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Vinted vs Mercari Fee Calculator

Vinted takes nothing from the seller. Mercari takes a flat 10%. The gap is the whole Mercari fee.

Vinted payout = the full listed price (sellers pay no fee at all); Mercari payout = price − 10%, a flat selling fee with no seller-side processing. On a $30 sale Vinted pays you $30.00 and Mercari pays $27.00, so Vinted keeps you $3.00 ahead; at $100 the gap is $10.00 — the gap is simply Mercari's 10%, at any price. There is no crossover — Vinted wins at every price, because zero is never beaten by a positive rate. The cost sits on the other side of the transaction: Vinted funds itself through a Buyer Protection fee of about 5% + $0.70 that the buyer pays on top of your price, so a $30 item costs the buyer $32.20. That is real friction, and it is why a lower seller fee does not automatically mean more money — a Mercari listing that sells beats a Vinted listing that does not. Mercari also has the larger and more general US buyer base, while Vinted is concentrated in secondhand fashion. Single-platform detail lives in the Vinted fee calculator and the Mercari fee calculator.

Vinted vs Mercari Fee Calculator — your numbers

Payout gap (Vinted − Mercari)

$3.00

Vinted payout

$30.00

Mercari payout

$27.00

What the Vinted buyer pays

$32.20

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 2026-08-15. Platforms change their fees — every rate above is editable, so enter your current numbers for an exact result.

Worked examples

A $30 item on both

Item price $30.00
Mercari selling fee 10%
Mercari payment processing 0%
Mercari processing fixed fee $0.00
Vinted Buyer Protection 5%
Vinted Buyer Protection fixed $0.70
Payout gap (Vinted − Mercari) $3.00
Vinted payout $30.00
Mercari payout $27.00
What the Vinted buyer pays $32.20

Vinted $30.00 vs Mercari $27.00: $3.00 more, and the buyer pays $32.20.

A $100 item

Item price $100.00
Mercari selling fee 10%
Mercari payment processing 0%
Mercari processing fixed fee $0.00
Vinted Buyer Protection 5%
Vinted Buyer Protection fixed $0.70
Payout gap (Vinted − Mercari) $10.00
Vinted payout $100.00
Mercari payout $90.00
What the Vinted buyer pays $105.70

Vinted $100.00 vs Mercari $90.00: a $10.00 gap; the buyer pays $105.70.

Vinted vs Mercari fees are the clearest example of a structural difference rather than a rate difference: one platform charges the seller and the other charges the buyer. Comparing only the seller side always makes Vinted look free, which is true for your payout and misleading for your pricing. The honest comparison is total transaction cost, and there the two are much closer than the payout gap suggests.

If you list across several resale apps, the fee spread compounds with how fast each one sells. Pair this with the sell-through rate calculator to see which platform actually clears inventory, and the Vinted vs Poshmark comparison or Poshmark vs Mercari comparison to complete the picture across the four apps.

Frequently asked questions

Which pays the seller more, Vinted or Mercari?

Vinted, at every price, because it charges sellers nothing at all. Mercari takes a flat 10%, so the gap is simply that 10%: $3.00 on a $30 item, $10.00 on a $100 item. There is no price at which Mercari becomes cheaper for the seller.

So why would anyone sell on Mercari instead?

Reach and category. Mercari has a larger, more general US buyer base and moves electronics, toys, collectibles and homeware that Vinted's fashion-focused audience does not shop for. Clearing $27.00 on Mercari beats a $30 Vinted listing nobody buys. Fees decide the margin; the audience decides whether there is a sale to take a margin on.

What does the Vinted buyer actually pay?

Your asking price plus Buyer Protection of about 5% plus $0.70. A $30 item costs the buyer $32.20 and a $100 item costs $105.70. Buyers see that total at checkout, so it suppresses what they will offer — worth pricing in rather than treating Vinted as free.

Does this cover shipping or my item cost?

No. This page isolates the platform fee stacks so the comparison stays clean. Shipping works differently on each — Mercari offers prepaid labels the seller or buyer can absorb, Vinted buyers choose and pay a carrier rate — and your item cost is identical either way. The single-platform calculators linked above carry item-cost fields.

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