Same $40 listing. Meetup vs processing.

One sticker. Two rails. US Depop still takes 3.3% + $0.45 through Depop Payments even when Help prints no selling fee (Depop fees explained). OfferUp, in 2026, is a parking-lot handshake: Help still prints no fees or commission on in-person transactions, and new posts have been local-only since 23 Sep 2025 (OfferUp fees explained). That is Stripe vs a printed $0 meetup — not Depop vs Facebook Marketplace (processing vs a Meta local $0 that Help never prints as a cell) and not Depop vs Mercari (processing vs a live 10%). Empty shipping is the unit because OfferUp’s current product has no postage in the sale.

Same $40 card (organic Depop vs OfferUp meetup)

The unique unit: Stripe on a closet app vs a printed $0 handshake

“Both apps are free to sell on” is a slogan, not a keep line. Depop’s US table still shows no selling fee, then Stripe takes 3.3% + $0.45 on item + shipping + tax — including dollars you never keep. OfferUp is not the other percent in that table. It is a handshake with no OfferUp payout rail, and Help prints the no-commission sentence. That printed sentence is why this is not Depop vs Facebook Marketplace, where Meta’s 10% lives on shipping checkout and local $0 is inferred. The organic $40 gap here is $1.77 of Depop processing. A 0-versus-10 fight belongs on Depop vs Mercari, where Mercari’s 10% is still a live shipped product.

Depop: Seller fees and charges (updated 21 Jul 2026, fetched 28 Aug 2026), Boosted Listings, Marketplace fee. OfferUp (re-opened 28 Aug 2026, HTTP 200): What is OfferUp?, Nationwide shipping ending (updated 21 Jul 2026), Getting paid (updated 25 Nov 2025). Line-by-line stacks: Depop seller fees explained, OfferUp seller fees explained. Closet compares that are not this page: Depop vs Facebook Marketplace, Depop vs Mercari. Hub: /seller-fees/.

1. Depop’s $40 still pays processing. “0% selling fee” is not $0 cost.

Depop Help, “Seller fees and charges,” updated 21 Jul 2026, opened 28 Aug 2026:

“No Depop Selling fees will be charged to sellers based in the UK, US, or AUS.”

The US processing row on that same table is 3.3% + $0.45 through Depop Payments (Stripe), charged on item sale price plus shipping costs and any applicable taxes. Zero selling fee is not a zero-cost sale. Empty ship, empty tax, $40 sticker:

• 3.3% of $40 is $1.32; add the $0.45 flat → $1.77 leaves the payout.
• You hold $38.23 before COGS (about 4.4 points — not a 0% story).
• Against OfferUp cash, that $1.77 is the organic gap. Boost and Promote are separate lines.

Drop the sticker to $12 with shipping still empty: 3.3% of $12 rounds to $0.40, plus $0.45 is $0.85 (~7.1 points), leftover $11.15. The handshake still holds $12 if you took cash and pasted nothing. The $0.45 flat is the plot at $12, not a rounded “three percent vs free” headline.

2. OfferUp meetup: Help still prints no in-person commission. 2026 posts cannot ship.

OfferUp Help, “What is OfferUp?”, re-opened 28 Aug 2026 (HTTP 200):

“OfferUp doesn’t charge fees or take a commission from your in-person transactions.”

That sentence is the reason this card is not a clone of Facebook Marketplace local. Meta Help describes meetups and separately documents a 10% selling fee for shipping checkout; it does not print a local $0 selling-fee cell. OfferUp prints the no-commission line. We still disclose what is not in that sentence: optional Promote, extra listings over the free monthly cap, and whatever Venmo / Zelle / PayPal actually charged you. Those are paste-only. Empty = $0. This page will not invent 2.9%, $1.99, or any other unofficial in-person percent.

“Nationwide shipping ending,” updated 21 Jul 2026, re-opened 28 Aug 2026 (HTTP 200):

“September 23, 2025: You will no longer be able to select the shipping option when posting new items. From this date forward, all newly posted items must be for local pickup only.”

The same article: no plans to bring nationwide shipping back. Getting paid (updated 25 Nov 2025) says you are paid on the spot; cash is the safest method; app-based PayPal / Zelle / Venmo “carry some risk.” There is no OfferUp payout rail on a 2026 handshake, so there is no OfferUp processing stack to mill next to Depop’s 3.3% + $0.45.

Leftover Shipping Policy copy still prints 12.9% of item, $1.99 minimum for the retired shipped product. That formula is a receipt decoder on OfferUp fees explained. It is not this card’s default, and it is not a toggle you can still choose on a new 2026 listing. Do not paste 12.9% onto a driveway sale “to make Depop look cheaper.”

3. Boost 12% is a Depop keep line. It does not apply to OfferUp meetup.

Boosted Listings (US/UK row) and the seller-fees table (footnoted “new listings from 23 March 2026”) both print 12% for US sellers:

You’ll only pay a boosting fee if a buyer interacts with your boosted listing (views, clicks, or likes it) and then purchases the item within 28 days.

