The three marketplaces most clothing resellers use take their cut in three different ways. Poshmark is a flat fee or a flat percentage depending on price. Mercari is a straight percentage of the whole order. Depop charges no selling fee at all, only payment processing, unless you pay to boost. None of them is cheapest at every price, so the useful question is which is cheapest for your typical sale.
How each one charges
Poshmark takes a flat $2.95 on any sale under $15, and 20% on sales of $15 and above. Buyer-paid shipping never touches your fee: the buyer pays Poshmark for a prepaid label and it stays out of your maths entirely.
Mercari takes 10% of the order total, and the order total includes any shipping the buyer paid. Mercari dropped its separate payment processing fee for sellers, so the 10% is the whole cost.
Depop dropped its selling fee for US sellers, so on an ordinary sale the only charge is payment processing at 3.3% + $0.45 of the order total, including buyer-paid shipping. If you boost a listing, Depop adds 12% of the item price when it sells (boosts run before 23 March 2026 were 8%).
The same item on all three
Assume the buyer pays for shipping on Poshmark (so it’s out of the picture) and $5.00 shipping on Mercari and Depop, and nothing is boosted.
A $12 top
| Platform | Fee | You keep | Effective rate on the item |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poshmark | $2.95 flat | $9.05 | 24.6% |
| Mercari | 10% of $17.00 = $1.70 | $10.30 | 14.2% |
| Depop | 3.3% of $17.00 + $0.45 = $1.01 | $10.99 | 8.4% |
At this price Poshmark’s flat fee is punishing. Depop, with no selling fee, is far ahead.
A $30 hoodie
| Platform | Fee | You keep | Effective rate on the item |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poshmark | 20% = $6.00 | $24.00 | 20.0% |
| Mercari | 10% of $35.00 = $3.50 | $26.50 | 11.7% |
| Depop | 3.3% of $35.00 + $0.45 = $1.61 | $28.39 | 5.4% |
An $80 jacket
| Platform | Fee | You keep | Effective rate on the item |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poshmark | 20% = $16.00 | $64.00 | 20.0% |
| Mercari | 10% of $85.00 = $8.50 | $71.50 | 10.6% |
| Depop | 3.3% of $85.00 + $0.45 = $3.26 | $76.74 | 4.1% |
On fees alone, Depop wins at every price and Poshmark loses at every price. That is not the whole story, and it’s worth being honest about why.
Why people still sell on Poshmark
Fees are one input. The others are how fast things sell, at what price, and how much of your time each sale costs.
- Poshmark buyers pay more, and pay for shipping. The $7.97 label the buyer pays on Poshmark is a real cost you’d otherwise be bundling into the price elsewhere. If you’d have to charge $30 with free shipping on Mercari to match a $30 plus-shipping listing on Poshmark, the gap narrows.
- Poshmark’s flat fee makes bundles attractive. Two $12 items sold together as a $24 bundle pay $4.80 instead of $5.90.
- Depop’s audience is narrower. Y2K, streetwear and vintage move fast; a plain office blouse may sit. A lower fee on an item that never sells is worth nothing.
- Boosting changes Depop’s maths. A boosted $30 hoodie pays $1.61 plus $3.60 boost, which is $5.21, and Depop is suddenly closer to Mercari than to free.
A quick rule of thumb
- Under $15: avoid Poshmark unless you can bundle. The $2.95 flat fee is at least 20% and can be 30% or more.
- $15 to $50: Mercari and Depop both take roughly a third of what Poshmark does. Choose by where the item will actually sell.
- Over $50: the percentage gap is the same, but the dollars are bigger. A $100 sale costs $20 on Poshmark, $10.50 on Mercari with $5 shipping, and $3.92 on Depop. Cross-list and let the buyer decide.
Don’t forget the label
Every figure above is before your own costs. On Mercari and Depop you usually buy the label and either eat it or charge for it; on Poshmark the buyer pays. Put the same item through the reseller profit calculator with your real label and packaging costs and the ranking can shift.
Sources
Poshmark selling fees, Mercari fees and Depop fees, all checked on 13 September 2026. The three fee calculators use the same dated tables.