In July 2024 Depop quietly did something its competitors never have: it removed its main selling fee for UK and US sellers. The 10% commission that defined the platform for years was dropped overnight, leaving only payment processing (2.9% + £0.30 per order). The change wasn’t widely publicised, and a lot of advice you’ll find online — even from 2025 — still quotes the obsolete 10% rate.
For 2026, the actual fee structure is simple:
On every sale: 2.9% of (item + shipping) + £0.30. That’s it. Optionally: 8% Boost fee, but only on sales attributed to a Boost-promoted listing. Off by default.
No transaction fee. No regulatory operating fee. No 20% VAT added to Depop’s fee for non-VAT-registered sellers (Depop Payments is structured differently to Etsy and eBay’s commission models).
Where margin actually leaks
If Depop’s fees are this low, where does seller profit go? Three places:
Sourcing cost — what you paid to acquire the item, if reselling. Charity-shop bargains aside, sourcing is usually the biggest cost line for active resellers.
Postage — the buyer pays for shipping at the standard Depop label price, but if you offer “free shipping” to drive sales, you absorb that cost. The calculator above lets you split “shipping charged to buyer” from “your actual postage cost” so you can see the impact of free-shipping promotions.
Boost — opt-in promoted listings. 8% on top of processing if a sale is attributed to a Boost. The calculator shows what happens to your margin with and without Boost; if you’re considering it, run the maths first.
Boost: when it earns its 8%
Boost is worth it on items that aren’t moving. It’s not worth it on items that would have sold anyway. The honest test: enable it on a stagnant item for a week, see if it moves. If it does, your 8% bought you a sale you wouldn’t have had. If you Boost a fast-moving listing, the 8% is pure margin sacrifice — Depop charges you for traffic you’d have got anyway.
The calculator above shows exact rupee values for boost vs no-boost on the same sale price. Run both scenarios and compare against your conversion rate from your Depop dashboard.
How it compares to other resale platforms
Same order — a £30 item with £3.50 shipping charged, non-VAT-registered, private/casual seller — across the UK marketplaces most sellers weigh up against each other. Figures come straight from each platform's own fee calculator on this site, so you can check the working on the relevant page.
| Platform | Seller fees on this order | Effective rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depop | £1.27 | 3.8% | 2.9% + £0.30 payment processing only, since Depop removed its 10% selling fee for UK sellers in July 2024. Optional Boost adds 8%, only on attributed sales — use the calculator above to compare. |
| Vinted | £0.00 | 0% | Vinted has never charged UK sellers a fee — buyers pay a separate Buyer Protection Fee that doesn't touch your payout. See the Vinted profit calculator. |
| eBay (private seller) | £0.00 | 0% | UK private sellers pay zero final value fees on most categories since October 2024, and eBay's Managed Payments has no separate processing fee. See the eBay fee calculator. |
| Etsy | £4.78 | 14.3% | £0.16 listing + 6.5% transaction + 4%+£0.20 processing + 0.32% regulatory fee, plus 20% VAT on all of it if you're not VAT-registered. See the Etsy fee calculator. |
Depop's 2.9% + £0.30 is small compared to Etsy, but it's not zero like eBay and Vinted have become for casual private sellers — worth checking your item actually needs Depop's fashion-focused audience before assuming it's the cheapest option.
Tax + reporting still apply
Lower fees don’t change the tax framework. Depop reports to HMRC under the same Digital Platform Reporting rules as Vinted, Etsy and eBay (£1,700 in sales OR 30 items per calendar year). Once you cross either threshold, Depop shares your details with HMRC at year end. See the HMRC reporting checker for what that means.
Whether you owe tax on Depop income depends on the same trading-vs-personal-disposal test as everywhere else: are you buying to resell (trading, taxable beyond £1,000 allowance) or selling your own things (generally not trading, not taxable). The trading allowance calculator handles the threshold question; the side hustle tax calculator handles what you actually owe if you’re trading.