Whatnot fee calculator
Whatnot replaced its flat 8% commission with volume tiers on 21 September 2026. For clothing, the Fashion rate is still 8% if you sold under $15,000 in the last 28-day period, and steps down through 7%, 6.5%, 5.5% and 5% to 4.5% above $250,000. The commission is charged on the item price only. Payment processing is not: 2.9% plus $0.30 comes off everything the buyer paid, shipping and sales tax included, and no tier reduces it. This calculator uses the 8% Standard tier, which is where most clothing sellers are.
Rates read from Whatnot's own fee page on 2026-10-09, which states they took effect on 2026-09-21. US sellers only.
Your sale
Remitted by the marketplace, never paid to you. It still counts toward the fee on some platforms.
Whatnot keeps $4.98
12.5% of the item price
| Selling fee8% of the item price only | $3.20 |
|---|---|
| Payment processing2.9% of the item price plus shipping plus sales tax plus $0.30 | $1.78 |
- Paid out to you
- $43.02
- Profit after your costs
- $24.52
The same sale on all 7 platforms
Your numbers, run through every fee schedule. eBay is modeled as apparel with no Store and good standing; its full model has more levers than that.
| Platform | Fees | Payout | Profit | Charged on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinted | $0.00 | $40.00 | $28.00 | the item price only |
| Depop | $2.13 | $45.87 | $27.37 | the item price only |
| Mercari | $4.80 | $43.20 | $24.70 | the item price plus shipping |
| Whatnot | $4.98 | $43.02 | $24.52 | the item price only |
| Etsy | $5.01 | $42.99 | $24.49 | the item price plus shipping |
| eBay | $7.34 | $40.66 | $22.16 | the item price plus shipping plus sales tax |
| Poshmark | $8.00 | $40.00 | $21.50 | the item price only |
On these numbers Vinted leaves you the most, $28.00, and Poshmark the least, $21.50. That spread is $6.50 on one item. Where an item sells fastest still matters more than where it nets a dollar more.
Ranked by profit, not payout. Vinted buyers pay for the shipping label themselves, so the payout there leaves out shipping and so does the postage you pay.
What each platform actually charges on
Headline rates are not comparable, because these platforms charge them on different bases. This is the part that decides who is really cheapest.
- eBay, 13.6% on the item price plus shipping plus sales tax
- The fee is charged on sales tax as well as shipping, so eBay takes a cut of money you never touch.
- Poshmark, 20% on the item price only
- 20% is the highest headline rate here, but it is charged on the item price alone and there is no processing fee under it. Below $15 the flat $2.95 is worse than 20% would have been: on a $10 sale it is 29.5%.
- Mercari, 10% on the item price plus shipping
- Mercari ran a zero-seller-fee experiment and ended it on 2025-01-06. The 10% now applies to buyer-paid shipping too, and the old 2.9% + $0.50 processing fee is gone rather than hidden.
- Depop, no selling fee for US sellers
- There is no selling fee for US sellers, which makes Depop look free and it nearly is. The cost moved to the buyer: up to 5% plus up to $1 at checkout. Boosting a listing costs 12%, which is more than most platforms charge to sell at all.
- Etsy, 6.5% on the item price plus shipping
- The 6.5% is the smallest headline rate here and it is not the whole cost: add 3% + $0.25 processing and $0.20 a listing, charged again every four months whether it sells or not. Pass $10,000 in a rolling year and Offsite Ads become mandatory at 12%, with no opt-out for the life of the shop.
- Whatnot, 8% on the item price only
- The 8% is the Fashion rate for sellers under $15,000 in a 28-day period; it steps down to 4.5% with volume, but the tier you earn applies to the NEXT period. The 2.9% + $0.30 processing is charged on everything the buyer pays, shipping and tax included, and no tier reduces it.
- Vinted, no selling fee for US sellers
- Vinted charges US sellers nothing at all: no commission, no processing, no listing fee. The buyer pays about 5% plus $0.70 on top of your price, and you are paid only once the buyer confirms the order or two days pass after delivery.
The fee no schedule prints is the item that comes back
A return on used clothing costs you both shipping legs, the refund and the sale, which is larger than the gap between any two platforms on this page. Most of those returns are condition disputes: the buyer expected one thing and opened another. A standardized grade sets that expectation before they buy, and documents what you described if they argue after.
You compared seven platforms. You can list on all of them
The spread between the best and worst platform on one item is real money, and the answer changes item by item. FlipDesk builds the listing once and publishes it to eBay and Shopify by API, and to Poshmark, Mercari and Grailed through the browser extension.
Common questions
- How much does Whatnot take from a $100 sale?
- $11.20 at the Standard tier on a $100 clothing sale with no shipping or tax: $8.00 commission plus $3.20 processing (2.9% plus $0.30). Shipping and tax raise the processing part, because it is charged on the whole order.
- How much does Whatnot take from a sale?
- At the Standard tier, 8% of the item price plus 2.9% and $0.30 of the whole order. On a $40 item with $8 shipping and $3 tax that is $3.20 commission and $1.78 processing, $4.98 in total, or about 12% of the item price.
- How do the new Whatnot fee tiers work?
- Your tier is set by your total sales across every category in one 28-day period, and the rate it earns applies to the next period, not the current one. For Fashion the rates are 8% under $15,000, then 7%, 6.5%, 5.5%, 5% and 4.5% from $250,000. Each sale is charged at the rate for its own category, so a seller who also sells trading cards pays a different rate on those.
- Does Whatnot charge fees on shipping?
- Not the commission, which is charged on the item price alone. The payment processing fee is charged on the full amount the buyer paid, which includes the shipping and the sales tax. On a cheap item with expensive shipping that makes processing a bigger share of the sale than the headline 2.9% suggests.
- Is Whatnot cheaper than Poshmark for clothes?
- Usually, by a lot. On the same $40 item Poshmark keeps $8.00 and Whatnot about $4.98. The difference is the format: Whatnot sells mostly through live shows, which take your time to run, while a Poshmark listing sits there until someone buys it.
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