Vinted charges the seller nothing on a sale. Not a reduced rate, not a processing fee riding underneath: a private seller lists an item at £40 and is paid £40. The cost of running the platform is charged to the buyer instead, as a "Vinted fee" added on top of your price at checkout. That changes what a fee calculator is for. On Vinted the question is not "what do I keep", because the answer is all of it. The question is "what does the buyer see", because that is the number they compare against the same item on Depop, Poshmark or Mercari.
The seller side: no selling fee, no processing fee
Vinted's own help centre, announcing the rename of the Buyer Protection fee to the Vinted fee, puts it in one line: "there are still no selling fees on Vinted" (Vinted Help Centre). The price lists for the US, UK and France list no commission, no listing fee and no payment processing fee for a private seller.
Two things cost a seller money, and both are optional. Item Bump (a paid boost for three or seven days) and Showcase are promotions you choose to buy; Vinted prices them at checkout and publishes no rate card, so no calculator can model them honestly. Postage is not a seller cost either: the buyer picks and pays for a prepaid label, and the shipping money never passes through your account.
The buyer side: the Vinted fee, published as a "usually", not a formula
Every "Buy now" order carries a mandatory Vinted fee on top of the item price. Vinted gives it as a typical figure rather than a formula, and it differs by market:
| Market | Vinted fee on top of your price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| US | usually 5% + $0.70 | vinted.com/pricelist |
| UK | usually 3% to 8% + £0.30 to £0.80 | vinted.co.uk/pricelist |
| France (euro) | usually 5% + €0.70 | vinted.fr/pricelist |
The UK list says the calculation "varies based on several factors, such as item characteristics, order value, and order type (single item or bundle)". So the honest output for a UK listing is a range, and the exact fee only appears at checkout. Treat any site quoting one exact UK percentage as a guess.
Worked example: a £40 jacket, both sides
The seller's receipt is one line long.
| Amount | |
|---|---|
| Item price | £40.00 |
| Vinted selling fee (0%) | −£0.00 |
| You keep | £40.00 (100%) |
The buyer's receipt is where the fee lives.
| Low end (3% + £0.30) | High end (8% + £0.80) | |
|---|---|---|
| Your price | £40.00 | £40.00 |
| Vinted fee | +£1.50 | +£4.00 |
| Buyer pays, before postage | £41.50 | £44.00 |
In the US, where the price list gives one usual figure, a $40 listing costs the buyer $40 + (5% × $40) + $0.70 = $42.70, and the seller is paid $40.00.
Why the buyer's number is the one to price on
Suppose you want to clear $36 on that jacket. On Vinted you list at $36 and the buyer sees $38.50. On Mercari, which takes 10% of the item price, you would have to list at $40 to clear $36, and the buyer sees $40 (Mercari Fee Calculator). On Poshmark, which takes 20% on sales of $15 or more, the listing has to be $45 (Poshmark Fee Calculator). On Depop, where the only US fee is 3.3% + $0.45 payment processing, it is $37.69 (Depop Fee Calculator).
Same $36 in your pocket, four different prices in front of the buyer: $37.69, $38.50, $40.00 and $45.00. A seller who copies their Poshmark price onto Vinted unchanged is handing the buyer a fee the platform never asked them to pay. The Vinted Fee Calculator shows both receipts for any price, in dollars, pounds or euros, so the cross-app comparison is one number against another rather than a percentage you have to work out.
What this doesn't cover
Vinted Pro, the business-seller tier, is out of scope: its buyers pay a separate Buyer Protection Pro fee and Vinted has published no fee table for it. Bundles, the optional item verification service, and markets outside the US, UK and eurozone are not modeled. The cross-app figures above assume a US seller on each platform's standard terms, with no boosts or promotions; each linked calculator states its own assumptions. Every figure here comes from a Vinted price list stamped October 2026 and should be rechecked against that page before you rely on it. Informational only, not professional advice.