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OfferUp fees

OfferUp Fee Calculator

The 12.9% shipped-sale service fee, its $1.99 floor, and the $0 local-sale alternative.

OfferUp fee = sale price × 12.9%, with a $1.99 minimum — but only on shipped sales; local in-person sales are free. Ship a $50 jacket and OfferUp keeps $6.45, paying you $43.55. Sell the same jacket in a parking-lot meetup and you keep all $50 in cash. The minimum bites on cheap items: below about $15.43, the $1.99 floor beats 12.9%, so a $10 shipped sale pays an effective 19.9%. That gap is the real OfferUp decision — shipping reaches every buyer in the country, local costs nothing. Enter your price to see the shipped-sale fee; set the fee to 0 to model a local sale.

OfferUp Fee Calculator — your numbers

Your payout

$43.55

OfferUp fee

$6.45

Effective fee rate

12.9%

Estimate only. Results reflect exactly the numbers you enter — verify against your own accounting before making pricing decisions.

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Fee defaults last reviewed 2026-07-30. Platforms change their fees — every rate above is editable, so enter your current numbers for an exact result.

Worked examples

A $50 shipped sale

Sale price $50.00
Service fee (shipped) 12.9%
Minimum fee $1.99
Your payout $43.55
OfferUp fee $6.45
Effective fee rate 12.9%

12.9% takes $6.45, leaving $43.55 — versus $50.00 sold locally.

A $12 shipped sale (minimum fires)

Sale price $12.00
Service fee (shipped) 12.9%
Minimum fee $1.99
Your payout $10.01
OfferUp fee $1.99
Effective fee rate 16.6%

12.9% would be $1.55, so the $1.99 floor wins: an effective 16.6%.

OfferUp against the other local-first venues. Facebook Marketplace runs the same play with different numbers — free local sales, a 5% (minimum $0.40) fee on shipped orders — the Facebook Marketplace fee calculator runs that math. For small flippable goods that ship anyway, the Mercari fee calculator models the ~14.6% effective all-shipped alternative. OfferUp wins when the buyer is across town; the shipped fee is the price of widening the search.

Frequently asked questions

How much are OfferUp seller fees?

For shipped sales, a service fee of 12.9% of the sale price with a $1.99 minimum, deducted from your payout automatically — it covers payment processing and buyer protection. For local, in-person sales there is no fee at all: you hand over the item, take payment directly, and OfferUp charges nothing. Listing is free either way.

Is it better to sell locally or ship on OfferUp?

Locally, if your item has nearby demand: you keep 100% and there is no shipping label to buy. Shipping earns its 12.9% by reaching buyers nationwide — niche items, collectibles and anything scarce sell faster and often at higher prices with shipping enabled. Many sellers enable both and let the market decide; the fee only applies if the shipped route wins.

Who pays for shipping on OfferUp?

The buyer pays the shipping cost at checkout by default, on top of your item price — OfferUp provides the prepaid label, and your 12.9% fee is charged on the item price, not the shipping. If you enable free shipping to attract buyers, the label cost comes out of your payout, so subtract it from the net this calculator shows.

When does the $1.99 minimum fee apply?

Whenever 12.9% of your price is less than $1.99 — that is, on anything below about $15.43. A $10 shipped sale pays $1.99, an effective rate of 19.9%, and a $5 sale pays nearly 40%. Cheap items are the worst case for shipped sales, and the strongest argument for the local, fee-free route on low-priced goods.

Have OfferUp fees changed over time?

Yes — the shipped-sale service fee has moved before (it was 9.9% for a period before rising to 12.9%), and marketplaces adjust these schedules without much notice. The percentage and minimum here are editable fields: check OfferUp's current fee article, plug in the live numbers, and the payout math stays correct.

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