Most fee calculators start from a price. This one starts from the money you want in your pocket and works backward, so you can price a listing before you post it. To keep $50 on a sale with $8 buyer shipping, 7.5% sales tax and a $10 item cost, Depop needs the lowest price ($62.97) and Poshmark the highest ($75.00).
List prices for common targets
| You keep | eBay | Poshmark | Mercari | Whatnot | Depop | Etsy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10.00 | $25.26 | $25.00 | $23.11 | $23.12 | $21.50 | $23.52 |
| $25.00 | $42.83 | $43.75 | $39.78 | $40.00 | $37.05 | $40.13 |
| $50.00 | $72.11 | $75.00 | $67.56 | $68.12 | $62.97 | $67.83 |
| $100.00 | $130.67 | $137.50 | $123.11 | $124.38 | $114.81 | $123.21 |
| $250.00 | $306.36 | $325.00 | $289.78 | $293.14 | $270.32 | $289.37 |
“You keep” is what’s left after the marketplace’s fees, your shipping label and what you paid for the item. On Poshmark the buyer pays for the label, so shipping doesn’t change your price there.
Watch the fee steps
- Poshmark’s $15 line: under $15 the fee is a flat $2.95; at $15 and up it’s 20% (Poshmark: Guide to Poshmark (fees)). To keep $12.03 with no other costs you can list at $14.98, but $15.00 to $15.03 leaves you less. Any price from $15.04 works again.
- eBay’s per-order fee: $0.30 when the order total is $10.00 or less, $0.40 above it (eBay Help: Selling fees (eBay.com)). To keep $8.34 with no shipping or tax, $10.00 works, but $10.01 to $10.10 falls short.
- eBay athletic shoes: 8% with no per-order fee once the order total is $150 or more, 13.6% plus the per-order fee below that. Pick Athletic shoes under Advanced and the calculator finds the lowest price either side of the line.
The calculator flags a step like this under the platform’s result when it’s just above your price.
Not included
Promoted listings and ads (including Etsy Offsite Ads), eBay Store subscriptions and insertion fees, Poshmark label upgrades for boxes over 5 lb, Whatnot’s high-value promotion and promotional rates, offers, and income tax. If you plan to take offers, price higher: the Poshmark offer calculator shows your walk-away price.
Already have a price? Use the payout comparison or a single-platform calculator: eBay, Poshmark, Mercari, Whatnot, Depop, Etsy.
All six marketplaces’ official fee pages were re-read on Oct 29, 2026; no change.