Depop alternatives UK: an honest comparison

What are you trying to change?

You are probably trying to change Depop’s processing charge, the buyer marketplace charge, or an in-person sale outside its protection. There is no UK selling charge, and processing still applies to the item price, shipping and applicable taxes. Optional boosts are extra, so a seller total that ignores them is incomplete. See Vinted alternatives and eBay alternatives if you are comparing more than one fashion app.

How do seller cost, postage and handover compare?

Compare the row, not a slogan. Every competitor cell is a checked official summary, or it says Not stated, and the note under the table has the full sentence plus the official URL. SilentSale® is last so the page does not put us first.

1. Depop has no UK selling charge, but its UK payment processing costs 2.9% plus £0.30 on the item price, shipping and applicable taxes. Optional boosts cost extra. https://depophelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360001791127-Seller-fees-and-charges
2. For UK buyers purchasing in GBP, Depop’s marketplace charge is up to 5% plus up to £1, excluding postage and taxes; checkout shows the actual amount. https://depophelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/21752555753361-What-is-the-Marketplace-fee
3. Depop offers eligible UK sellers protection for transit loss or damage when using its shipping label, with a £250 transaction limit including shipping and taxes, and further conditions. https://depophelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360001845367-Depop-Protection-for-sellers
4. Eligible UK buyers who check out through Depop Payments can report non-arrival, damage or significant misdescription within 30 days of purchase through its protection process. https://depophelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360038461713-Depop-Protection-for-buyers
5. Depop says in-person transactions are outside Depop Protection. https://depophelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360001901728-Meeting-in-person
6. Vinted lists items for free and advertises zero selling charges. https://www.vinted.co.uk/how_it_works
7. Vinted’s price list describes a variable buyer charge, usually 3%–8% plus £0.30–£0.80, shown at checkout. Compare the actual checkout total. https://www.vinted.co.uk/pricelist
8. Vinted’s selling guide describes prepaid labels and dispatch within five days. https://www.vinted.co.uk/how_it_works
9. Vinted describes buyer refunds for non-arrival, transit damage or significant misdescription, subject to its rules, and asks buyers to report delivery problems within two days. https://www.vinted.co.uk/how_it_works
10. UK private sellers get 300 free monthly listings on eBay and no final-value selling charge for eligible domestic sales. Motors, business selling, upgrades and other exceptions have different costs. https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/fees-credits-invoices?id=4822
11. For an eligible £10 item price set by a UK private seller, eBay’s published buyer calculation is £0.10 plus 7%, making £0.80. The buyer sees £10.80 before postage, including that charge. https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/buying/paying-items/buyer-protection-fee?id=5594
12. eBay describes help for eligible purchases that do not arrive or do not match the listing. Eligibility and case rules still apply. https://pages.ebay.co.uk/ebay-money-back-guarantee/
13. eBay supports collection in person with in-app payment and a buyer QR or six-digit collection code as proof of handover. https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/shipping-items/setting-shipping-options/local-pickup?id=4181
14. Gumtree’s online payments guidance lists no seller transaction costs and a buyer charge of £0.70 plus 5%–10%, depending on the item. Delivery is additional for the buyer. https://www.gumtree.com/info/safety/p/payments/how-fees-and-selling-costs-are-charged/
15. Gumtree offers online payment for delivery-enabled eligible items up to £250. https://www.gumtree.com/info/safety/p/payments/how-payments-work-for-items-eligible-for-delivery-on-gumtree/
16. Gumtree’s buyer protection policy requires payment through its checkout and requires buyers to report issues through My Orders within 48 hours of confirmed delivery. https://www.gumtree.com/info/safety/p/trust-safety/buying/buyer-protection-policy/
17. Gumtree also describes collection with online payment: the seller enters the buyer’s six-digit Collection Code to complete the transaction and release funds. Check availability on the actual advert. https://www.gumtree.com/info/safety/p/payments/how-payments-work-for-items-eligible-for-delivery-on-gumtree/

What is Depop best for here, and where does it fall short?

Depop is best for fashion sellers who will pay payment processing instead of a selling charge. The gap on Depop is the processing charge on the item, shipping and taxes, the buyer charge of up to 5% plus up to £1, and in-person sales sitting outside its protection. The checked UK seller cost is 2.9% plus £0.30 on the item price, shipping and applicable taxes, and the buyer charge is up to 5% plus up to £1, with the actual amount at checkout. In-person transactions are outside Depop Protection, seller transit protection requires its label and has a £250 limit including shipping and taxes, and eligible buyers have 30 days from purchase to report. Read SilentSale® vs Depop before treating that cap as the amount every buyer pays.

Depop has no UK selling charge, but its UK payment processing costs 2.9% plus £0.30 on the item price, shipping and applicable taxes. Optional boosts cost extra. Source

For UK buyers purchasing in GBP, Depop’s marketplace charge is up to 5% plus up to £1, excluding postage and taxes; checkout shows the actual amount. Source

Depop offers eligible UK sellers protection for transit loss or damage when using its shipping label, with a £250 transaction limit including shipping and taxes, and further conditions. Source

Eligible UK buyers who check out through Depop Payments can report non-arrival, damage or significant misdescription within 30 days of purchase through its protection process. Source

Depop says in-person transactions are outside Depop Protection. Source

What is Vinted best for here, and where does it fall short?

