The headline: UK Depop sellers pay £0 in selling fees
If you sell on Depop in the UK and you’re still budgeting for a 10% commission, stop — that fee is gone. On 20 March 2024, Depop removed its 10% seller fee for UK sellers listing in GBP. As of 2026 the selling/commission fee is £0.
This is the single most important thing to understand about Depop’s UK fee structure, and it’s the thing most older guides and fee calculators still get wrong. Depop didn’t trim the fee or run a promotion. It scrapped the seller commission entirely and shifted the cost to the buyer instead.
What’s left for you as a seller is one charge: payment processing. That’s it. No listing fee, no monthly fee, no final value fee on the item price.
What you actually pay as a UK seller
There is exactly one fee a UK seller pays on a sale, as of 2026:
- Depop Payments processing fee: 2.9% + £0.30 per transaction.
That processing fee covers handling the card or wallet payment securely. It’s charged on each completed sale and comes out of your payout automatically — you don’t pay it separately.
What you do not pay:
- No 10% selling/commission fee (removed 20 March 2024).
- No listing fee.
- No subscription or “boost-to-sell” mandatory fee.
So your effective cost to sell is just the processing fee. On most items that lands somewhere between roughly 3% and 4% of the sale price once the fixed 30p is factored in — far below the old 10% + processing combination.
The buyer now pays a marketplace fee
The selling fee didn’t vanish into thin air — Depop moved the cost to the buyer. From 15 April 2024, buyers in the UK pay a marketplace fee at checkout: up to roughly 5% of the item price plus a fixed amount of up to about £1.
That fee is the buyer’s cost, not yours. It’s added on top of your asking price when someone buys, and it doesn’t reduce your payout. You set your price; the buyer sees your price plus their marketplace fee at checkout.
It’s worth knowing this exists for two reasons. First, so you understand why the seller fee disappeared — Depop rebalanced where the cost sits. Second, because it subtly affects buyer behaviour: the price a buyer pays at checkout is a little higher than your listed price, so very low-priced items feel the fixed component more.
Worked example: selling a £40 item
Let’s run real numbers on a £40 sale, as of 2026.
| Line | Amount |
|---|---|
| Item price | £40.00 |
| Selling fee (0%) | £0.00 |
| Processing fee (2.9% + £0.30) | −£1.46 |
| You keep | £38.54 |
The maths on the processing fee: 2.9% of £40.00 is £1.16, plus the fixed £0.30, which totals £1.46. Subtract that from £40.00 and your payout is £38.54.
Under the old structure, that same £40 sale would have cost you the 10% selling fee (£4.00) on top of processing — you’d have kept closer to £34.54. The change is worth several pounds on every sale.
You can run your own figures with our Depop fee calculator to see the payout on any price before you list.
The one catch: very old listings may still carry 10%
Here’s the nuance that trips people up. The 0% seller fee applies to new and updated listings. Listings created before the March 2024 change can still sit on the legacy 10% fee structure until they’re refreshed.
If you have items that have been live and untouched since before March 2024, check them. The fix is simple: refresh or re-list the item (edit and save it, or delete and re-list) to move it onto the current 0% structure. Once it’s been updated, it follows the new rules.
For sellers with a large back catalogue, it’s worth doing a sweep of your oldest listings rather than assuming every item is automatically on the new fee. The change wasn’t retroactive for stale listings.
How UK Depop fees compare to the US
Depop’s fee structure isn’t identical everywhere. The 0% seller fee and the buyer-side marketplace fee are the UK (GBP) model. If you sell in US dollars, the structure differs — we break that down in Depop fees in the United States.
If you cross-list the same stock to other UK marketplaces, it’s also worth comparing the cost of selling elsewhere. Vinted fees in the UK covers how that platform’s buyer-protection model stacks up against Depop’s processing-only approach for sellers.
What this means for pricing
With the seller fee gone, your only deduction is processing — so a 2.9% + £0.30 buffer is all you need to price for break-even, as of 2026. If you previously padded prices to absorb a 10% fee, you can either pass that saving on to be more competitive, or keep your prices and take a bigger margin.
The fixed 30p matters most on cheap items. On a £5 sale, processing is 2.9% (£0.15) + £0.30 = £0.45, which is 9% of the price. On a £40 sale it’s only about 3.6%. Bundling small items into one higher-value sale spreads that fixed fee across more value.
FAQ
Does Depop still charge a 10% selling fee in the UK? No. Depop removed the 10% seller fee for UK sellers (selling in GBP) on 20 March 2024. As of 2026 the selling fee is £0. The only seller-side cost is the 2.9% + £0.30 payment processing fee.
What fees does a UK Depop seller pay in 2026? Just the Depop Payments processing fee: 2.9% + £0.30 per transaction. There’s no selling fee, no listing fee and no mandatory subscription.
Why does the buyer pay a fee on Depop now? From 15 April 2024, Depop introduced a buyer-paid marketplace fee (up to roughly 5% of the item price plus up to about £1 fixed). This replaced the old seller commission — the cost moved from seller to buyer rather than disappearing.
My old listing still shows a 10% fee — why? The 0% seller fee applies to new and updated listings. Listings created before March 2024 that haven’t been touched may still carry the legacy 10%. Refresh or re-list the item to move it onto the current structure.
How much do I keep on a £40 sale? £38.54. There’s no selling fee, and processing of 2.9% + £0.30 comes to £1.46, leaving you with £38.54.
A note on the numbers
Fees and thresholds change. The figures here are accurate as of 2026, but Depop can update its fee structure, and exact buyer-side marketplace fee amounts vary by item. Always confirm the current rates on Depop’s official fees page before you price your listings. If you sell at volume and need to think about income tax, see our UK reseller tax guide for 2026 — and treat that as general information, not tax advice, and check HMRC or a qualified accountant for your own situation.