The 12% sits on item price excluding tax. Shipping joins that 12% only when you skip a Depop Shipping label. Processing still runs underneath. OfferUp’s handshake has no published twin of that 12%. Promote is an optional app-store charge with no public 1-day dollar table — paste the receipt, or leave it empty. Stacking 12% onto the $40 cash keep “for fairness” is inventing an OfferUp rate this page will not print.

$40 sticker, empty ship, empty tax, Boost converts (Depop label — postage stays out of the 12%):

• Depop out: $1.77 processing plus 12% of $40 = $4.80, total $6.57, leftover $33.43.
• OfferUp handshake leftover: $40.00 under the printed no-commission line, empty Promote paste.
• Gap is now meetup +$6.57. The extra $4.80 came off Depop. It did not appear on OfferUp, and it did not make the closet app beat cash on the spot.

That is Boost on this pair. The same $4.80 can reverse a live 10% race on Depop vs Mercari. OfferUp’s 2026 product is not that race. Pretending Boost “wins OfferUp” is mixing cards.

4. Why empty shipping is the product — and why tax stays optional

OfferUp’s 2026 listing cannot select shipping. Empty shipping ($0 in both bases) is not a modeling convenience the way a Facebook local compare has to argue past a still-live shipped-checkout product. Here the handshake is the product. Depop processing still follows shipping if you charge it. Putting a $7-style label on Depop and $0 on OfferUp is a shipped closet sale versus a driveway sale — two SKUs, not one.

Paste a Depop postage dollar only when that sale actually charged it: it joins the 3.3% base. The OfferUp leftover still has no platform postage — gas and the parking-lot hour are COGS, not a commission. We will not mint unofficial USPS-style Depop tiers. How to ship - US had no public US weight-tier dollar grid when opened 28 Aug 2026.

Keep the buyer Marketplace fee off the seller column. What is the Marketplace fee? is a US/UK buyer checkout line: up to 5% of item plus up to $1, tax and shipping excluded, exact amount shown at checkout. Help will not collapse that to one published percent, so this card will not mint 4.2% or any midpoint. Seller keep on $40 is not “3.3% + $0.45 + 5% + $1.” Adding the buyer line is how blogs inflate Depop versus cash.

State Sales Tax in the US (Depop) says the company calculates, collects, and remits as a marketplace facilitator, and that the tax element is inside the Payment Processing fee. Leave tax blank ($0) unless a receipt line exists. No 50-state engine. OfferUp cash typically has no platform tax row — your own obligation is yours; we will not invent a rate.

Worked: same $40 organic meetup, then Boost, then the $0.45 bite

When the handshake leftover is larger — and when you switched products

The rail decides. The logo does not.

• Organic empty-ship, cash on the spot: $40.00 vs $38.23. True only if the OfferUp sale was actually in-person and Boost did not convert.
• Boost converted: Depop leftover $33.43 on this $40 sticker; handshake still $40. Boost edits Depop. It does not mint an OfferUp selling percent.
• Cheap stickers: $0.45 on $12 is already ~3.8 points before 3.3% runs. Cash does not carry that flat.
• Promote / extra post / P2P paste: if the app store or PayPal Goods & Services actually billed you, drop that dollar in. Blank means $0. Inventing $1.99 or 2.9% + $0.30 as an OfferUp selling fee is off this card.
• Retired shipping: 12.9% / $1.99 min still exists as leftover policy and is not a 2026 new-post option. Do not quote it as the meetup number.
• Stolen bases: folding in Depop’s buyer Marketplace fee, copying Boost 12% onto OfferUp, treating 12.9% as a live listing toggle, or parking postage only on Depop against a driveway sale, is fiction.

Replay the same $40 on the hub worksheet

1. Open the profit calculator on /seller-fees/ (home: realratecalc.com).
2. US Depop organic: commission 0, processing 3.3, flat 0.45. Keep shipping blank so the row stays a 2026 handshake comparable. Extra % = 0 unless Boost actually converted — then 12. Do not park the buyer Marketplace fee in a seller box. Tax only from a receipt.
3. OfferUp in-person: commission 0, processing 0, flat 0. Help still prints no in-person commission. If a Promote or extra post actually billed you, drop that dollar in other costs — do not invent a percent.
4. Old shipped OfferUp receipts only: 12.9% of item, $1.99 floor, documented on OfferUp fees explained. Not a 2026 listing preset on this compare.
5. COGS, gas, and pack go in cost fields. Keep on this page is platform leftover, not profit after the parking-lot hour.
6. Reconcile to a Depop Balance payout or the cash you actually held. Either company can change the live copy.

Same SKU on Facebook Marketplace local is processing vs a meetup Meta does not print $0 for: Depop vs Facebook Marketplace. Same SKU on Mercari is a 10%-on-item+ship stack: Depop vs Mercari. Full US Depop stack: Depop fees explained. OfferUp local vs leftover shipping: OfferUp fees explained. Hub: seller-fees index.

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