In July 2024 Depop quietly did something its competitors never have: it removed its main selling fee for US and US sellers. The 10% commission that defined the platform for years was dropped overnight, leaving only payment processing (2.9% + $0.30 per order). The change wasn’t widely publicised, and a lot of advice you’ll find online — even from 2025 — still quotes the obsolete 10% rate.
For 2026, the actual fee structure is simple:
On every sale: 2.9% of (item + shipping) + $0.30. That’s it. Optionally: 8% Boost fee, but only on sales attributed to a Boost-promoted listing. Off by default.
No transaction fee. No regulatory operating fee. No state sales tax added to (varies) Depop’s fee for sellers in states with sales tax (Depop Payments is structured differently to Etsy and eBay’s commission models).
Where margin actually leaks
If Depop’s fees are this low, where does seller profit go? Three places:
Sourcing cost — what you paid to acquire the item, if reselling. Charity-shop bargains aside, sourcing is usually the biggest cost line for active resellers.
Postage — the buyer pays for shipping at the standard Depop label price, but if you offer “free shipping” to drive sales, you absorb that cost. The calculator above lets you split “shipping charged to buyer” from “your actual postage cost” so you can see the impact of free-shipping promotions.
Boost — opt-in promoted listings. 8% on top of processing if a sale is attributed to a Boost. The calculator shows what happens to your margin with and without Boost; if you’re considering it, run the maths first.
Boost: when it earns its 8%
Boost is worth it on items that aren’t moving. It’s not worth it on items that would have sold anyway. The honest test: enable it on a stagnant item for a week, see if it moves. If it does, your 8% bought you a sale you wouldn’t have had. If you Boost a fast-moving listing, the 8% is pure margin sacrifice — Depop charges you for traffic you’d have got anyway.
The calculator above shows exact rupee values for boost vs no-boost on the same sale price. Run both scenarios and compare against your conversion rate from your Depop dashboard.
Tax + reporting still apply
Lower fees don’t change the tax framework. Depop reports to IRS under the same 1099-K reporting as Mercari, Etsy and eBay ($20,000 in sales AND 200 transactions per calendar year). Once you cross either threshold, Depop shares your details with IRS at year end. See the IRS reporting checker for what that means.
Whether you owe tax on Depop income depends on the same trading-vs-personal-disposal test as everywhere else: are you buying to resell (trading, taxable beyond $1,000 allowance) or selling your own things (generally not trading, not taxable). The self-employment threshold calculator handles the threshold question; the side hustle tax calculator handles what you actually owe if you’re trading.