Marketplace Selling Fees in 2026: Etsy vs Depop vs Poshmark vs SCRAPD

In 2026, here is roughly what a maker keeps per sale before shipping and materials: on Etsy, around 88-90 cents on the dollar after listing, transaction, and payment fees combine into an effective rate near 10-11%. On Depop, you keep more of the headline price because there is no commission - you pay only payment processing. On Poshmark, you keep 80% on anything over $15, because the commission is a flat 20%. On SCRAPD, founding-50 creators keep 95% - the commission is 5%. The right platform depends less on the headline number and more on how the fees stack and what you sell.

Fees are not the only thing that matters - reach, audience, and curation all count. But for one-of-one makers working in small batches, every percentage point is a real number of hours, so it is worth getting the comparison right.

How much does it cost to sell on Etsy?

Etsy’s fees come in layers rather than one number. There is a listing fee charged per item listed (and again when it renews), a transaction fee on the sale price, and a payment processing fee that varies by country. Sellers who opt into Etsy’s advertising can also pay an Offsite Ads fee on sales that come through those placements.

Stack the standard layers together and the effective cost most sellers see lands around 10-11% of the order, before any optional advertising. It is predictable, but it is also the most piecemeal model of the four - you are tracking several fees, not one.

How much does it cost to sell on Depop?

Depop’s headline change is that it charges 0% selling commission. You still pay a payment processing fee on each sale, but the marketplace itself does not take a cut on top of that. For a seller, this is the lowest-friction structure to explain: you keep the price minus payment processing.

One thing to keep in view: Depop’s ownership is moving. eBay agreed to acquire Depop from Etsy - announced in February 2026, an all-cash deal valued at roughly $1.2 billion, expected to close in the second quarter of 2026. Fee structures often get reviewed after an acquisition, so the 0%-commission model is current but not guaranteed to be permanent. We track this in what eBay buying Depop means.

How much does it cost to sell on Poshmark?

Poshmark uses a two-tier model. On sales under $15, it charges a flat fee per sale. On sales of $15 and above, it takes a 20% commission. There is no separate listing fee and no separate payment processing fee - the 20% is the headline cost on most sales a maker would care about.

Twenty percent is the highest commission in this comparison. It buys into Poshmark’s social-selling features and built-in audience, and Poshmark has been owned by Naver since that acquisition closed in January 2023. For a one-of-one maker pricing on thin margins, though, a fifth of every sale is a heavy line item.

How much does it cost to sell on SCRAPD?

SCRAPD charges a 5% commission for its founding-50 creators - the first fifty makers onto the platform. There is no per-listing fee. The model is intentionally simple: a low single percentage so a maker can price their work for what their time is worth, not to absorb the marketplace. The full picture is in the founding-50 commission, explained.

The trade-off is honest to state: SCRAPD is a smaller, curated marketplace, not a mass-traffic site. You are trading raw reach for lower fees and a buyer base that came specifically for genuine one-of-one work. Whether that trade favors you depends on what you make and how you sell it.

A worked example: what do you keep on a $60 sale?

Numbers make this concrete. Take a single $60 item - a reworked jacket, a hand-thrown vase, a leather bag - and ignore shipping and materials so we are comparing only marketplace fees. These are approximate, because payment processing varies by region:

• Etsy - at an effective ~10-11%, fees land near $6.00-$6.60, so you keep roughly $53-$54.
• Depop - 0% commission, payment processing only, so you keep close to the full price minus processing - roughly $57-$58.
• Poshmark - a flat 20% on a $15-plus sale is $12, so you keep $48.
• SCRAPD founding-50 - a 5% commission is $3, so you keep $57.

On one $60 sale the spread looks modest. Scale it to a maker doing thirty sales a month and the gap between a 5% and a 20% structure is a few hundred dollars - month after month. That is rent, materials, or the hours to make the next batch.

Which fee model fits a one-of-one maker?

There is no universal answer, but a few patterns hold.

1. If you list a lot and sell slowly, per-listing fees punish you - a model with no listing fee protects your margin while inventory sits.
2. If you sell high-value, low-volume one-of-one pieces, the commission percentage is the number that matters most, because it scales directly with price.
3. If you depend on a platform’s built-in audience and social tools, a higher fee can be worth it - but be honest about how much of your sales actually come from that audience versus your own promotion.
4. If your margins are already thin because handmade work takes real hours, the lowest-commission curated option usually wins on take-home, even with less traffic.

Most makers we talk to end up not picking one platform but diversifying across a few, with the lowest-fee channel doing the heavy lifting on margin. If you are weighing a move, switching to SCRAPD from Etsy walks through the practical steps.