Poshmark vs Depop 2026: Fees and Which to Choose

Depop leaves a US clothing seller more of the item price than Poshmark does. On a $40 listing sold at that price, with the buyer paying shipping and no sales tax, Poshmark takes $8 and the seller keeps $32. Depop's US processing on the item alone is $1.77, so the seller keeps $38.23 before any charge on shipping or tax.

Poshmark still fits a closet that wants one prepaid label, card fees folded into the commission, and a buyer who already knows the shipping number. Depop fits the seller who is pricing for margin and can live with a label cost that changes by parcel size. A resale marketplace lists an item the seller already holds, takes payment on the site, and pays the seller after a fee and, usually, a shipping step.

Our analysis: the item-price gap on that order is $6.23. Twenty of the same orders, still with no sales tax and with shipping left out of Depop's base, open a $124.60 gap. That second figure is the one to quote for a month of identical sales. It is not profit, and it is not a traffic forecast.

Poshmark vs Depop at a glance

	Poshmark (US)	Depop (US seller)
Best for	A social closet that wants one flat buyer-paid label	Clothing margin, with the buyer paying a size-based label
Listing fee	$0	$0 selling fee
Seller fee at $40	20% of the listing price, $8 on this order	No selling fee; processing is separate
Seller fee under $15	Flat $2.95	Still no selling fee
Payment processing	Included in the commission	3.3% + $0.45 on item, shipping, and tax
Buyer shipping	$6.49 flat, up to 5 lb	Calculated from parcel size; no single list price
Optional promotion	Weekly click budget, seller-chosen	12% when a boosted view leads to a sale within 28 days

Listing is free on both. What changes the take-home is the commission, whether processing is a separate line, and who funds the label. Sellers outside the US, the UK, and Australia pay a 10% Depop selling fee, so the Depop column is the wrong one for them.

The guide and the FAQ put the flat $2.95 on sales under $15 and the 20% on sales at $15 or above. Figures were read on October 30, 2026 on the Poshmark selling guide, the Poshmark fee policy, the Poshmark support FAQ, the selling help topic, Depop seller fees, and Depop's sell page. The fee-policy banner from the October 24, 2024 reversion still describes the flat fee as covering the cutoff and under, with 20% only above it. At that exact price, 20% is $3, or $0.05 more than the flat fee. Use the earnings estimate on the listing for that one price.

What does the same clothing order cost the seller?

The model is one US seller, one US buyer, and one clothing item already in hand. The listing price is $40 and the buyer pays that price, not a lower offer. The package is 5 lb or under, so Poshmark's standard label applies and the seller does not buy an upgrade. Nobody offers a shipping discount. Depop Boost and Poshmark Promoted Closet are off. Sales tax is zero in the base case, then added back as a note, because Depop's processing base includes it and Poshmark's earnings line can change when tax applies.

Poshmark's selling guide charges 20% of the listing price at the cutoff or above and says the company handles card fees. The fee policy adds that earnings follow the final order price and move with seller discounts and taxes. This sale is at the listed price, so those two item prices match. The buyer-paid label sits on its own line in the bulk-listing sheet, not inside the 20%.

Depop's US processing is 3.3% plus a flat $0.45 on the item, the shipping, and any tax, taken before the bank payout. With shipping and tax at zero, 3.3% of the item is $1.32 and the fee is the $1.77 above. Real shipping or tax adds 3.3% of those amounts. Depop does not publish one US label price. The listing calculates it from parcel size.

Line on one order	Who pays	Poshmark	Depop
Item price	Buyer, to the seller before fees	$40	$40
Seller commission	Seller	$8.00	$0.00
Processing on the item only	Seller	Included in the commission	$1.77
Standard shipping	Buyer, unless the seller discounts it	$6.49	Parcel-size label, not a published list price
Seller keeps of the item, before a shipping discount or tax	Seller	$32.00	$38.23

Depop wins the item-price round by $6.23, and the win shrinks once shipping and tax enter its processing base. Each extra dollar of buyer-paid shipping or tax costs the Depop seller 3.3 cents. It does not cost the Poshmark seller a percent of that dollar, because the selling guide puts the commission on the listing price. Rerun the Depop column with the tax on the receipt before treating the gap as cash in the bank.

