How much does Depop take from a $500 sale?
At $500 the 45¢ charge is only 2.7% of what you pay, so the effective rate of 3.4% is almost the pure percentage: at this price the fee behaves like a straight 3.3% cut. In cash terms you pay $16.95 of the $500 and $483.05 reaches you, assuming the buyer is charged no shipping, the listing is not boosted and you ship with a Depop label.
$500 sale: the fee breakdown
| Line | Amount | How it is worked out |
|---|---|---|
| Sale price (what the buyer pays for the item) | $500.00 | The item price only — this page assumes the buyer is charged no shipping and no tax is collected. |
| Payment processing | $16.95 | 3.3% of $500.00 = $16.50, 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 | $16.95 | Processing plus selling fee plus boost fee. |
| You keep (payout) | $483.05 | From the sale, before your own shipping and item costs. |
| Effective fee rate | 3.4% | Total fees divided by the $500.00 sale — the number that actually lands on your margin. |
Why $500 sits where it does
Flat charge share of the fee
2.7%
$0.45 of the $16.95 you pay is the fixed charge, so this slice of your fee does not change if the price changes.
Percentage share of the fee
97.3%
The rest is the 3.3% component — $16.50 on this sale — which scales with whatever you charge.
Distance from the headline rate
0.1%
Your effective rate is 3.4% 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.
Neighbouring prices to $500
Compared with $400, a $500 sale pays $3.30 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 $96.70.
Moving up instead, at $750 the processing fee is $25.20 — $8.25 more than here — while the effective rate drops a further 0.0% to 3.4%.
| Sale price | Processing fee | You keep | Effective rate | vs $500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $300 | $10.35 | $289.65 | 3.4% | −$193.40 payout |
| $400 | $13.65 | $386.35 | 3.4% | −$96.70 payout |
| $750 | $25.20 | $724.80 | 3.4% | +$241.75 payout |
| $1,000 | $33.45 | $966.55 | 3.3% | +$483.50 payout |
The closest price point to $500 in this cluster is $400, which is only $100 away.
What to do at $500
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 just 0.1% of a $500 sale, so your effective rate of 3.4% is within 0.1% of the pure percentage component.
- At this level the fee scales with the sale almost perfectly: every extra $100.00 of price costs about $3.30 in processing.
- The fixed part is negligible, so pricing decisions here should be driven by what the item is worth to a buyer, not by fee-dodging: there is almost no fixed cost left to dilute.
In cash terms the fee splits into $0.45 of fixed charge and $16.50 of percentage charge — those two halves are what the suggestions above react to.
UK comparison for $500
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 £500 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 | $500.00 | $16.95 | $0.00 | $483.05 | 3.4% |
| United Kingdom | £500.00 | £14.80 | £0.00 | £485.20 | 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.
FAQ: selling at $500 on Depop
- What does Depop charge on $500?
- With US rates and the assumptions on this page, the only fee is payment processing: $16.95. That is $16.95 in total — no Depop selling fee applies to US sellers. Your payout from the sale is $483.05, which is 96.6% of the price.
- Does the flat processing charge matter at $500?
- Because processing is 3.3% plus a flat $0.45. On $500 that flat charge alone is 2.7% of the fee and 0.1% of the price, so the combined take is 3.4% — 0.1% points more than the percentage alone.
- What changes if I sell at $500 instead of a nearby price?
- Moving one price point up to $750 adds $8.25 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 £500 sale?
- UK processing is 2.9% plus £0.30, so the fee on a £500 sale is £14.80 and the payout is £485.20 — an effective rate of 3.0%, 0.4% 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 $500.00, 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.