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Poshmark Fee Calculator

See your real net profit on Poshmark — $2.95 flat under $15 or 20% above. Includes your cost basis and packing costs. Updated for 2026.

Your numbers

Quick start — try a preset

20% on sales >$15, $2.95 flat below

$

What you paid for the item

$

What the buyer pays for the item

$

$0 if free shipping. Most marketplaces charge fees on this too.

$

What you pay for the label

$

Box, tape, supplies, gas to thrift, etc.

Net profit

$18.00

ROI: 180.0%
Margin: 40.0%

Breakdown

Gross revenue (sale + shipping)
$45.00
− Cost basis
-$10.00
− Shipping cost
-$8.00
− Other costs
-$0.00
− Poshmark fees

20% × $45.00 = $9.00

-$9.00
Net profit
$18.00

Fees are estimates as of April 2026. Real fees vary by category, store subscription, and seller status. Always verify with the marketplace's current fee schedule.

The two-tier Poshmark fee structure, explained

Poshmark's 20% rate is the highest among major resale marketplaces — but the structure is also the simplest. There's no separate payment processing fee, no per-order fixed fee, and no shipping fee charged to the seller. Just $2.95 flat under $15 or 20% above.

That simplicity has trade-offs:

Most successful Poshmark closets focus on women's and luxury fashion priced $30+ where the platform's social-discovery model and brand-search behavior reliably surface listings. Lower-priced inventory or non-fashion categories often perform better elsewhere.

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Poshmark fee calculator FAQs

Poshmark charges a flat $2.95 on sales of $15 or less, and 20% on sales above $15. So a $14 sale costs you $2.95 (21% effective), while a $20 sale costs $4.00 (a flat 20%). The 20% covers everything — there's no separate payment processing fee, and shipping is paid by the buyer separately and not part of your fee calculation.
The flat $2.95 fee on sales $15 and under means low-priced items pay disproportionately. A $5 sale costs you 59% in fees ($2.95/$5). Pricing items between $13-15 is usually a mistake — bumping to $15.01 only adds $0.01 in revenue but drops the effective fee rate from 19.7% to 20%, which sounds bad but is the same dollar fee. The real lesson: avoid pricing under $10 unless cost basis is essentially zero.
Poshmark bundles services that other marketplaces unbundle: payment processing, prepaid USPS Priority shipping labels (the buyer pays the shipping fee but Poshmark generates the label), buyer protection, and a social-discovery network that tends to convert browsers into buyers at higher rates than search-based marketplaces. The 20% reflects that bundle. Whether it's worth it depends on how well your category sells through Poshmark's network versus eBay's search.
Promoted Closet is Poshmark's optional ad product where you set a daily budget and Poshmark shows your listings to more buyers. The fee is paid as you accrue impressions, separate from the 20% sale fee. For ROI math, treat Promoted Closet spend as an 'Other costs' line — it's marketing expense, not transaction fees. Most casual sellers don't need it; full-time closet operators with high-priced inventory often do.
No — and this is where the 20% rate is less painful than it looks compared to eBay. Poshmark's shipping is a flat fee paid by the buyer (around $7.97 for standard, more for heavier packages), and the seller receives a prepaid label. The 20% only applies to the item price. So a $50 sale costs $10 in Poshmark fees vs. eBay's ~$7.95 on the same item — but Poshmark covers the shipping label generation step.
Depends on price point. Under $15: Poshmark's flat $2.95 beats Mercari's percent-plus-fixed structure. $15-30: Mercari's ~14% effective is cheaper than Poshmark's 20%. $30+: still Mercari, but Poshmark's higher buyer match rate for fashion can offset the fee gap if your category fits. The right answer for most resellers is 'list on both' — cross-listing tools like List Perfectly or Vendoo make this practical.
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