	20 orders, item prices only	Seller keeps of the $800
Poshmark commission	$160.00	$640.00
Depop processing, shipping and tax excluded	$35.40	$764.60
Gap	$124.60	Depop keeps this much more of the item prices

A cheaper piece flips the share, not the winner. On a $14 sale, still under the cutoff on every current wording, Poshmark's flat commission is $2.95, which is 21.1% of the item, and the seller keeps $11.05. Depop's processing on the item alone is 3.3% ($0.46 when rounded to the cent) plus the flat amount, $0.91 in total, and the seller keeps $13.09. That is 6.5% of the item before shipping and tax join the base. The flat commission is the reason a low-priced closet feels Poshmark's fee more than the headline 20% suggests.

Who pays the shipping label?

Poshmark publishes the buyer rate. Depop publishes the rule and not the dollar. The bulk-listing sheet says buyers pay $6.49 for USPS Ground Advantage, about 2 to 5 business days, on a label that covers up to 5 lb. The seller prints it or shows a QR code. Priority Mail packaging can draw a $5 charge from the redeemable balance. Free Ground Advantage supplies are limited to three orders in 30 days.

Above 5 lb the seller pays an upgrade from earnings. The support FAQ, with a note as of October 26, 2026, lists $5 for 5.01 to 10 lb and $10 for 10.01 to 15 lb. Up to 5 lb that upgrade is free. A heavy package sent on the standard label can have the extra postage taken from earnings, and labels stop at 15 lb. On this order, a 5.01 to 10 lb upgrade takes the seller from $32 kept to $27 kept, which does not close a $6.23 gap.

A seller-funded discount is a different bill. The bulk sheet's discount values are $4.99 and free, against that $6.49 buyer rate, and offer flows deduct the discount from earnings. Free shipping moves the standard label onto the seller, so the $32 left after commission becomes $25.51. That seller-funded Poshmark label increases the difference in Depop’s favor in this item-only comparison. Depop’s own label and processing costs must also be included for a full comparison.

Depop's sell page says the buyer prepays shipping when the seller uses Depop Shipping. New listings from October 28, 2026 cannot use the old "Other" method. A listing already set that way stays until it sells; a relist switches to Depop Shipping. US sellers on iOS can take $2, $3, or $4 off, or offer free shipping. Processing still includes whatever shipping remains on the order. A bundle on Poshmark is one order and one standard label until the box passes 5 lb. Depop builds one label from the combined weight, and its fee article says processing applies once per bundle transaction.

What does the buyer actually pay?

The listing price is not the checkout price.

On Poshmark the buyer pays the item, shipping unless a discount is on, and sales tax where Poshmark must collect it. The terms say the listed price excludes tax, and tax is shown before the buyer confirms. The October 24, 2024 fee notice removed the buyer protection fee, and the current FAQ does not add a separate buyer fee. For this order the buyer total before tax is $46.49.

On Depop the buyer pays the item, shipping, tax, and a marketplace fee in the US or the UK when paying in dollars or pounds. That fee is up to 5% of the item plus up to $1, excluding tax and shipping, and the checkout shows the exact charge. On this item the ceiling is $3. The seller does not receive it. A buyer comparing the same closet on both apps is not looking at two identical totals. The rules are in Depop's buyer fee article. Depop refunds that buyer fee, and the seller's processing and boosting fees, when a Depop Payments sale is refunded. Poshmark gives the buyer three days after delivery to report a missing or not-as-described item. Other sales are final.

How fast is the seller paid?

