Where to Sell Vintage Clothes: Depop, Etsy, Vinted, eBay and More Compared

Vintage clothes sell on fashion resale apps, on Etsy, on eBay and face to face. Which one pays best depends on where you live, what the piece is worth and how much stock you have. This guide compares Depop, Etsy, Vinted, eBay, Grailed, Vestiaire Collective, Poshmark, Whatnot, Facebook Marketplace and selling in person. Fees and rules come from each company’s own pages, checked on 10 November 2026.

We make FLUF Connect, a tool for listing the same item on several marketplaces. If you are comparing software for a vintage business, our page for vintage sellers covers that. This guide is about the marketplaces.

Where Can You Sell Vintage Clothes Online?

What Is the Best Place to Sell Vintage Clothes?

There isn’t one answer, because the fees and the buyers differ by country. A rough guide:

• In the UK, start with Vinted and eBay. Neither takes a selling fee from a private seller, so you keep the full price. Depop costs a little more, in payment processing, and adds a third set of buyers.
• In the US, start with Depop. It has no selling fee there. Etsy and eBay cost more, but Etsy has a category set aside for vintage, and an eBay auction finds a price for something rare.
• For designer vintage, add Grailed or Vestiaire Collective, where buyers search by designer.
• For volume, such as a rail of 90s sweatshirts, Whatnot live shows sell many pieces in one sitting.

You can list the same piece on two or three of these at once, since each one has different buyers. More on that below.

Is Depop Good for Selling Vintage Clothes?

Depop describes itself in its terms as a fashion marketplace with a global community. For sellers in the UK, the US and Australia, Depop’s seller fees page says there is no selling fee. You pay payment processing instead: 2.9% + £0.30 in the UK, or 3.3% + $0.45 in the US, on the item price plus shipping and any tax. Buyers in those countries pay a separate marketplace fee at checkout.

Sellers outside the UK, US and Australia pay a 10% selling fee, plus PayPal’s fee. Boosted listings carry a 12% boosting fee on the sale, so leave boosting off until you know your margins.

Can You Sell Vintage Clothes on Etsy?

Yes, if the piece really is vintage. Etsy’s Creativity Standards define vintage as items that are 20 years old or more, which you personally curated or collected. Resold items newer than 20 years are not allowed, even if they are designed to look vintage. Etsy may ask you for photos or information about an item’s source, age, designer or materials, so keep notes on where each piece came from.

Etsy’s fees have more parts than the apps above:

• $0.20 to list each item, charged again when the listing renews after four months.
• A 6.5% transaction fee on the item price plus what you charge for delivery.
• Payment processing of 3% + $0.25 in the US, or 4% + £0.20 in the UK.
• An Offsite Ads fee of 15% when Etsy’s advertising on other sites leads to a sale. Shops under $10,000 in yearly sales can opt out; above that it drops to 12% and is compulsory.
• In some countries, a regulatory operating fee.

That adds up to more than Depop or Vinted. In return, vintage is one of the few kinds of resold item Etsy accepts, so you are not competing with new fast fashion there.

Should You Sell Vintage on Vinted?

For UK and European sellers, Vinted costs nothing to sell on. Its help centre says there are no selling fees. The buyer pays the Vinted fee, which the UK price list puts at usually 3% to 8% plus £0.30 to £0.80, added at checkout.

The catch is price. Buyers can make offers, and a rare 1970s piece listed next to everyday second-hand clothes may fetch more on Etsy, eBay or Depop. Check what similar pieces have sold for before you choose.

Is eBay Still Worth It for Vintage Clothing?

It depends on your country. In the UK, eBay’s private seller fee page says UK-based private sellers pay no final value fee and no regulatory operating fee. You get 300 free listings a month, and Gallery Plus (larger photos in search) is free in Clothes, Shoes & Accessories. Fees apply above 300 listings, for optional upgrades, and for overseas delivery unless you use eBay International Shipping. Business sellers pay different rates.

In the US, eBay’s selling fees for most clothing are 13.6% of the total sale up to $7,500, plus $0.40 per order over $10. The total includes postage and sales tax. eBay auctions are useful when you don’t know what a rare piece is worth.

