Poshmark Fees in 2026: $2.95, 20% and the $15 Line
The question
Why does Poshmark keep 20%, and what do I really net after offers and heavy-package upgrades?
Short answer
Poshmark takes a flat $2.95 when the final order price is under $15 and 20% when it is $15 or more, figured on the price you accepted after any offer or bundle discount. The buyer pays the $6.49 label and the sales tax, so a $50.00 order leaves you $40.00. Packages over 5 lb cost you $5 or $10, and Instant Transfer costs $2 per payout.
- In numbers
- $14.99 keeps $12.04; $15.00 keeps $12.00
- Worked example
- The $15 line, to the cent · Fig. 1
Fee rates as of · Fee change log →
On this page8 sections
Poshmark’s fee is the easiest one in resale to remember and one of the largest to pay: a fifth of every sale of $15 or more. Under $15 it switches to a flat $2.95, which creates a small dead zone where a higher price leaves you less money.
This guide works through the fee with exact numbers as of October 5, 2026: what the 20% is charged on, the $15 line to the cent, how offers and bundles change it, what heavy packages and payouts cost you, and the three weeks in October 2024 when the fee looked different.
How the Poshmark fee works
Poshmark’s Fee Policy (Version 1.7, effective November 25, 2024) says listing is free and that after an item sells, Poshmark deducts its fee from the final order price: $2.95 flat for sales under $15, and 20% for sales of $15 and above, so you keep 80%.
Three details decide what you actually receive:
- The base is the final order price. That is the price you and the buyer agreed on, after your offer, price drop or bundle discount. Shipping and sales tax are not in it.
- The buyer pays the label. Poshmark’s flat Posh Post label has been $6.49 for packages up to 5 lb since September 12, 2025 (it was $8.27 before), and the buyer pays it. None of that money passes through your earnings.
- The buyer pays the sales tax. Poshmark collects it at the rate for the buyer’s address. Its Shipping Policy credits you the purchase price “excluding taxes” and fees.
Poshmark lists no separate payment-processing charge for sellers; the 20% is the whole fee on a normal sale. Here is the house example, a $50.00 order of clothing:
| Line | How it’s figured | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Final order price | the price the buyer paid for the item | $50.00 |
| Seller fee | 20% × $50.00 | $10.00 |
| Label | the buyer pays Poshmark’s $6.49 | $0.00 |
| Sales tax | collected from the buyer for the state | not yours |
| You keep (net payout) | $50.00 − $10.00 | $40.00 |
Net payout here means what lands in your Poshmark balance after fees and any shipping charges you pay, before a transfer fee. On the same $50 item with $8.00 shipping, Depop leaves $47.48 and Mercari $44.20, and Poshmark’s $40.00 is the lowest of the eight platforms in our comparison; the fee comparison guide explains why.
Poshmark’s policy doesn’t break the 20% into parts. What its pages list on the seller’s side is free listing, a prepaid label the buyer pays for and no separate processing fee. Whether that is worth a fifth of the price depends on where else the item would sell and for how much.
The $15 line, to the cent
The fee switches from flat to percentage at exactly $15.00, and the switch costs you money for five cents of price:
| Final order price | Seller fee | You keep |
|---|---|---|
| $10.00 | $2.95 (flat) | $7.05 |
| $14.99 | $2.95 (flat) | $12.04 |
| $15.00 | $3.00 (20%) | $12.00 |
| $15.04 | $3.01 | $12.03 |
| $15.05 | $3.01 | $12.04 |
| $15.06 | $3.01 | $12.05 |
Any order price from $15.00 through $15.04 nets less than $14.99 does. $15.05 only ties, and $15.06 is the first price that beats $14.99. Working backward, to keep $12.03 you would list at $14.98; to keep $12.05 you need $15.06.
Fig. 1The $15 line
To scale · same dollar scale on both axes
Below the line the flat fee bites hard: $2.95 is 29.5% of a $10.00 sale. The cheap-items guide compares that with other platforms’ minimums. Each fee is rounded to the cent here; Poshmark doesn’t publish its rounding rule, so a sale can differ from these figures by a cent.