Depop can show money in the in-app balance sooner after delivery. Poshmark's no-fee bank path is direct deposit, and it starts only after the order is accepted. The support FAQ releases funds to the Poshmark account within 3 days of delivery. The terms release them when the buyer accepts, or when the buyer does not respond within three days of delivery. Direct deposit then takes 2 to 3 business days with no transfer fee. A mailed check is described as about two weeks, also with no transfer fee. Instant transfer to a debit card costs $2, capped at $1000 a day. PayPal and Venmo each cost $0.35. The payout name has to match the account, and a seller under 18 must give a guardian's name, date of birth, and address before the first label.

Depop pays a US seller into a Depop Balance, then the seller withdraws to a bank. Depop's US payout article funds that balance on the earlier of 2 business days after delivery and 10 business days after the sale, and it also says pending money waits until delivery. On an order still undelivered at day 10, read the balance before counting on a withdrawal. The bank can then take up to 5 days. The article does not list a withdrawal fee. A seller under 18 needs a parent or guardian verified before selling and getting paid. A case or a negative balance delays either app.

Who can list, and what ships?

Poshmark's seller policy allows most new and pre-owned fashion, plus select home, pet, and electronics, and it bars items outside supported categories. Canada is a separate marketplace with its own commission. Canceling more than 3% of orders in a rolling 90 days can restrict the account, excluding buyer-requested cancels and cancels made so the buyer can bundle. The terms require shipping within three days of the label, then a further period before Poshmark cancels.

Depop's sell page is built around clothing. From October 28, 2026 a new US listing uses Depop Shipping, and an order that has not shipped within 10 days is cancelled and refunded. Shipping some other way after a Depop label can void seller protection. Poshmark authenticates orders of $500 and up at no extra cost in the fee policy.

A flagged hazmat shipment is a $50 deduction, not a rounding error. From October 19, 2026, Poshmark takes the full USPS non-compliance fee from earnings. Sellers shipping from Texas have had an extra seller-fee tax since October 1, 2025. The FAQ names it and does not print the rate, so a Texas closet should not treat $32 as take-home. Depop collects US sales tax as a marketplace facilitator on the states it lists, and processing includes that tax. This page is not tax advice.

When does a promotion wipe out the fee gap?

A boosted Depop sale still costs less than Poshmark's commission on this item, until shipping and tax get large. For US sellers, on new listings from March 23, 2026, the boost is 12% of the item price, excluding tax and excluding a Depop Shipping label. It applies only if the buyer sees the boosted tile and buys within 28 days. A view counts without a click, and turning the boost off does not erase a view that already happened. On this item, 12% is $4.80. With item-only processing, seller fees are $6.57 before 3.3% of shipping and tax, still under the Poshmark commission. A sale the buyer never saw as a boosted tile does not pay the 12%.

Poshmark Promoted Closet is not a percent of the sale. The seller sets a weekly budget, campaigns last 7 days, and the charge is for clicks up to that budget. Poshmark does not publish a fixed price. Refunds are not issued, and a budget change waits for the next cycle. Add that week's spend, or the 12%, before calling Depop cheaper for a promoted week.

Sellers who already pay a percent on eBay, Etsy, Amazon, TikTok Shop, or Walmart can set those rates beside this clothing pair in the marketplace seller fees comparison. The clothing-adjacent walkthroughs are eBay seller fees and Etsy seller fees. Those pages do not replace the two fee schedules above. A closet that outgrows both apps is a different decision: Shopify vs Etsy, Shopify pricing, and a free ecommerce website. General merchandise has its own schedule in Walmart seller fees.

Who should list where?

Pick Depop when the goods are clothing, the seller can ship on Depop's label, and margin on the item price is the decision. The US selling fee is zero. Processing is the bill, and it grows with shipping and tax. The buyer can also see a marketplace fee of up to 5% plus up to $1, so the same item can cost more at checkout than a Poshmark listing with a flat label.

Pick Poshmark when the buyer needs a known shipping price, the parcel may exceed 5 lb, or the closet is not only clothing. The commission is the larger seller fee, and the flat $2.95 hurts a cheap item more than 20% hurts the order above. Card fees sit inside the commission, the standard label has a published buyer price, and overweight upgrades are a posted seller fee.

