Both Vinted and Depop get marketed as close to fee-free, but only one of them actually is. Vinted charges sellers nothing at all, no commission, no processing, no listing fee, and shifts every cost onto the buyer instead. Depop's US and UK sellers pay 0% commission too, but still cover a small payment processing fee on every sale, so its "free" has a line item Vinted's doesn't. Both are also European-born platforms navigating the US differently: Depop has been established here for years, while Vinted only launched a serious US push in January 2026. The bigger practical difference ends up being reach and category, not the fee headline everyone leads with, a distinction our wider guide to choosing the right resale marketplace covers in more depth.
| Vinted | Depop | |
|---|---|---|
| Selling fee | 0%, always, no exceptions | 0% for US/UK sellers, 10% elsewhere |
| Payment processing | $0, folded into the buyer's fee | 3.3% + $0.45 (US) on item plus shipping |
| Shipping | Prepaid via USPS, weight-tiered, or custom shipping for oversized items | Prepaid, weight-tiered, domestic only; self-arranged required for international |
| US presence | Serious US launch as of January 2026, domestic-only for now | Established in the US for years, sells to 150+ countries via self-arranged shipping |
| Selling style | Item Bump, Wardrobe Spotlight | Visual feed, hashtags, following, Boosted Listings |
| Authentication | Item Verification, buyer-paid, physical inspection (Europe only so far) | No built-in program |
Vinted's model is genuinely $0 for sellers. No commission, no listing fee, and no payment processing fee gets deducted anywhere. Whatever price you list is exactly what lands in your Vinted balance. The cost instead falls entirely on the buyer, through a Buyer Protection Fee of 5% of the item price plus a flat $0.70, calculated on the item price alone and never touching your payout.
Depop's 0% only covers the selling commission for sellers based in the US (new listings from July 15, 2024) and the UK (from March 20, 2024). Payment processing still applies on top: 3.3% plus $0.45 in the US, charged on the item price plus whatever shipping the buyer pays. On a $50 item with $8 of buyer-paid shipping, Depop's fee comes to $2.36, while Vinted's is $0 regardless of price or shipping setup. Sellers outside the US and UK still pay Depop's older 10% fee, at which point Vinted's model pulls further ahead. The exact math for each is in our Depop fees guide and Vinted fees guide.
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Vinted's zero-fee model and Depop's near-zero one aren't the same math. Oly accounts for each platform's actual fee structure automatically, so adding a new marketplace doesn't mean redoing your margins by hand.
See how Oly worksVinted's default shipping generates a prepaid, pre-addressed label the moment a sale goes through, priced by the package size selected at listing and run through USPS in the US. The buyer pays for it at checkout, on top of the item price and the Buyer Protection Fee, and sellers get 5 business days to ship, with the option to request a short extension. For items too large or restricted for Vinted's standard sizes, custom shipping lets a seller set their own carrier and cost instead, though that forfeits Vinted's built-in compensation for a lost or damaged package.
Depop's default works almost the same way: an automatic, weight-tiered, buyer-paid label at no cost to the seller. The real divergence is international reach. Depop sellers can opt into shipping abroad themselves, which is how a US-based seller reaches buyers among the roughly four out of five Depop users who live outside the US. Vinted's US operation has no equivalent yet: American sellers can currently only sell to American buyers, even though Vinted supports cross-border shipping between several of its European markets already.
Vinted was founded in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2008 and grew into Europe's largest resale marketplace by gross merchandise value, roughly $11.7 billion in 2025, up 47% year over year, across more than 100 million registered users and 26 markets. Its US presence, though, is brand new: after a small footprint dating back to 2013, Vinted's real US push, complete with USPS integration and marketing investment, only began in January 2026. Vinted's size and track record in Europe are well established even if its US audience is still building.
Depop, founded in London in 2011, has the opposite maturity curve in this market: it's been a familiar name to US resellers for years, with roughly 7 million active buyers, nearly 90% of them under 34, and close to $1 billion in gross merchandise sales in 2025. It's also available in 150-plus countries, giving a US seller access to an international audience Vinted's American operation doesn't offer yet. Depop's own track record and backing are worth weighing alongside Vinted's for sellers comparing the two on more than just fees. For a seller deciding where to spend listing time first, Depop currently has the larger and more accessible US-based buyer pool, while Vinted brings scale that hasn't fully arrived stateside.
Vinted runs an Item Verification service for bags, shoes, jewelry, and watches priced over $125: the buyer opts in and pays a flat fee, around $10 to $11, the seller ships the item to a Vinted-run verification hub for physical inspection, and it's forwarded to the buyer if it passes or returned to the seller if it doesn't. It's free for the seller either way, though it's currently confirmed only in several European markets and hasn't been rolled out to Vinted's new US operation as far as verified.
Depop has no equivalent at all. There's no platform-run authentication service, buyer-paid or otherwise, so trust on higher-value items rests on seller reviews, listing detail, and buyer judgment. Sellers moving designer or vintage pieces across several marketplaces at once often lean on their own authentication checklist to fill that gap, alongside a broader look at how authentication works across resale platforms generally.
Vinted suits everyday, price-conscious inventory, mall brands, basics, and items where genuinely zero fees matter more than reach, especially for sellers willing to get in early on a US marketplace that's still building its buyer base. Depop fits vintage, Y2K, and streetwear aimed at a younger, more established US and international audience, with the tradeoff of a small processing fee Vinted sellers don't pay at all.
Running both isn't unusual, particularly for sellers who already list on Mercari or Poshmark and are weighing where a zero-fee newcomer fits into an existing lineup. Our guide to reselling across multiple platforms covers how that decision usually plays out, and once the count goes past two or three, avoiding stockouts when you list everywhere becomes the more pressing problem to solve.
It's genuinely free. No commission, listing fee, or processing fee comes out of a seller's payout. The only optional seller costs are promotional tools like Item Bump or Wardrobe Spotlight, which are paid upfront and not tied to whether the item sells.
On Depop, yes, by arranging international shipping themselves. On Vinted, not yet: the US operation is currently domestic-only, even though cross-border shipping already works between several of Vinted's European markets.
Considerably newer. Depop has operated in the US for well over a decade. Vinted had only a small, largely inactive American presence until its real US launch in January 2026, backed by USPS-integrated shipping and a dedicated marketing push.
Vinted does, through an optional, buyer-paid Item Verification service with physical inspection, though it isn't yet confirmed to be available in the US market. Depop has no authentication program at all, in the US or anywhere else.
Vinted tends to suit everyday, price-conscious basics well, since its zero-fee model rewards volume over margin. Depop's audience skews toward vintage, Y2K, and streetwear, where a slightly higher effective cost is offset by a more established, style-driven buyer base.
Oly keeps your Vinted, Depop, and every other marketplace listing synced automatically, so a stock update happens once instead of platform by platform.
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