"Depop takes 10%" and "Depop is free now" are both half-true, and which half depends on where the seller is. Depop runs three schedules at once: a 0% selling fee plus a separate payment-processing fee for US and UK sellers, and an older flat 10% selling fee everywhere else. Below is the same $50 sale priced under all three, plus what shipping and a Boosted Listing change.
| Region | Selling fee | Processing fee | Payout | Effective rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $0.00 (0%) | $2.10 (3.3% + $0.45) | $47.90 | 4.2% |
| United Kingdom | £0.00 (0%) | £1.75 (2.9% + £0.30) | £48.25 | 3.5% |
| Rest of world | $5.00 (flat 10%) | $0.00 (none broken out) | $45.00 | 10.0% |
Same item, same price, three different payouts. A US or UK seller who still budgets for the old flat 10% is overestimating their fee by more than half; a rest-of-world seller reading a "0% selling fee" headline meant for US/UK sellers would badly underestimate theirs.
A $22 item with $8 buyer-paid shipping, US region. Processing is charged on the item price plus shipping, not the item price alone.
| Line | Amount |
|---|---|
| Item price | $22.00 |
| Buyer-paid shipping | $8.00 |
| Processing base (item + shipping) | $30.00 |
| Processing fee (3.3% of $30 + $0.45) | $1.44 |
| Payout | $28.56 |
Effective rate on the combined base: 4.8% -- higher than the 4.2% the no-shipping example above showed, because shipping is part of what the processing percentage applies to. Charging more for shipping does not dodge the fee -- it changes the base the fee is charged on.
Boosted Listings add 12% of the item price alone (not shipping), on top of the region's normal fee, and only on a sale that happened while the listing was boosted.
| Line | Amount |
|---|---|
| Item price | $50.00 |
| Processing fee (3.3% of $50 + $0.45) | $2.10 |
| Boost fee (12% of $50) | $6.00 |
| Total fees | $8.10 |
| Payout | $41.90 |
Effective rate: 16.2%, versus 4.2% on the same sale unboosted. Depop's buyer-paid Marketplace fee (up to 5% + $1) is separate again -- it comes out of what the buyer pays at checkout, never out of this payout, and Depop has not published its sliding scale precisely enough to compute a figure for it here.
The Depop fee calculator runs this same arithmetic on your own item price, shipping, item cost, and packaging cost, across all three regions, and solves backwards for the price that hits a target profit. Nothing you type leaves your browser.
It depends entirely on the seller's region. A US seller pays a 0% selling fee plus $2.10 processing (3.3% of $50 + $0.45) and keeps $47.90 -- 4.2% effective. A UK seller pays 0% selling fee plus £1.75 processing (2.9% of £50 + £0.30) and keeps £48.25 -- 3.5% effective. A rest-of-world seller pays Depop's older flat 10% selling fee, $5.00, and keeps $45.00 -- exactly 10%, with no processing fee broken out separately.
No. The 0% figure describes only the selling fee. US and UK sellers still pay a separate payment-processing fee -- 3.3% + $0.45 in the US, 2.9% + £0.30 in the UK -- on the item price plus any shipping the buyer paid. On a $50 sale with no shipping that is $2.10, a 4.2% effective rate. "0% selling fee" and "free to sell" are not the same claim.
Yes. Depop's processing fee is charged on the item price plus buyer-paid shipping combined, not the item price alone. A $22 item with $8 buyer-paid shipping in the US pays processing on the full $30 base -- $1.44 -- not on $22 alone.
An extra 12% of the item price alone (not shipping), charged only on a sale that went through while the listing was boosted. On the same $50 US sale, that adds $6.00 on top of the $2.10 processing fee -- $8.10 total, 16.2% effective, versus 4.2% unboosted.