2026 Marketplace Fee Report: What Every Platform Takes From a $30 Sale
One identical item — $30, free shipping, no ads — sold on ten platforms. Every figure below is computed from each platform's official fee schedule, verified 2026-10-14, and regenerates automatically whenever a rate changes.
| Platform | Headline rate | Fees on $30 | You keep | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinted | 0% | −$0.00 | $30.00 | 0% |
| Shopify | 2.9% + $0.30 | −$1.17 | $28.83 | 3.9% |
| Depop | 0% | −$1.44 | $28.56 | 4.8% |
| TikTok Shop | 6% | −$1.80 | $28.20 | 6% |
| Mercari | 10% | −$3.00 | $27.00 | 10% |
| Etsy | 6.5% | −$3.30 | $26.70 | 11% |
| eBay | 13.6%+ | −$4.48 | $25.52 | 14.93% |
| Amazon FBA | 15% | −$4.50 | $25.50 | 15% |
| Walmart | 15% | −$4.50 | $25.50 | 15% |
| Poshmark | 20% | −$6.00 | $24.00 | 20% |
$30 item, free shipping, no ad products, US seller, entry-level seller tier. Each platform's full fee schedule is linked from its name.
What the table says
Zero-commission platforms top the ranking — Vinted and Depop leave sellers the full $30 (Depop's only line is payment processing), while Poshmark's 20% is the priciest common take. Marketplaces that bundle processing into one percentage (eBay, Mercari, TikTok Shop) land in the middle. Shopify looks cheapest of all — but its subscription isn't in per-order math, which is exactly why we publish the assumptions next to the table.
Methodology
Every rate lives in a public, per-platform data file with a verification date and official source links — the same files that power our calculators. The table above is computed at build time from those files, so it can never drift from them. Where a platform hides rates behind a seller login (Amazon FBA fulfillment tiers), we exclude that component and say so, rather than estimate. Corrections are tracked in our public changelog.
Cite this report
You're welcome to quote the table with a link. The numbers refresh whenever a platform changes its fees — the date above is the last full verification, and per-platform pages carry their own.