Crosslist from Depop to Mercari — Automatically
Push your Depop listings to Mercari without re-keying weights, conditions or categories — and sync 40 channels from one dashboard.
- Fees run the other way from what most sellers assume. Depop charges US sellers no selling fee — just 3.3% + $0.45 processing. Mercari has charged a flat 10% seller fee since 6 January 2025. Depop is materially cheaper per sale.
- Mercari’s buyers want different things. Fragrance, home goods, K-pop photocards, trading cards, LEGO and mall brands move on Mercari and stall on Depop.
- Two things will block a crosslist: Mercari requires a package weight at listing time, which Depop never asks for, and it rejects emoji outright — a problem when Depop titles routinely carry them.
- Condition maps cleanly: Depop’s five values fold into Mercari’s five-tier scale with one judgement call.
- Offers behave differently. An accepted Mercari offer is binding on the buyer; an accepted Depop offer is not — the buyer still has to go and buy.
- Cost: 7-day trial for £1, then plans from £9/month (Starter, 300 products) — automation is included on every plan.
Why Sell on Both Depop and Mercari?
These are both US resale marketplaces of roughly comparable size, and the case for running both is not “more eyeballs” — it is that they sell genuinely different things to genuinely different people.
Depop is style-led and browse-driven. Its buyer skews young, its catalogue skews Y2K, vintage and streetwear, and merchandising effort is rewarded: styled, modelled, full-outfit photography visibly outperforms flat-lays. Etsy reported Depop GMS of $299.7 million in Q4 2025, up 37.2% currency-neutral, with US buyer GMS up 60.2%, 7.0 million active buyers and 3.2 million active sellers. Depop is now owned by eBay, which completed its acquisition on 30 July 2026 and says it will keep the brand, platform and culture distinct.
Mercari is search-led and category-agnostic. It sells things Depop either bans or simply has no audience for. Fragrance is the clearest case — Depop and Poshmark restrict used perfume; Mercari has an established secondhand fragrance community. So are household goods, K-pop photocards, Funkos, Pokémon and Magic cards, LEGO and broken electronics for parts. Mercari’s own reported growth is led by Entertainment & Hobbies — collectibles and trading cards — alongside fashion. Its US GMV was $208 million in the quarter to mid-2026, up 15%, with 4.2 million monthly active users.
The practical read: your Depop wardrobe is probably not the right inventory for Mercari, but the rest of your house might be. Mall brands that “would hardly move on Depop” — American Eagle, Hollister and similar — are reported by sellers to shift on Mercari, and vice versa.
| Depop | Mercari (US) | |
|---|---|---|
| Seller fee | None for US, UK and Australian sellers | 10% of item price + buyer-paid shipping |
| Payment processing | US 3.3% + $0.45; UK 2.9% + £0.30 | None on the current fee structure |
| Buyer-side fee | Marketplace fee up to 5% + up to $1 | Flat 3.6% Buyer Protection fee |
| Listing fee | None | None — “listing an item is always free” |
| Audience | 7.0m active buyers; Gen Z skew | 4.2m monthly active users; broad age range |
| What sells | Vintage, Y2K, streetwear, styled fashion | Collectibles, trading cards, fragrance, home goods, mall brands, electronics |
| Discovery | Browse and hashtags; merchandising-led | Search and category; price-led |
| Optional boost | Boosted Listings 12% for US and UK sellers on new listings from 23 March 2026 | Promote, Offer to Likers and Time-Limited Sale — all free but require price cuts |
What Each Sale Actually Costs
This is the section most crossposting guides get wrong, because Mercari’s fee structure has changed twice in two years and much of the internet is still describing the middle version.
Mercari removed seller fees in March 2024 and reinstated them on 6 January 2025. The current position, from Mercari’s own fee page, is a flat 10% selling fee charged on the item price plus buyer-paid shipping, with no payment processing fee on top. The old “$0.50 plus 2.9%” processing charge now applies only to un-migrated listings created before that date. Buyers separately pay a flat 3.6% Buyer Protection fee. Mercari also removed its ACH withdrawal fee at the same time.
Depop removed its selling fee for US sellers in July 2024, and its current fee page states plainly that “no Depop Selling fees will be charged to sellers based in the UK, US, or AUS”. US sellers pay Depop Payments processing of 3.3% + $0.45 on item price plus shipping and applicable taxes. Sellers outside those three countries still pay a 10% selling fee plus PayPal processing.
