As a UK private seller you pay no selling commission on Vinted or eBay, and no Depop selling fee either. The costs sit elsewhere: on Vinted and eBay the buyer pays a protection fee on top of your price, while on Depop you pay a payment processing fee on each sale and the buyer pays a Marketplace fee. Optional promotion (Bumps, Boosted Listings, eBay upgrades) is where sellers start paying from their own pocket.

All figures below were checked against each platform's own help pages in October 2026. Fees change, so the last section explains how to check them yourself before you list.

Quick comparison: seller fee, buyer fee, optional extras

  • Vinted. Seller: no mandatory fee. Buyer: the Vinted fee, usually 3% to 8% of the price plus £0.30 to £0.80. Optional for sellers: Bump and Showcase, priced at checkout.
  • Depop. Seller: no selling fee in the UK, but 2.9% + £0.30 payment processing on each sale. Buyer: a Marketplace fee of up to 5% plus up to £1. Optional for sellers: Boosted Listings at 12% if a boosted listing sells.
  • eBay (UK private sellers). Seller: no final value fee, 300 free listings a month, then 35p per listing. Buyer: a Buyer Protection fee of £0.10 plus a tiered percentage. Optional for sellers: listing upgrades and Promoted Listings.

Vinted: no seller fee, the "Vinted fee" paid by buyers

Vinted now calls its buyer charge simply the Vinted fee. According to the Vinted help centre (October 2026), it is a mandatory platform fee paid at checkout and usually works out at 3% to 8% of the item or bundle price plus a fixed £0.30 to £0.80, including VAT. The exact amount depends on the item, the order value and whether it is a bundle, and the buyer sees it in the order summary.

The Vinted price list (October 2026) lists no mandatory fee for sellers. The seller services it does list are optional:

  • Bump. Lasts 3 or 7 days. The price varies with the duration and the item price, and Vinted does not publish a fixed figure; you see it before you pay.
  • Showcase. Fee and duration are shown at checkout.

Buyers can also add item verification for £10 per item (or £5 for electronics), which is their cost, not yours. Pro sellers run under separate Vinted Pro terms, so this article covers private accounts only.

Depop UK: no selling fee, payment processing and boosting

Depop dropped its selling fee for UK sellers and added a buyer-side charge instead. Its seller fees page (Depop help centre, October 2026) says:

  • Selling fee: none for sellers based in the UK.
  • Payment processing (Depop Payments via Stripe): 2.9% + £0.30, charged on the item price plus postage and any taxes. You need Depop Payments set up to list in the UK.
  • Boosting fee: 12% for new listings from 23 March 2026, charged on the item price and, if you did not use a Depop shipping label, on the postage too.

The boosting fee only applies when a buyer interacts with your boosted listing (views, clicks or likes it) and then buys within 28 days, according to Depop's Boosted Listings page. Fees are taken before the money reaches your bank, and they are reversed if the sale is refunded.

On the buyer side, the Marketplace fee has applied in the UK since 15 April 2024: up to 5% of the item price plus a fixed amount of up to £1, excluding postage and taxes. Depop shows the exact amount at checkout rather than publishing one figure.

eBay UK private sellers: free to sell, Buyer Protection fee on top

eBay's private seller fees page (October 2026) says UK-based private sellers pay no final value fee and no regulatory operating fee when an item sells. The exceptions worth knowing:

  • Listings: 300 free listings a month, then 35p per extra listing.
  • International sales: a 3% international fee if the delivery address is outside the UK.
  • Currency conversion: 2.5% today, rising to 2.75% for UK-registered sellers from 1 December 2026.
  • Optional upgrades: for example a subtitle (£2); Gallery Plus is £2.50 but free in Clothes, Shoes & Accessories. Promoted Listings cost depends on the campaign type you choose.
  • Vehicles follow a separate fee structure.

The buyer pays eBay's Buyer Protection fee (eBay help, October 2026) on items from UK private sellers: £0.10 per item, plus 7% of the price up to £20, 4% of the portion from £20 to £300 and 2% of the portion from £300 to £4,000.

Worked examples: a £15 top and a £60 coat

The prices and postage below are examples, not market values. The fee maths uses the published rates above.

A £15 top with £3.50 postage, and a £60 coat with £5 postage

For the £15 top:

  • Vinted: you receive £15. The buyer pays £15 plus a Vinted fee that, within the usual range, comes to between £0.75 and £2.00, plus postage.
  • Depop: processing is 2.9% of £18.50 plus £0.30, about £0.84, so you receive about £17.66 before paying for postage. If it sold through a boosted listing with a Depop label, add £1.80 (12% of £15). The buyer's Marketplace fee is up to £1.75.
  • eBay: you receive £15 plus postage. The buyer's Buyer Protection fee is £0.10 + £1.05 = £1.15.

For the £60 coat:

  • Vinted: you receive £60. The buyer's Vinted fee falls between £2.10 and £5.60 within the usual range.
  • Depop: processing on £65 is about £2.19. A boosted sale adds £7.20. The buyer's Marketplace fee is up to £4.00.
  • eBay: you receive £60 plus postage. The buyer pays £0.10 + £1.40 (7% of the first £20) + £1.60 (4% of the next £40) = £3.10.

Why buyer fees still affect your price

A fee the buyer pays is still part of the price they compare. A shopper looking at that £60 coat sees about £63 on eBay, up to £64 on Depop and somewhere between £62 and £66 on Vinted, all before postage. When the same coat sits at £60 on all three apps, the one with the lower buyer fee looks cheaper at checkout, even though you receive roughly the same.

In practice this means two things. First, compare your item with similar listings on the app you are using, not across apps, because the buyer's total differs. Second, if you price by what you want to receive, Depop is the only one of the three where a fee comes out of your side, so you may want a slightly higher list price there. Our guide on how to price used clothes covers the rest of the pricing decision, and the Vinted vs Depop vs eBay comparison looks at which items suit which app.

Where WeartyAI fits

WeartyAI does not change any platform's fees and cannot see your account. What it does for 1 credit is read your photos and suggest a price range by platform, based on comparable listings in your market, plus a listing text you can copy. You then apply the fees above and decide where the item is worth listing. Treat the range as a starting point to check against similar items, not a figure to rely on blindly. Credits are pay-as-you-go with no subscription; the details are on the pricing page.

WeartyAI is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Vinted, Depop or eBay.

When this changes: how to check the current numbers

Platform fees have moved several times recently: Depop's Marketplace fee started in April 2024, its 12% boosting fee in March 2026, and eBay's currency conversion fee changes in December 2026. Before a big listing session:

  1. Open the Vinted price list and check whether the Vinted fee range has moved.
  2. Check Depop's seller fees page for the processing and boosting rates, and turn off Boost Shop if you do not want every new listing boosted.
  3. On eBay, check the private seller fees page and count your listings this month against the 300 free ones.
  4. Open one of your own listings as a buyer would and go as far as the order summary to see the total a shopper sees.
  5. If a page no longer shows a clear figure, check the current fee in the app before you list rather than relying on an old article, including this one.