Vinted Fees for U.S. Sellers: Free to Sell, Buyer Pays the Fee
The question
If Vinted charges sellers nothing, who pays the fee, and how should I price against Depop and Poshmark?
Short answer
As of October 22, 2026, Vinted’s help center says there are no fees for uploading or selling items, so the seller receives the full item price in the Vinted Wallet. The buyer pays a mandatory Vinted fee, which Vinted says is usually 5% + $0.70, plus shipping. To keep $50.00 in our example ($8.00 shipping, an example 8% sales tax) you would list at $50.00 on Vinted, $52.61 on Depop, $56.44 on Mercari and $62.50 on Poshmark.
- In numbers
- Keep $50: list $50.00 on Vinted, $62.50 on Poshmark
- Worked example
- Pricing against Depop, Mercari and Poshmark · Fig. 1
Fee rates as of · Fee change log →
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Vinted is the odd one out in a fee comparison: as a U.S. seller you pay no selling fee at all. The money platforms take still comes from somewhere, though. It comes from the buyer, as a separate line at checkout, and that changes how you price.
This guide covers what Vinted’s own pages say as of October 22, 2026: who pays what, how much of your sale reaches your Wallet and when, and what the price of a Vinted listing looks like next to the same item on Depop, Mercari and Poshmark. Every Vinted figure here is simple arithmetic on Vinted’s published rule, done with the same integer-cent helpers our calculators use; the Vinted fee calculator runs it on your own price.
What Vinted charges sellers
Vinted’s selling fees page is one sentence of substance: there are no fees for uploading items or selling them, so once a sale closes you receive the full selling price in your Vinted Wallet. Nothing on the page, the terms or the Wallet page describes a percentage taken from a U.S. seller’s item price. The terms do mention a currency-conversion service offered only in specific countries; we found nothing saying it applies to U.S. sales, so check your own checkout and Wallet screens.
What is not free:
- Optional services. Vinted sells paid extras such as Bumps, which display a listing higher in the Newsfeed and search results (additional services). It shows each price at checkout. We don’t quote those prices here, and you only pay them if you buy one.
- Shipping. The buyer pays the shipping fee at checkout. The terms say the item price, plus any shipping the buyer paid other than Prepaid Shipping fees, is released to the seller; the Prepaid Shipping fee is not part of what you receive.
Sales tax follows the usual marketplace rule. The terms say that where marketplace facilitator laws apply, Vinted collects and remits sales tax based on the item and the delivery address, and shows it at checkout. It is the delivery address, the buyer’s, that matters, not yours, and our marketplace sales tax guide covers what that does and doesn’t mean for your own filings.
The buyer’s Vinted fee
The Vinted fee is a mandatory platform fee paid by the buyer at checkout. Vinted says it varies with item characteristics, order value and order type (a single item or a bundle), and that it “typically includes a percentage of the item’s or bundle’s price, as well as a fixed fee — usually 5% + $0.70.” The new U.S. terms that took effect October 8, 2026 use the same name and say the fee is payable by buyers.
Because Vinted calls 5% + $0.70 the usual case rather than a fixed rate, treat the numbers below as the typical case, not a guarantee. The real amount is in the buyer’s price breakdown for each listing.
| Item price | Fee at 5% + $0.70 | Buyer pays for item + fee | Fee as a share of the item price |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10.00 | $1.20 | $11.20 | 12.0% |
| $20.00 | $1.70 | $21.70 | 8.5% |
| $50.00 | $3.20 | $53.20 | 6.4% |
Shipping and sales tax come on top of those totals. The fixed $0.70 bites on cheap items for the same reason Poshmark’s flat $2.95 does for sellers: it doesn’t shrink with the price. The difference is who sees it. On Vinted the buyer sees it before buying, and you never see it as a deduction.
Pricing against Depop, Mercari and Poshmark
Because nothing comes off the item price, your net on Vinted equals your list price. On the other platforms the list price has to rise to cover fees. The table shows the price to list for a net payout of $50.00, solved by our price-to-list engine with $8.00 shipping, an example 8% sales tax and a sale date of October 22, 2026. Poshmark’s buyer pays its flat $6.49 label rather than $8.00. The marketplace charges the rate for the buyer’s address, so 8% is only an illustration.
| Platform | List price to keep $50.00 | Fee on that sale | Fee charged on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vinted | $50.00 | $0.00 | no seller fee |
| Depop | $52.61 | $2.61 | processing: item + shipping + tax |
| Mercari | $56.44 | $6.44 | 10% of item + buyer-paid shipping |
| Poshmark | $62.50 | $12.50 | 20% of the order price |
Fig. 1What leaves your side of a Vinted sale
To scale · one dollar scale within each sale
Read that table for what it is. Your list price is not what a shopper compares. Vinted’s buyer also pays the Vinted fee, and Depop, Mercari and Poshmark buyers have their own checkout charges (the Depop guide and Mercari guide cover them). The table answers one narrower question: what has to leave your side of the sale.
On cheap items the gap is narrower in dollars but wider in share. A $10.00 item with $5.00 shipping, the same example tax, a sale date of October 22, 2026, keeps this much:
| $10.00 item | You keep | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Vinted | $10.00 | $0.00 |
| Depop | $9.02 | $0.98 |
| Mercari | $8.50 | $1.50 |
| Poshmark | $7.05 | $2.95 |
Poshmark’s buyer pays its $6.49 label instead of $5.00 here. For more price points, see where items under $20 net the most in our cheap-item guide.
When your money arrives
Vinted’s Wallet page and its payment page describe the timing:
- The buyer pays and the money shows as “Pending balance” in your Wallet. You can’t use it yet.
- After the order shows as delivered, the buyer has 2 days to complete the order or report a problem.
- When the order is complete, you receive the payment within 2 days and it moves to “Available balance.”
- From there you can spend it on Vinted or withdraw it to a supported U.S. bank account.
A withdrawal can take up to 5 business days to arrive, the minimum is $0.10, and it goes to supported U.S. bank accounts in dollars. The page doesn’t state a withdrawal fee, and the page read on October 22, 2026 names none, which is not the same as saying there is none. Vinted’s payment provider may ask for an identity check, which pauses withdrawals until you finish it. The terms also say you need to open a Vinted Wallet within 5 calendar days of your first sale, or the sale is cancelled.
The money is held by Vinted’s payment provider until the order is complete, so a buyer’s claim can delay it, and Vinted may refund the buyer.
What we don’t know yet
- The exact buyer fee on your listing. Vinted gives 5% + $0.70 as the usual formula, not a guarantee. Check the price breakdown on a live listing.
- Whether the buyer fee changed in October 2026. The terms effective October 8, 2026 call it the Vinted fee; the pages we read don’t describe a change in how it is calculated.
- Bump and other service prices, which Vinted shows on its help page and at checkout.
When Vinted changes any of this, the fee change log dates changes we confirm.
Bottom line
Vinted leaves the whole item price with the seller. The cost moves to the buyer’s Vinted fee, usually 5% + $0.70, which is a larger share of cheap items. To compare what you keep elsewhere, use the price-to-list calculator for Depop, Mercari and Poshmark, then compare that list price with a Vinted listing’s total in the buyer’s view, which the Vinted fee calculator shows next to your payout.
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