How much does Depop take from a $250 sale?
At $250 the 45¢ charge is only 5.2% of what you pay, so the effective rate of 3.5% is almost the pure percentage: at this price the fee behaves like a straight 3.3% cut. In cash terms you pay $8.70 of the $250 and $241.30 reaches you, assuming the buyer is charged no shipping, the listing is not boosted and you ship with a Depop label.
The fee on a $250 sale, line by line
| Line | Amount | How it is worked out |
|---|---|---|
| Sale price (what the buyer pays for the item) | $250.00 | The item price only — this page assumes the buyer is charged no shipping and no tax is collected. |
| Payment processing | $8.70 | 3.3% of $250.00 = $8.25, plus the flat $0.45. |
| Depop selling fee | $0.00 | US sellers are not charged a selling fee, so this line is zero by design rather than by discount. |
| Boost fee | $0.00 | Zero because this listing is not boosted. A boosted listing would add 12.0% of the item price. |
| Total fees | $8.70 | Processing plus selling fee plus boost fee. |
| You keep (payout) | $241.30 | From the sale, before your own shipping and item costs. |
| Effective fee rate | 3.5% | Total fees divided by the $250.00 sale — the number that actually lands on your margin. |
Why $250 sits where it does
Flat charge share of the fee
5.2%
$0.45 of the $8.70 you pay is the fixed charge, so this slice of your fee does not change if the price changes.
Percentage share of the fee
94.8%
The rest is the 3.3% component — $8.25 on this sale — which scales with whatever you charge.
Distance from the headline rate
0.2%
Your effective rate is 3.5% against a headline 3.3%. That gap is entirely the flat $0.45 spread over this price.
These figures assume no shipping is charged to the buyer and no tax is collected. Both are added to the processing base before the 3.3% is applied, so charging the buyer shipping raises processing by 3.3% of that shipping amount — around $0.26 on an $8 label — while the shipping itself passes through to you.
How $250 compares with the prices either side
Compared with $200, a $250 sale pays $1.65 more in processing but its effective rate is 0.0% lower — that fall is the flat 45¢ being spread over more money, not a cheaper rate. Your payout rises by $48.35.
Moving up instead, at $300 the processing fee is $10.35 — $1.65 more than here — while the effective rate drops a further 0.0% to 3.4%.
| Sale price | Processing fee | You keep | Effective rate | vs $250 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $150 | $5.40 | $144.60 | 3.6% | −$96.70 payout |
| $200 | $7.05 | $192.95 | 3.5% | −$48.35 payout |
| $300 | $10.35 | $289.65 | 3.4% | +$48.35 payout |
| $400 | $13.65 | $386.35 | 3.4% | +$145.05 payout |
$200 and $300 are equally far from $250, so both comparisons are fair reads on how the flat charge dilutes.
What to do at $250
These suggestions follow from the fee structure alone — the split between the fixed $0.45 charge and the 3.3% that scales. They are not Depop promotions or programmes.
- The flat $0.45 is only 0.2% of a $250 sale, so the fee is now mostly percentage-driven: 94.8% of what you pay moves with the price.
- Raising the ask by $10.00 adds about $0.33 of processing on this price band — the fee grows slowly compared with the extra revenue.
- Because the fixed toll is nearly diluted here, negotiating a better sale price barely changes your fee rate; it mostly changes your payout.
In cash terms the fee splits into $0.45 of fixed charge and $8.25 of percentage charge — those two halves are what the suggestions above react to.
The same price in pounds: $250 for UK sellers
UK processing is 2.9% plus £0.30, which is a lower percentage and a smaller flat charge than the US structure. The table treats £250 as the sale price in pounds — no currency conversion — so the two tables show the same number under each region's rates.
| Region | Sale price | Processing | Selling fee | You keep | Effective rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $250.00 | $8.70 | $0.00 | $241.30 | 3.5% |
| United Kingdom | £250.00 | £7.55 | £0.00 | £242.45 | 3.0% |
Australia uses 2.6% plus A$0.30; sellers outside the UK, US and Australia pay a 10.0% selling fee instead of this structure.
Keep going
Change any assumption — shipping, boost, item cost, a different region — in the main Depop fee calculator, see the whole structure on the 2026 fee breakdown, or pick another price from the full price list.
$250 on Depop — quick answers
- How much does Depop take from a $250 sale?
- With US rates and the assumptions on this page, the only fee is payment processing: $8.70. That is $8.70 in total — no Depop selling fee applies to US sellers. Your payout from the sale is $241.30, which is 96.5% of the price.
- Why is the effective fee rate on $250 higher than 3.3%?
- Because processing is 3.3% plus a flat $0.45. On $250 that flat charge alone is 5.2% of the fee and 0.2% of the price, so the combined take is 3.5% — 0.2% points more than the percentage alone.
- Is $250 a good price to sell at on Depop?
- Moving one price point up to $300 adds $1.65 of processing while the effective rate falls by 0.0% — the flat charge gets spread further. The fee difference between nearby prices is small, so choose the price your item can genuinely get rather than pricing around the fee.
- What would a UK seller keep on a £250 sale?
- UK processing is 2.9% plus £0.30, so the fee on a £250 sale is £7.55 and the payout is £242.45 — an effective rate of 3.0%, 0.5% points lower than the same figure in dollars.
Rates and assumptions
Every figure on this page is calculated from Depop Help Centre — Seller fees and charges, last verified 2026-10-05. US scenario used: sale price $250.00, buyer shipping $0.00, no boosted listing, Depop Shipping label used, item cost $0.00, no tax collected. Boost rates shown elsewhere on the site are 12.0% for US and UK listings from 2026-03-23, and 8.0% in Australia and other regions. Fee structures change — changes are logged on the fee change log.