumtree)

The full fee table: all six platforms side by side

The table below is the short version of everything a UK reseller pays per sale in 2026. Figures were checked against each platform’s own help pages in October 2026 — see ‘Where do these figures come from?’ below.

Two things to read carefully. First, ‘seller fee’ and ‘payment processing’ are different charges: Depop advertises 0% selling fees, but the 2.9% + £0.30 processing still comes out of every sale. Second, some platforms tax the buyer instead of you — Vinted’s 3–8% + £0.30–£0.80 fee lands on the buyer at checkout, which is why your payout is untouched.

• Vinted — seller fees 0%: no listing fee, no commission, no processing. Buyer pays 3–8% + £0.30–£0.80 plus postage. Optional: Bump (~£1), Wardrobe Spotlight (£6.95/7 days).
• Depop — selling fee 0% + payment processing 2.9% + £0.30 per sale. Boosted listings 12% (since 23 March 2026).
• eBay UK (private sellers) — £0 fees since October 2024: no final value fee, 300 free listings a month. Business sellers still pay category fees.
• Etsy UK — ~£0.16 listing fee; 6.5% transaction fee (charged on postage too); 4% + £0.20 payment processing; 0.48% UK regulatory fee (since 22 June 2026); 20% VAT on Etsy’s fees; Offsite Ads 12–15% when an Etsy ad drives the sale. Roughly 11–14% all-in.
• Facebook Marketplace UK — £0 for local pickup sales (no listing fee, no commission). 2% selling fee only where Facebook’s checkout and shipping flow is used.
• Gumtree UK — standard private ads free (30-day run). Paid upgrades: Urgent £11.99/7 days, Featured from £11.99, Spotlight £24.95/7 days.

Worked example: what you keep on a £30 sale

Percentages hide the real cost — here is the same £30 sale on each platform, worked through with the fees above.

Vinted: you keep the full £30.00. The buyer pays roughly £1.70–£2.50 in Vinted fees plus postage on top of your price.

Depop: processing takes 2.9% of £30 (£0.87) + £0.30 = £1.17. You keep £28.83.

eBay (private seller): £0 in fees. You keep £30.00.

Etsy: transaction 6.5% (£1.95) + processing 4% + £0.20 (£1.40) + regulatory 0.48% (~£0.14) + £0.16 listing = £3.65, plus ~20% VAT on those fees (~£0.73). You keep about £25.60 — before any Offsite Ads cut.

Facebook Marketplace (local pickup): £0 in fees. You keep £30.00.

The gap between cheapest and priciest here is about £4.40 on a single £30 sale — over a hundred sales a year, that is the difference between a hobby and a real side income. Run your own numbers in our free calculators before you list.

• Vinted Profit Calculator — your payout, profit and your buyer’s total.
• Depop Fee Calculator — exactly what Depop’s processing takes.
• Platform Fee Comparison — all platforms side by side for one sale.

Where do these figures come from?

Every figure on this page was verified against the platform’s own official help or fees page in October 2026: Vinted’s fee terms (buyer fee renamed from ‘Buyer Protection fee’ effective 8 October 2026), Depop’s UK fees page, eBay UK’s private-seller announcement (October 2024), Etsy’s fee schedule and UK regulatory fee notice (22 June 2026), Facebook’s commerce policies, and Gumtree’s paid-features page.

Platforms change fees without much warning — this page is reviewed whenever a platform announces a change, and the ‘last updated’ date at the top always shows the latest check. If you spot a change we have missed, tell us via the contact page.

Which platform is cheapest for you?

For clearing out ordinary clothes and fast fashion, Vinted, eBay (private) and Facebook local pickup all cost you £0 — pick by audience, not fees. Vinted has the biggest UK secondhand buyer base; eBay wins for auctions and branded items; Facebook wins for bulky items buyers collect.

For premium and true vintage (20+ years old), Etsy’s ~11–14% looks painful next to Vinted’s 0% — but Etsy buyers arrive hunting vintage and pay premium prices that often more than cover the fee gap. Many UK resellers run both: Vinted for volume, Etsy for high-value vintage.

Depop sits in the middle: near-zero fees with a young fashion audience, and its 12% Boosted option is worth testing only on items with strong margins. Gumtree is the free local classifieds fallback when an item will not post well.

How to cite this data

Bloggers, journalists and researchers: you are welcome to cite any figure on this page — please link back to this page as the source so your readers can check the full table and the last-updated date. If you need the numbers in another format for a story, contact us and we will help.