Vinted is best for sellers who want free listing and the zero selling charges its guide advertises. If Depop’s processing charge is the problem, Vinted’s seller side is published as zero selling charges, and the buyer charge moves to checkout. The buyer charge varies and the checkout total is the one that counts, postage in the checked guide is a prepaid label with dispatch within five days, and delivery problems are to be reported within two days. In-person acceptance is Not stated in the claims checked here. Read SilentSale® vs Vinted for the longer notes.

Vinted lists items for free and advertises zero selling charges. Source

Vinted’s price list describes a variable buyer charge, usually 3%–8% plus £0.30–£0.80, shown at checkout. Compare the actual checkout total. Source

Vinted’s selling guide describes prepaid labels and dispatch within five days. Source

Vinted describes buyer refunds for non-arrival, transit damage or significant misdescription, subject to its rules, and asks buyers to report delivery problems within two days. Source

What is eBay best for here, and where does it fall short?

eBay is best for an eligible UK private seller who wants 300 free monthly listings and no final-value selling charge, with exclusions for Motors, business selling and upgrades. If the gap at Depop is an in-person sale, eBay’s collection code is proof of handover, and it is not a SilentSale® PIN. A dispute day-count is Not stated on the money-back page we checked, and a postage price is Not stated here. Collection can be proved with a buyer QR code or a six-digit code, which is the in-person rule we can cite. Read SilentSale® vs eBay for the published £10 buyer arithmetic.

UK private sellers get 300 free monthly listings on eBay and no final-value selling charge for eligible domestic sales. Motors, business selling, upgrades and other exceptions have different costs. Source

For an eligible £10 item price set by a UK private seller, eBay’s published buyer calculation is £0.10 plus 7%, making £0.80. The buyer sees £10.80 before postage, including that charge. Source

eBay describes help for eligible purchases that do not arrive or do not match the listing. Eligibility and case rules still apply. Source

eBay supports collection in person with in-app payment and a buyer QR or six-digit collection code as proof of handover. Source

What is Gumtree best for here, and where does it fall short?

Gumtree is best for a local advert when you can accept a buyer charge in exchange for no seller transaction cost on its payments page. If you are leaving Depop for local collection, Gumtree describes a six-digit Collection Code on eligible adverts, and the buyer charge is still £0.70 plus 5%–10%. That buyer charge is £0.70 plus 5%–10% depending on the item, and delivery is additional. Online payment for delivery is described for eligible items up to £250, issues go through My Orders within 48 hours of confirmed delivery, and collection uses a six-digit code where the advert offers it. Read SilentSale® vs Gumtree and check the advert, because that code is not on every listing.

Gumtree’s online payments guidance lists no seller transaction costs and a buyer charge of £0.70 plus 5%–10%, depending on the item. Delivery is additional for the buyer. Source

Gumtree offers online payment for delivery-enabled eligible items up to £250. Source

Gumtree also describes collection with online payment: the seller enters the buyer’s six-digit Collection Code to complete the transaction and release funds. Check availability on the actual advert. Source

Gumtree’s buyer protection policy requires payment through its checkout and requires buyers to report issues through My Orders within 48 hours of confirmed delivery. Source

Where does SilentSale® lose, and when does it fit?

SilentSale® loses on audience size because it is newer and smaller, and on postage because nothing here makes UK delivery free. It fits when a meetup should end with an in-app PIN rather than sit outside Depop Protection. On £10, £25 and £50 each side pays SilentCover® of £0.60, £1.05 and £1.80, so before postage the buyer pays £10.60, £26.05 or £51.80 and the seller receives £9.40, £23.95 or £48.20. The catalogue is smaller because SilentSale® is newer, which you can judge in categories, and there is no postage-free shipping across the marketplace. Courier labels are bought through ShipEngine or Sendcloud at carrier cost, published as live prices by postcode area. PIN Pickup has £0 postage, the PIN is acceptance, and Stripe holds funds until the order completes under SilentCover®.

There are no listing costs. The standard seller contribution to SilentCover® is deducted after a successful sale; review your earnings preview.

SilentCover® is a discretionary protection service under the SilentSale® Terms. Both sides protected equally: buyer and seller each contribute £0.30 + 3% of the item price. Decisions depend on the Terms and evidence.

£10 item: buyer pays £0.60 SilentCover®, seller pays £0.60. Before delivery and any eligible adjustments, the buyer pays £10.60 and the seller receives £9.40.

Stripe processes payments and holds funds until the order completes.

For Shipping, report problems within 72 hours after confirmed delivery, or the collection scan for a locker or parcel-shop order. Confirming receipt closes the window early, so inspect first.

PIN Pickup is an in-person handover. The buyer inspects the item before sharing their six-digit PIN; the seller enters it in the app to complete the order. The PIN is acceptance. There is no shipping, tracking or post-handover dispute window.

Which should you pick?

Choose by the job you need done, with Depop as the starting row rather than as the winner. Work down the list, and stop at the first job that matches.

• If you want the lowest seller deduction, use the seller cell that states no selling charge, and accept the buyer cell beside it. On SilentSale® the seller pays SilentCover® as well.
• If the buyer’s total matters as much as your proceeds, compare the buyer column, including SilentCover® at £0.30 + 3% from the buyer. The worked buyer totals before postage are £10.60, £26.05 and £51.80.
• If postage is the reason for the search, open live prices by postcode area and compare them with the other checkout. SilentSale® does not make postage free.
• If the buyer may not show, use a handover that records acceptance. Where the cell says Not stated, do not invent a code. PIN Pickup is a six-digit PIN after inspection, and the PIN is acceptance.
• If the payment should stay in the app, read the protection column and SilentCover®. Stripe holds funds until the order completes.