Depop: 3.3% of $46 plus $0.45 = about $1.97. You keep roughly $38.03 of the item price.
Mercari: 10% of $46 = $4.60. You keep roughly $35.40.
The gap is about $2.63 per sale, or 6.6% of the item price. Price accordingly rather than mirroring your Depop prices across.
Mercari’s allowed price range is $1 to $2,000, rising to $5,000 for authenticated designer items.
How to Crosslist from Depop to Mercari
- Sign up for FLUF Connect at fluf.io/connect.
- Connect Depop — your listings, photos, prices, sizes, brands and conditions are imported into the dashboard.
- Connect Mercari and confirm your US ZIP code, which Mercari requires on every listing to calculate shipping.
- Set default weights. This is the step that decides whether the rest works — see the shipping section below.
- Select what to send. Bulk-select, or filter to the stock that actually suits Mercari’s audience rather than pushing everything.
- Review the mapping — condition, category, brand and size are pre-filled. Check the category, because Mercari requires a leaf node rather than a top-level one.
- Crosslist. Listings appear on Mercari and order sync activates in both directions.
On the rules: Depop explicitly endorses crosslisting tools in its own help centre — “you can list subsequent items using the Depop app, depop.com, or a crosslisting website.” Mercari’s prohibited conduct policy bans automated scraping and duplicate listings within Mercari; it says nothing about listing the same item on another marketplace, and we found no confirmed case of a Mercari account being closed for crossposting.
What Transfers, and What Doesn’t
| Depop Field | Mercari Field | Transfer Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Description (which opens with your title) | Title (80 characters) | ⚡ Smart mapped | Depop has no separate title field — the description opens with one. FLUF takes the opening as the Mercari title and trims to 80 characters. |
| Description body | Description | ✅ Automatic | Hashtags carry over as plain text; they do nothing on Mercari, which is search-led rather than tag-led. |
| Photos (up to 8) | Photos (up to 12) | ✅ Automatic | Mercari’s ceiling is higher, so nothing is lost in this direction. The first photo becomes the cover. |
| Price | Price (in cents) | ✅ Automatic | Transfers directly. Adjust upward for Mercari’s 10% if you price to net the same. |
| Condition | Condition (1–5) | ⚡ Smart mapped | See the mapping below. |
| Brand | Brand | ⚡ Smart mapped | Mercari can also infer brand from your photos through its own suggestion engine where the mapping is uncertain. |
| Category | Category (leaf node required) | ⚡ Smart mapped | Mercari’s taxonomy is multi-level and it will not accept a parent category. FLUF resolves to a leaf. |
| Size | Size | ✅ Automatic | |
| Colour (up to 2) | — | ❌ No structured field | Folded into the description. |
| — | Package weight (oz) | ⚠️ Required, and Depop has no equivalent | Mercari will not accept a listing without it. This is the single biggest data gap in the pair. |
| — | ZIP code | ⚠️ Account-level | Set once when you connect. |
| — | Who pays shipping | ⚠️ Your choice | Seller-pays or buyer-pays, set per listing. Remember Mercari’s 10% applies to buyer-paid shipping too. |
| Emoji in titles | — | ❌ Rejected | Mercari’s listing API refuses emoji outright: “you can’t use special characters such as emoji.” FLUF strips them before sending. |
Condition mapping
| Depop | Mercari | Mercari’s own definition |
|---|---|---|
| Brand new | 1 — New | Never used, tags may be attached |
| Used — like new | 2 — Like new | Used very lightly or not at all, but without tags |
| Used — excellent | 2 — Like new | The one judgement call in the pair. “Excellent” sits between Mercari’s Like new and Good; FLUF maps up rather than down, so spot-check items where wear is visible. |
| Used — good | 3 — Good | Gently used with a few minor flaws |
| Used — fair | 4 — Fair | Well used, multiple visible signs of wear |
| — | 5 — Poor | Heavily worn, may only be usable for parts. No Depop equivalent |
Offers, Promotions and Pricing
The negotiation mechanics differ in a way that changes how you should behave, and it is the difference sellers on both platforms complain about most.
On Mercari an accepted offer is binding. A buyer makes an offer, you accept, decline or counter, and the buyer has 24 hours to respond to a counter. A liker accepting a reduced-price offer is committed to the purchase.
On Depop it is not. You have 14 days to respond to an offer, and an accepted offer does not oblige the buyer to complete — they still have to go and buy the item. Depop sellers have been asking for binding offers for years.
