Resale Profit & Fee Calculator: Poshmark, eBay, Depop & More

Platform fees are a mess. Every resale platform takes a different cut, some tack on extra fees, and resellers inevitably deal with a lot of surprises when they look at what they actually earn. The calculators on this page do the math for you so that you never have to guess again.

Pick a tab first, set your country (fees are different between countries), and the calculator works out the details across Poshmark, eBay, Mercari, Etsy, and Facebook. The four tools here are free to use and give you all relevant information at a glance so you can make informed purchase and selling decisions.

How to use the tool

There are four tabs at the top. Here’s how to use each one.

List price is for when you’ve got an item ready to go and you know what you want to make on it. Enter what you paid and the profit you want, and it gives you the lowest price you can list at on each platform and still hit that number after fees. Results are ranked best first, so the platform asking the least is right at the top.

Profit works the other way around. You already have a price in mind (or a buyer just sent you an offer), so enter your cost and that sale price to see exactly what you’d keep on each platform. This is the one to pull up when an offer comes in and you’re not sure whether to accept.

What can I pay? is the tool I use most, and I use it standing in the thrift store aisle. Enter what you think the item will sell for and the profit you want, and it tells you the most you should pay for it right now. If the sticker price is higher than that number, you put it back. It takes the guesswork (and the wishful thinking!) out of sourcing.

Bundle is for when a buyer wants several of your items in one go and asks for a deal. Add each item with what you paid and what it sells for on its own, then set your bundle price (it starts at the total of the individual prices, but drop it to model a discount). You’ll see your profit on the bundle and whether it actually beats selling the items separately. Bundles are great for moving inventory, but seeing one big number makes it easy to give away more than you meant to, so check it before you say yes.

Important notes

• The results for each calculator don’t include shipping, sales tax, or optional extras like promoted listings.
• Fees are different in Canada vs. the United States. Make sure you choose the right country!
• The lowest-fee platform isn’t automatically the best place to sell an item.

Pricing your items

This calculator gives you a floor, but your real job is figuring out the most a buyer will pay, then pricing with a little room to move. Here’s how I think about it:

• Start with comps, not the calculator. Look at what similar items actually sold for (not what they’re listed at) over the last few months, and average them. That’s your target price. The calculator then tells you whether the math works.
• Add a 10–20% cushion on top of your minimum. You need that room to send offers, run sales, and trigger events like Poshmark’s Closet Clear Out, all of which need a discount to work. Price too tight and you lock yourself out of the very tools that move inventory.
• Round up to a “9.” Prices ending in 9 reliably sell better, so if the calculator says your floor is $25, list at $29 (or $24.99 where cents are allowed). The one exception is high-end luxury, where round numbers read as more premium.
• For bundles, do the math and keep emotion out of it. A big bundle offer is exciting, but run it through the Bundle tab before you accept. More than once I’ve nearly taken a quick bundle sale only to realize I’d left real money on the table.

If you want the full pricing system (comps, cushions, dynamic price drops, the works), it’s all in The Complete Guide to Clothing Resale.