Some great news for people trying to sell their old clothes.
Ebay has dropped selling fees in the UK for second-hand clothes, in direct competition with apps like Depop and Vinted.
As of April 8, 2024, all second-hand clothes sold over the digital marketplace will be free from buying and selling fees.
Buying and selling old clothes on Ebay is now completely free and will no longer incur a 12.8% fee.
Kirsty Keoghan, General Manager of Global Fashion for eBay said: 'Free fashion selling has come at the right time for a nation sitting on billions of pounds worth of unwanted clothes.'
The auction site said the change was designed to reduce waste and move consumers towards a circular economy. It added that free listing will make selling the nation's billions of pounds' worth of unwanted clothes less of a chore.
Other fashion items listed on Ebay, including jewellery, handbags and trainers, aren't covered by the changes and will still incur seller fees.
The move means Ebay will be competing with second-hand clothing apps like Vinted and Depop on more of a level playing field. Both apps, which are particularly popular with Gen Z, have waived seller fees.
How do eBay, Vinted, and Depop's fees compare?
Vinted
- No selling or listing fees
- There is a 'protection fee' charge for buyers, which varies with the price of the item.
- For bundles up to £500 buyers pay a fixed amount between £0.30 and £0.80 and between 3 and 8 per cent of the items cost
- For items over £500, buyers pay 3 per cent of the item pric
Depop
- No fees for sellers, as of last month.
- Depop used to charge a 10% seller fee. Now sellers pay a 2.9% payment processing fee and 30p.
- From April 15, buyers pay a marketplace fee of up to 5 per cent of the item price plus a fixed amount of up to £1
eBay
- Free to list up to 1,000 items per month, 35p charge afterwards
- Final value fee of 12.8 per cent of the total sale amount plus 30p per order
- A regulatory fee of 0.42 per cent plus additional fees to send items abroad
- Free for second-hand clothing
More on eBay Fees
Every month, you get up to 250 zero insertion fee listings, or more if you have an eBay Store. Learn more about how zero insertion fee listings work, including the terms and exclusions for those listings.
After you've used your zero insertion fee allowance, insertion fees are:
- Non-refundable if your item doesn't sell
- Charged per listing and per category. So, if you list your item in two categories, you'll pay an insertion fee for the second category too
- Charged for the original listing and each time you choose to relist your item
- Charged per listing if you create duplicate auction-style listings for identical items. Read more about our Duplicate listings policy
- Charged only once per listing for listings with multiple items. Read more about listings with multiple items and listings with variations