Run both when the same piece can sell to two audiences and it will come off the other app the hour it sells. Each channel keeps its own fee on the order it takes. Tools that delist across these marketplaces are compared in Vendoo vs List Perfectly. General merchandise belongs with Amazon seller fees and TikTok Shop seller fees, not in a forced choice between these two.

FAQ

Is Depop cheaper than Poshmark for US sellers in 2026?

On the $40 clothing order in this page, yes, before shipping discounts and tax. Poshmark's commission is $8. Depop's US processing on the item alone is $1.77. Twenty of those orders leave a $124.60 gap in Depop's favor if shipping and tax stay out of the processing base. A seller-paid Poshmark label or heavy-parcel upgrade increases the gap; a Depop boost narrows it. The full result depends on shipping, tax and other charges.

How much does Poshmark charge a US seller?

There is no listing fee and no monthly fee. Sales under $15 pay a flat $2.95. Sales at $15 or above pay 20% of the listing price, which is how the selling guide and the support FAQ describe it. The fee-policy banner from October 24, 2024 still describes the flat fee as including a sale at that line. Card processing is included. The buyer pays $6.49 for a standard label up to 5 lb, unless the seller funds a discount.

How much does Depop charge a US seller?

No Depop selling fee. US payment processing is 3.3% plus $0.45 on the item, the shipping, and any tax, deducted before the bank payout. A boosted sale can add 12% of the item price, excluding tax and excluding a Depop Shipping label, when the buyer saw the boosted listing and purchased within 28 days. The US label price is calculated from parcel size and is not a single published rate.

Does the buyer pay a fee on Depop or Poshmark?

Depop charges US and UK buyers a marketplace fee of up to 5% of the item price plus up to $1, excluding tax and shipping, with the exact amount at checkout. Poshmark's current FAQ does not list a separate buyer protection fee. The Poshmark buyer pays the item, shipping, and tax where Poshmark collects it. On this order, Poshmark shipping is $6.49 before any seller discount.

When do sellers get paid?

Poshmark releases funds within 3 days of delivery, or when the buyer accepts, and direct deposit then takes 2 to 3 business days with no transfer fee. Depop funds a US Depop Balance on the earlier of 2 business days after delivery and 10 business days after the sale, and it also says pending funds wait until delivery. A bank withdrawal after that can take up to 5 days. The article does not list a withdrawal fee.

Can a seller list the same item on both?

Yes. Each site charges only the order it actually takes. A new Depop listing from October 28, 2026 has to use Depop Shipping. The piece still has to come off the other site when it sells, or the seller can be paid twice and have one order to refund. Crosslisting tools are a separate cost from either marketplace fee.

What happens on a sale under $15?

Poshmark's current guide and FAQ charge the flat $2.95, which on a $14 item is 21.1% of the price, and the seller keeps $11.05. Depop still charges no selling fee. Processing on that item alone comes to $0.91, and the seller keeps $13.09, before shipping and tax are added to the base. An item priced exactly at the cutoff is the wording conflict described above, worth $0.05 if the 20% wording is the one the app applies.

Methodology and bottom line

Retailpresso read the Poshmark and Depop pages linked above on October 30, 2026, plus Depop US shipping, Depop discounts, Depop boosted listings, and Depop US sales tax. The order math is our calculation from those rates. We did not open seller accounts, and we did not measure views or sales. Depop calculates the US label from parcel size and does not publish one rate. The cutoff wording differs between Poshmark's fee-policy banner and its current guide. Fees and tax rules change by country. A closet near a shipping discount, a boost, or a Texas ship-from address should rerun the table with the receipt in hand.

Use Depop to keep more of a US clothing price, and Poshmark when the flat label and the category list are worth the 20%. For this order, the fee winner is Depop. The operating winner is whichever app the buyer will actually open.

Cite this: Retailpresso, "Poshmark vs Depop 2026: Fees and Which to Choose," prices checked October 30, 2026.

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