On a $50 sale in 2026, Depop leaves you $47.90, Mercari leaves you $45, eBay leaves you $42.80, and Poshmark leaves you $40. Depop dropped its selling fee for US sellers completely, so you’re only paying payment processing there. Poshmark takes the most at a flat 20%. The cheapest platform isn’t automatically the one that pays you the most, though, and the reason is worth a few minutes.
I’ve sold on all four. Not as a full-time reseller, more as someone who keeps finding things at yard sales and can’t leave them there. The first time I sat down and did the real math on a flip, I’d bought a vintage Pyrex bowl for $4, sold it on eBay for $28, and walked away with $4.48 after fees, shipping, supplies, and an hour of my time. I wrote that whole breakdown up in the reselling profit calculator post, because the number genuinely surprised me.
What I hadn’t done until this week was check whether the fee rates I’d been carrying around in my head were still true. Three of the four had changed.
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What does each platform actually charge in 2026?
These came off each platform’s own help pages in August 2026, not from somebody else’s comparison post.
| Platform | Selling fee | Payment processing | Per order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depop (US sellers) | None | 3.3% | $0.45 |
| Mercari | 10% flat | Included | None |
| eBay | 13.6% in most categories | Included | $0.30 under $10, $0.40 over |
| Poshmark | 20% on sales of $15 or more | Included | Flat $2.95 under $15 |
Two things that trip up the math. Mercari’s 10% applies to the item price plus any shipping the buyer paid, and eBay’s 13.6% applies to the total amount of the sale, which includes shipping and tax. So once the buyer is covering postage, both of those get bigger than they look on a bare item price. Depop’s 3.3% works the same way. Poshmark’s commission is the one that stays on the sale price.
If you’re in Texas, Poshmark also started deducting a state seller fee tax on October 1, 2025.
Who pays you the most on a $50 sale?
Depop, by about $8 over Poshmark. The same $50 item across all four, item price only:
| Platform | Fee taken | You keep |
|---|---|---|
| Depop | $2.10 | $47.90 |
| Mercari | $5.00 | $45.00 |
| eBay | $7.20 | $42.80 |
| Poshmark | $10.00 | $40.00 |
Eight dollars on one sale doesn’t feel like much. On forty sales it’s $316, which is a real number for anyone doing this to cover a specific bill.
Why does Poshmark punish cheap items?
Because under $15 it stops being a percentage and becomes a flat $2.95, and a flat fee gets brutal fast as the price drops. At $14.99 that $2.95 is about 20%, which matches their normal rate. At $5 it’s 59% of the sale.
| Sale price | Poshmark takes | That works out to |
|---|---|---|
| $14.99 | $2.95 | 19.7% |
| $10.00 | $2.95 | 29.5% |
| $5.00 | $2.95 | 59.0% |
So if you’re listing a pile of $6 and $8 items to clear space, Poshmark is the wrong room for them. Bundle them, price them at $15 and up, or list them somewhere else.
Where does eBay charge more than 13.6%?
In a few categories that happen to be exactly what a lot of closet cleanouts are made of.
- Women’s bags and handbags: 15% if the sale is $2,000 or less, 9% if it’s over
- Jewelry, but not watches: 15% if the sale is $5,000 or less, 9% if it’s over
- Watches: 15% on the first $1,000, 6.5% on the part between $1,000 and $7,500, then 3% above that
- Athletic shoes at $150 or more: 8%, and the per order fee is dropped. Under $150 they go back to the standard 13.6% with the fee
I didn’t know about that athletic shoes line until this week. If you have a pair of sneakers worth $150 or more, eBay goes from the priciest of these four to the second cheapest, beating both Mercari and Poshmark, and the listing is free too. Depop still undercuts it at 3.3%, so on a $180 pair eBay takes $14.40 and Depop takes $6.39.
Does the lowest fee mean the most money?
No, and this is where a fee table stops being enough. The fee decides what you keep from a sale. It doesn’t decide whether the sale happens.
Depop being free for US sellers is a real advantage, but Depop’s buyers skew young and shop for streetwear, Y2K, and vintage. Listing your mom’s Talbots blazer there is free and it will also sit forever. Poshmark takes the biggest cut and its buyers will pay more for mainstream brands, so a 20% fee on a bag that sells beats Depop’s 3.3% on one that doesn’t.
The way I think about it now: pick the platform by who’s shopping for the item, then use the fee to decide the price. Not the other way around.
What’s the worst part of selling on all four?
Crosslisting. It’s tedious and I don’t enjoy any part of it. The same photos, the same measurements, the same description, retyped into four different apps with four different quirks, and then you have to remember to pull the listing everywhere else when something sells.
I was paying for Nifty AI to handle it, and it worked, but it got expensive enough that I cancelled. Right now I don’t have a crosslisting tool I’m happy with.
That’s the honest downside of chasing the lowest fee. Fees are the easy part to optimize. The reason people quit reselling isn’t a 20% commission, it’s that between the listing, the photos, the crosslisting, the questions, and the trip to the post office, the whole thing turns into a slog if you don’t actually enjoy the whole process.
Today’s action
Pick one item you’ve already listed somewhere and run it through the free reselling profit calculator with the 2026 rate for that platform. Not a hypothetical item, a real one you can see. If the take-home surprises you, that’s your answer about where to list the next one.
If you’re starting from zero and want the whole process rather than the fee math, I walked through it in how to start reselling your closet. And if you want the income from it showing up somewhere you’ll see it, that’s what I built Side Hustle Garden for.
I’m on Mercari as well, and if you sign up with that link we both get up to $20, which is a decent start on a first sale.
Frequently asked questions
Which reselling app has the lowest fees?
Depop has the lowest fees for US sellers in 2026. There’s no selling fee at all, just 3.3% plus $0.45 in payment processing. Mercari is next at a flat 10%, then eBay at 13.6% in most categories, then Poshmark at 20%.
Does Depop really have no selling fee?
Yes, for sellers based in the US, UK, and Australia. Depop removed its 10% selling fee in those countries and added a buyer-side marketplace fee instead. Sellers elsewhere still pay the 10%. US sellers still pay 3.3% plus $0.45 for payment processing on each sale.
How much does Poshmark take from a $10 sale?
Poshmark takes $2.95 from a $10 sale, which is 29.5%. Anything under $15 gets that flat $2.95 fee regardless of price, so a $5 item loses 59% of the sale. Above $15 the fee switches to a 20% commission.
Is Mercari or eBay cheaper for selling clothes?
Mercari is cheaper for most clothing. Mercari charges a flat 10% while eBay charges 13.6% plus $0.30 or $0.40 per order in most categories. The exception is athletic shoes priced at $150 or more, where eBay drops to 8% with no per order fee.
Do these fees include shipping?
Mostly yes, and it catches people out. Mercari’s 10%, eBay’s 13.6%, and Depop’s 3.3% all apply to the item price plus any shipping the buyer paid, so your real fee is higher than a bare item-price calculation suggests. Poshmark’s commission applies to the sale price only.
Should I list the same item on every platform?
It’s the fastest way to more sales and also the most tedious part of reselling. You have to keep the listings in sync and pull them everywhere when one sells. Crosslisting tools exist and most of them charge a monthly fee, so price that against how many items you’re moving before you subscribe.
Fee rates change, and three of these four changed in the last two years. Check your platform’s own help page before you price a batch, and put the current number into the calculator rather than the one you remember.