Grailed and Vestiaire Collective for Designer Vintage

Grailed lists Vintage as a main section of its site, next to menswear, womenswear and sneakers. Its fees are 9% on sales of $120 or more and 6% below that (minimum $1.99). A separate processing fee of 3.49% + $0.49 applies to US domestic sales for sellers set up with Stripe.

Vestiaire Collective sells designer fashion and has a vintage filter. Its fees are high on cheap pieces. On the UK fee page, items under £83 pay a fixed £10, and items from £83 to £16,667 pay 12%. On the US page, items under $75 pay a fixed $12 and items from $75 to $15,000 pay 17%. A 3% processing fee is added, with a minimum of £3 or $3. Keep Vestiaire for designer vintage worth a few hundred.

Selling Vintage Live on Whatnot and Poshmark

Whatnot is a live shopping app: you run a show and buyers bid or buy in real time. Its seller fees at the standard tier are 8% in the US and 6.67% in the UK, on the item price only, plus processing (2.9% + $0.30 in the US). It suits sellers with a lot of stock and the time to present it on camera. Our guide to selling vintage clothing on Whatnot covers show formats and pricing.

Poshmark is a US fashion resale marketplace. Its fee is $2.95 on sales of $15 and under and 20% above that, which is high for a $50 piece. It suits vintage from well-known brands, where buyers search by name.

How Much Do You Keep When You Sell Vintage Clothes?

What a private seller keeps from a $50 vintage jacket in the US, leaving postage aside:

And from a £40 jacket in the UK:

Etsy’s figures leave out Offsite Ads, which add 15% on a sale that comes from Etsy’s advertising, and any regulatory operating fee. The cheapest marketplace is not automatically the one that nets you most: a piece that sells for £60 on Etsy beats one that sits on Vinted at £40.

Where to Sell Vintage Clothes in Person

• Vintage fairs and markets. You pay for a pitch and keep what you take. Buyers can try things on, which helps with older sizing, and you meet regular customers.
• Vintage shops. Some buy stock outright and some sell on consignment for a share of the price. You get paid less than you would online, but without photographing, listing or posting anything. Ask each shop how it works before you bring stock in.
• Etsy sellers at fairs. Etsy’s fee policy says in-person sales taken with a Square reader are not charged Etsy’s 6.5% transaction fee or Etsy’s processing fee. Square’s own fees apply instead.
• Facebook Marketplace. Good for bulky items like coats, and for local buyers who want to see a piece first. Meet in a busy public place and take payment that has cleared before you hand anything over.

Can You List Vintage Clothes on Several Sites at Once?

Yes. A one-off piece listed on Depop, Etsy and eBay reaches three sets of buyers. The risk is selling it twice. Depop’s terms allow listing through crosslisting tools on the condition that you remove the item from Depop promptly when it sells elsewhere, and that you are responsible for refunding a buyer if it sells on both.

That is the job FLUF Connect does. You create the listing once and send it to the marketplaces you choose, including Depop, Etsy, Vinted, eBay, Grailed, Vestiaire Collective, Whatnot, Poshmark and Facebook Marketplace. When the piece sells on one of them, FLUF Connect takes it off the others. You need your own seller account on each marketplace, and each one’s fees still apply. On Etsy, that includes the $0.20 listing fee for each item you send there.

How Do You Get a Better Price for Vintage Clothes?

• Give measurements, not just the label size. Sizes have changed over the decades, so pit-to-pit, length and waist measurements stop returns.
• Name the era and the evidence. Say why you date a piece to the 1980s: the label, the fabric, a union tag or a care label. Etsy may ask for the same information.
• Photograph the flaws. Show any marks, fading, repairs or missing buttons close up. Buyers forgive wear they were shown.
• Use the words buyers search for. Brand, era, style and material: “1990s Levi’s 501 denim jacket” finds more buyers than “old jacket”.
• Price from sold listings. Look at what similar pieces have sold for, not what sellers are asking.
• Match the marketplace to the piece. Everyday vintage suits Vinted and Depop. Older, rarer and designer pieces suit Etsy, eBay, Grailed and Vestiaire.

Choosing between Depop and Vinted? See Depop vs Vinted. Selling designer pieces too? See where to sell designer bags, and our crosslisting app comparison for tools that list on several marketplaces.