eBay vs Poshmark vs Mercari vs Depop: Seller Fees Compared (2026)

The short version

Every marketplace prices its cut differently, and the differences are bigger than most sellers assume. For a typical sale in 2026:

• eBay — 13.6% final value fee on the total (item + buyer-paid shipping + tax) plus a per-order fee of $0.30 (orders $10 or under) or $0.40 (over $10)
• Poshmark — flat $2.95 under $15; 20% commission at $15 and up
• Mercari — 10% of the item price plus buyer-paid shipping, no separate processing fee
• Depop — no selling fee for US sellers; you only pay payment processing of 3.3% + $0.45

Every rate above was read from the marketplace's official fee page, and our net payout calculator uses the same numbers — enter your own price and see all four side by side.

eBay: the fee follows the whole order

eBay's 13.6% most-categories rate applies to more than the item price — it includes buyer-paid shipping and even the sales tax collected at checkout. Some categories differ: Books, Movies and Music run 15.3%, women's handbags 15%, and athletic shoes over $150 get a reduced 8% with no per-order fee. If you run an eBay Store subscription, the rate drops by roughly a point.

The per-order fee is easy to forget on cheap items: on an $8 sale, $0.30 is nearly 4% on its own.

Poshmark: brutal under $15, predictable above

Poshmark keeps it simple: $2.95 flat below $15, 20% at $15 and up. The flat fee makes low-price listings expensive to sell — on a $10 sale you keep $7.05, an effective 29.5% rate. At $50 you keep a clean $40. Buyer-paid shipping goes to Poshmark's prepaid label, never to you, so it neither helps nor hurts your payout.

Mercari: the fee reaches the shipping

Since January 2025 Mercari charges sellers a flat 10% — but the base is the item price *plus buyer-paid shipping*, even though that shipping money goes to Mercari's label, not to you. A $45 item with a $20.32 buyer-paid label means the 10% applies to $65.32: you pay $6.53, not $4.50. There is no separate payment-processing fee anymore.

Depop: zero commission, small processing fee

Depop removed its 10% selling fee for US sellers back in 2023 — many fee guides still get this wrong. What remains is payment processing at 3.3% + $0.45 on the item plus shipping and taxes. That makes Depop the cheapest of the four at almost every price point. Optional boosted listings add 12%, but only on sales the boost produces.

A worked example: the same $45 item on all four

Say you sell an item for $45 where the buyer pays $8 shipping and your label costs you $8:

• Depop — fees $1.75, you net $42.80 (after your label)
• eBay — fees $7.61, you net $37.39
• Mercari — fees $5.30, you net $31.70 (buyer's shipping money goes to the label, not you)
• Poshmark — fees $9.00, you net $28.00

A $14.80 spread on one identical item. That's the whole argument for cross-listing: the same unit earns differently depending on where it sells, and listing everywhere lets the best marketplace win. Run your own numbers in the free calculator.