How much does Depop take from a $5 sale?
At $5 the fee is dominated by the 45¢ flat charge: it is 72.6% of everything you pay, which pushes the effective rate to 12.4% — more than double the 3.3% headline rate. In cash terms you pay $0.62 of the $5 and $4.38 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 $5 sale, line by line
| Line | Amount | How it is worked out |
|---|---|---|
| Sale price (what the buyer pays for the item) | $5.00 | The item price only — this page assumes the buyer is charged no shipping and no tax is collected. |
| Payment processing | $0.62 | 3.3% of $5.00 = $0.17, 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 | $0.62 | Processing plus selling fee plus boost fee. |
| You keep (payout) | $4.38 | From the sale, before your own shipping and item costs. |
| Effective fee rate | 12.4% | Total fees divided by the $5.00 sale — the number that actually lands on your margin. |
Why $5 sits where it does
Flat charge share of the fee
72.6%
$0.45 of the $0.62 you pay is the fixed charge, so this slice of your fee does not change if the price changes.
Percentage share of the fee
27.4%
The rest is the 3.3% component — $0.17 on this sale — which scales with whatever you charge.
Distance from the headline rate
9.1%
Your effective rate is 12.4% 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 $5 compares with the prices either side
This is the cheapest price point in the cluster. At $10 the processing fee is $0.78 — $0.16 more than here — while the effective rate drops a further 4.6% to 7.8%.
What to do at $5
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 $0.45 charge alone costs you 9.0% of a $5 sale, so the fee is not really a 3.3% fee at this price — treat it as a fixed toll you pay per transaction.
- If you can, sell $5 items in one bundle rather than as separate listings: the processing charge is applied per transaction, so combining two sales removes one flat $0.45.
- Price in the toll before you set the ask. A small rise at this level improves your payout more than the percentage component does, because the flat charge is what is eating the margin.
In cash terms the fee splits into $0.45 of fixed charge and $0.17 of percentage charge — those two halves are what the suggestions above react to.
The same price in pounds: $5 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 £5 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 | $5.00 | $0.62 | $0.00 | $4.38 | 12.4% |
| United Kingdom | £5.00 | £0.45 | £0.00 | £4.55 | 9.0% |
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.
$5 on Depop — quick answers
- How much does Depop take from a $5 sale?
- With US rates and the assumptions on this page, the only fee is payment processing: $0.62. That is $0.62 in total — no Depop selling fee applies to US sellers. Your payout from the sale is $4.38, which is 87.6% of the price.
- Why is the effective fee rate on $5 higher than 3.3%?
- Because processing is 3.3% plus a flat $0.45. On $5 that flat charge alone is 72.6% of the fee and 9.0% of the price, so the combined take is 12.4% — 9.1% points more than the percentage alone.
- Is $5 a good price to sell at on Depop?
- Moving one price point up to $10 adds $0.16 of processing while the effective rate falls by 4.6% — 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 £5 sale?
- UK processing is 2.9% plus £0.30, so the fee on a £5 sale is £0.45 and the payout is £4.55 — an effective rate of 9.0%, 3.4% 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 $5.00, 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.