Quickly calculate your Vinted fees, buyer costs, and real profit in seconds.
Vinted Fees Calculator UK
Seller profit, buyer costs, bundles & platform comparison.
Fill in your listing details and press Calculate Profit.
Enter the item price and press Calculate Total.
Add your bundle items and press Calculate Bundle.
Enter an item price and press Compare Platforms.
If you've ever listed something on Vinted and wondered why the buyer's total looks higher than your price tag, or you're trying to work out whether a bundle discount is actually worth it, this Vinted fees calculator UK tool (the one above this post) does the maths for you. Below, I'll walk through exactly how Vinted's fees work, how to use each part of the calculator, and how the numbers stack up against eBay, Depop and Etsy — so you're not just guessing at your margins every time you list something.
How Vinted Fees Actually Work in the UK
Here's the bit that trips up almost everyone who's new to selling on Vinted: Vinted doesn't charge sellers anything. No listing fee, no final value fee, no percentage taken off your sale. If you list a jumper for £15 and it sells, £15 lands in your Vinted balance. That's genuinely different from how eBay, Depop and Etsy work, and it's the main reason so many UK resellers have moved most of their stock over to Vinted in the last couple of years.
So where does Vinted make its money? From the buyer, not you. Every purchase made through the "Buy now" button includes a Buyer Protection fee, which the buyer pays on top of your listed price. It covers things like refund cover if the item doesn't turn up, secure payment handling, and customer support. According to Vinted's own price list, this fee is worked out as a percentage of the item price plus a small fixed amount, and the exact rate falls somewhere in the range of roughly 3% to 8%, plus £0.30 to £0.80, depending on the price and category of the item.
This is exactly why buyers sometimes try to knock a pound or two off your asking price in the offer box — they're doing rough maths on what their actual checkout total is going to be once the protection fee gets added.
Estimated Buyer Protection fee tiers
Vinted doesn't publish the exact price bands where the percentage changes, so the table below is the estimate this calculator uses, built around the published 3–8% + £0.30–£0.80 range. Treat it as a close approximation for planning your prices, not a guaranteed checkout figure — Vinted confirms the real number at payment.
| Item Price | Approx. Rate | Fixed Fee | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under £10 | ~8% | £0.80 | £8 item → ~£1.44 fee |
| £10 – £20 | ~6% | £0.70 | £15 item → ~£1.60 fee |
| £20 – £50 | ~5% | £0.70 | £30 item → ~£2.20 fee |
| £50 – £100 | ~4% | £0.60 | £70 item → ~£3.40 fee |
| £100+ | ~3% | £0.50 | £150 item → ~£5.00 fee |
How to Use This Vinted Fees Calculator
The calculator above has four tabs, and each one answers a different question depending on whether you're selling, buying, bundling items together, or trying to decide which platform to sell on in the first place. Here's how to get the most out of it.
Seller tab — working out your real profit
This is the tab most people open first. Because Vinted charges 0% seller fees, your net profit is simply your listing price minus what you originally paid for the item, minus packaging, minus any shipping cost you're covering yourself, minus Item Bump (£0.95) or Spotlight (£6.95) if you've switched those on. It sounds obvious written out like that, but most sellers forget to account for packaging and end up thinking they made more than they actually did. A 50p mailing bag on a £6 item is over 8% of your sale price — small numbers add up fast when you're clearing out a wardrobe.
Buyer tab — what you'll actually pay at checkout
This is the one to use before you commit to an offer. Put in the item price and the seller's shipping cost, and if you're planning to add Verification (£10, an optional check-and-authenticate service) or Electronics cover (£5), toggle those on too. The tier chips underneath the shipping field update live as you type, so you can see exactly which fee band your purchase falls into before you even press Calculate.
Bundle tab — checking if a discount is actually worth it
Sellers often offer a bundle discount to encourage people to buy several items at once, but it's easy to undercut yourself if you don't do the maths properly. This is where a proper vinted bundle discount calculator earns its keep — add each item's price, set the discount percentage the seller is offering (or that you're offering, if you're the seller), and the calculator applies that discount to the subtotal first, then works out the Buyer Protection fee on the discounted amount, before adding shipping on top. That order of operations matters — a 15% bundle discount doesn't just knock 15% off the final checkout total, because the fee itself shrinks along with the discounted price.