Offers and bundles: the fee follows the final price
Because the fee is a share of the final order price, every dollar you give up in an offer costs you 80 cents, not a dollar. List at $60.00 and you would keep $48.00. Accept a $45.00 offer and the fee drops from $12.00 to $9.00, so you keep $36.00: the $15 discount costs you $12.00.
Watch the $15 line when you counter. An offer that settles at $15.00 leaves you $12.00, four cents less than $14.99.
Bundles work in your favor below $15, because one bundle is one order with one fee:
| Three $10.00 items | Fee | You keep |
|---|---|---|
| Sold separately (3 orders) | 3 × $2.95 = $8.85 | 3 × $7.05 = $21.15 |
| One $30.00 bundle | 20% × $30.00 = $6.00 | $24.00 |
| One bundle at 10% off ($27.00) | 20% × $27.00 = $5.40 | $21.60 |
Even with a 10% bundle discount, you keep more than selling the three items one at a time. One Posh Post label covers the whole bundle up to 5 lb, under the Shipping Policy.
Poshmark’s Fee Policy also mentions discounts and promotions “including shipping discounts.” What a seller-funded shipping discount costs you isn’t stated on the pages we read, so our calculator leaves it out.
Heavy packages and other charges you pay
The flat label stops at 5 lb. Heavier packages need an upgraded label that you pay for from your earnings; since February 13, 2026 there are two upgrade prices, and the Shipping Policy sets 15 lb as the maximum for one order:
| Charge (as of October 5, 2026) | Amount | Who pays | In force since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Posh Post label, up to 5 lb | $6.49 | buyer | September 12, 2025 |
| Upgrade, 5.1–10 lb | $5.00 | you | February 13, 2026 |
| Upgrade, 10.1–15 lb | $10.00 | you | February 13, 2026 |
| USPS Priority Mail packaging used | $5.00 | you | October 12, 2025 |
| USPS hazmat non-compliance (Poshmark pays $45 of $50) | $5.00 | you | August 1, 2026 |
The upgrades replaced five tiers between 6 and 10 lb that cost up to $22.50. On the $50.00 order, a 7 lb package leaves you $50.00 − $10.00 − $5.00 = $35.00, and a 12 lb package leaves $30.00. On a cheap heavy item the upgrade can erase the sale: a $6.00 item in a 7 lb box pays $2.95 plus $5.00 and nets −$1.95.
Poshmark says it may refuse packages over 5 lb shipped without an upgraded label and may charge you for not upgrading, so weigh before you print.
Getting paid: transfer fees
Poshmark credits your account once the buyer accepts the order, either by confirming it or by raising no issue within three days of the delivery scan. Moving the money out costs, per Poshmark’s redemption options page as of October 5, 2026:
- Direct deposit: free, 2–3 business days.
- Paper check: free, about 2 weeks.
- Instant Transfer: $2 per transfer, 30 minutes or less.
- PayPal or Venmo: $0.35 per transfer.
These are per transfer, not per sale. One Instant Transfer of the $40.00 from the house example leaves $38.00; one transfer of several sales’ earnings pays the $2 once.
The October 2024 change that lasted three weeks
Poshmark’s Legal Center keeps every version of the Fee Policy. From October 3, 2024, the seller fee became 5.99% of the order total, which included shipping and taxes, plus a fixed $1, $2 or $3 depending on the order price, and buyers paid a new Buyer Protection Fee. On October 24, 2024, Poshmark reverted to $2.95 under $15 and 20% at $15 and above and removed the buyer fee. The current Version 1.7, effective November 25, 2024, keeps those rates, and they were unchanged as of October 5, 2026. Our fee change log records every dated change.
Next step
Put your own order price, package weight and payout method into the Poshmark fee calculator. If you know what you want to keep, the price-to-list calculator finds the lowest list price that gets you there and flags the $15.00–$15.04 dead zone.
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