Depop vs Vinted Fees (2026): Same Item Compared

Fee by fee, side by side

Same item, three price points

Vinted's edge is exactly Depop's processing fee — 3.3% + $0.45 — which shrinks as a percentage as prices rise (the fixed 45¢ fades) but never disappears. On $15 it's $0.95 (6.3%); on $150 it's $5.40 (3.6%). Neither platform will ever send you a commission invoice; the question is purely whether Depop's audience moves your item faster than Vinted's zero-cost shelf. And note the direction of travel: Depop's fee stack has been under new management since eBay's acquisition closed in July 2026, while Vinted's zero-fee model is its entire identity — one of these promises is structural, the other is a window.

The audience math

Fee math crowns Vinted every time; audience math is messier. Depop's buyer base in the US and UK is deep, young, and primed for trend-led fashion — listings get seen without any spend. Vinted built Europe's biggest resale audience but its US buyer pool is still thin after the recent launch, which means your zero-fee listing can sit for weeks while a Depop twin sells overnight. Since both platforms are free to list on, the correct move isn't choosing — it's cross-listing everything on both and letting sell-through data accumulate for a month. Reserve Depop's paid Boost for whatever sits despite the exposure. And watch the acquisition: eBay completed its purchase of Depop in July 2026, and fee books under new ownership tend to drift — our changelog tracks it weekly. The zero-fee competition between these two is the best deal sellers have had in years; treat it as a window, not a law of nature.

The buyer-side mirror

Both platforms moved their revenue to buyers: Depop's Marketplace fee (up to 5% + $1, UK/US) and Vinted's Buyer Protection (5% + $0.70) are nearly the same charge with different names. For sellers that means two things: your list price and the buyer's real total diverge on both, and neither platform has a checkout-friction advantage over the other. Price both a notch below what you'd list on Poshmark (whose buyers pay no percentage).

Which items belong where

• Mainstream fashion, US: Depop first (audience), Vinted second (free).
• Anything you can cross-list: both — listing is free on each, so the only cost is your time per listing.
• Europe-heavy inventory: Vinted leads — its home turf is where Depop's US strength doesn't help.
• Items needing ads to move: Depop's Boost (12%) makes a Boosted Depop sale pricier than anything on Vinted — check the toggle in the calculators.