Compare tab — Vinted vs eBay vs Depop vs Etsy
If you're not sure Vinted is the right platform for a particular item — say you're also considering eBay for something more collectible — this tab runs the same listing price through Vinted, Depop, eBay and Etsy's standard seller fee structures side by side, so you can see which one actually leaves you with the most money before you list. More on how those numbers compare below.
Vinted vs eBay vs Depop vs Etsy: How the Fees Compare
Vinted's zero seller fee is the headline, but it only tells half the story. Here's how a £30 item plays out across the four platforms most UK resellers actually use, based on each platform's standard published seller fee structure.
| Platform | Seller Fee | You Keep on a £30 Item |
|---|---|---|
| VintedCHEAPEST | 0% | £30.00 |
| Etsy | 6.5% + 20p | £27.85 |
| Depop | 10% | £27.00 |
| eBay | 12.8% + 30p | £25.86 |
Net amount kept by the seller on an identical £30 listing, before postage or item cost. Fee rates are each platform's standard published seller rate and can vary by category, seller level or subscription tier.
Where this gets more nuanced is audience and category. eBay still pulls a bigger crowd for electronics and collectibles, and Etsy's buyers are actively searching for handmade or unique items, so the higher fee sometimes pays for itself in extra visibility. But for straightforward clothing and accessories — which is most of what gets listed on Vinted anyway — the platform's 0% seller fee is very hard to beat, and it's why so many casual sellers default to it first.
Vinted Profit Calculator: A Few Things That Quietly Eat Your Margin
Because Vinted doesn't take a cut, it's tempting to assume whatever price you list at is pure profit. In practice, a proper vinted profit calculator needs to account for a few things that don't show up on your Vinted balance but absolutely hit your bank account:
- Packaging — mailing bags, tape and bubble wrap typically run 20p to £1 per parcel depending on size.
- Shipping shortfalls — if you're offering "free" postage or covering part of a bundle's shipping, that comes straight out of your profit.
- Promotional tools — Item Bump and Wardrobe Spotlight are optional, but they're a real cost if you switch them on regularly.
- Tax reporting — if you sell more than 30 items or your Vinted sales pass roughly £1,700 in a calendar year, Vinted is required to report your seller data to HMRC under DAC7 rules. That doesn't automatically mean you owe tax — the standard £1,000 trading allowance still applies to casual sellers — but it's worth knowing the reporting threshold exists if you're selling regularly rather than just clearing out a wardrobe once.
None of these are deducted by Vinted itself, which is exactly why they're easy to overlook until you actually sit down and add them up.
Frequently Asked Questions
Tap a question to see the answer.
No. Vinted's standard UK seller accounts pay 0% commission — no listing fee, no final value fee, no payment processing cut. The price you list at is the price that lands in your balance, minus nothing.
Vinted's own price list puts the Buyer Protection fee at roughly 3% to 8% of the item price plus a fixed fee of £0.30 to £0.80, and it's paid by the buyer, not the seller. The exact figure depends on the item's price and category, which is exactly what this calculator estimates for you.
Yes, it's completely free, with no sign-up required. It runs entirely in your browser, so nothing you type into it is stored or sent anywhere.
Yes — the Bundle tab lets you add multiple item prices, apply a discount percentage to the subtotal, and see the Buyer Protection fee recalculated on the discounted amount, plus shipping, so you get an accurate final total rather than a rough estimate.
For a standard sale, yes. Vinted's 0% seller fee beats Depop's 10% and eBay's roughly 12.8% plus 30p on identical listing prices. eBay and Etsy can still make sense for categories where they bring a bigger or more specific audience, even with the higher fee.
Casual sellers clearing out their own wardrobe are usually covered by the £1,000 trading allowance. If you're sourcing items specifically to resell for profit, or you cross Vinted's DAC7 reporting thresholds (30+ transactions or roughly £1,700+ in a year), it's worth checking your position with HMRC or an accountant, since this calculator only covers Vinted's own fees, not your personal tax situation.
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