The consequence for a crosslister is straightforward: an accepted Mercari offer is a sale and you should treat it as one; an accepted Depop offer is not. Do not pull an item from Mercari because someone accepted your price on Depop.
Mercari’s free promotion tools all have hard thresholds worth knowing before you use them. Promote requires at least a 5% price cut and can be used once every 24 hours. Offer to Likers requires at least 10% and reaches up to 50 likers for 24 hours. Time-Limited Sale requires at least 10% for 72 hours and only works on items listed for seven days or more. One trap: promoting below your Smart Pricing floor disables Smart Pricing and Smart Offers entirely.
Depop’s equivalent lever is paid — Boosted Listings cost 12% for US and UK sellers on new listings from 23 March 2026. Both platforms offer an auto-negotiator: Mercari’s Smart Offers and Depop’s Auto-respond to offers, which are near-identical in design.
Shipping — the Field Depop Never Asked For
If one thing derails a Depop-to-Mercari crosslist, it is weight. Mercari’s listing flow asks for the package weight first, and its API will not accept a listing without one. Depop has never asked you for it, so unless your products carry weights, this is a data-entry job before you can bulk-push anything.
Once set, Mercari’s prepaid labels are genuinely good: USPS, FedEx and UPS up to 100 lbs, with Mercari citing an average 54% saving against retail rates, and up to $200 of Shipping Protection included on every label. There are two rate tiers — Best rate for packages under one cubic foot with a longest side under 22 inches, and Standard rate otherwise, which may use dimensional weight.
Indicative rates from early 2026: USPS Ground Advantage at 0.25 lb $4.91, 1 lb $7.48 and 10 lb $20.32 on the Best rate; UPS Ground Saver from $7.97 up to 5 lb. An 8% USPS fuel surcharge applies to Ground Advantage and Priority prepaid labels from 7 May 2026, with Media Mail and First-Class Envelopes exempt. Mercari also runs 49¢ First-Class Envelope labels for trading cards, stickers and paper collectibles up to 3 oz, running through 31 December 2026 — which is a large part of why cards do so well there.
Mercari bills carrier weight and dimension surcharges back to the seller, and understated weights are the most-complained-about cost on the platform — sellers have reported surcharges larger than the sale itself. Getting weights right at listing time is not admin, it is margin protection. Depop’s flow simply never trained you to do it.
On the Depop side, US sellers choose between Depop Shipping via USPS — a QR code or printable label, with tracking added automatically — or shipping method “Other”, where you arrange and pay for tracked shipping yourself. If you select Depop Shipping you must use the Depop label; shipping another way voids Depop Protection and the order may be auto-cancelled. Unshipped orders auto-cancel with a full buyer refund after 10 days.
Inventory Sync Between Depop and Mercari
FLUF Connect syncs order status in both directions on this pair, which is the thing that actually matters when you are listing one-of-a-kind items in two places.
| Event | What Happens | Timing |
|---|---|---|
| Item sells on Depop | Marked sold and removed from Mercari and any other connected channel | Within minutes |
| Item sells on Mercari | Marked sold and removed from Depop | Within minutes |
| Offer accepted on Mercari | Binding on the buyer — treat as sold | — |
| Offer accepted on Depop | Not binding — the buyer still has to complete | — |
| Price changed on Depop | Not pushed to Mercari — use bulk edit | — |
| Item relisted on Depop | No action on Mercari | — |
Price edits deliberately do not propagate, because you should not be running the same price on both — Mercari’s 10% has to come from somewhere. Use FLUF Connect’s bulk edit tools to move prices on both at once when you want to.
Automation is asymmetric in this pair. Depop supports auto-relisting and automated offer management through FLUF; Mercari supports crosslisting, order sync and mark-as-sold, with its own Smart Offers and Smart Pricing living in the Mercari app.
How Much Does It Cost to Crosslist from Depop to Mercari?
FLUF Connect starts with a 7-day trial for £1, then plans from £9/month (Starter, 300 products). There is no free plan. Crosslisting, order sync and mark-as-sold are included on every plan.
| Plan | Monthly | Crosslisted products |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | £9/month | 300 |
| Growth | £19/month | 1,000 |
| Seller | £49/month | 2,500 |
| Pro | £99/month | 5,000 |
| Super Seller | Custom pricing — contact sales | Unlimited |
Every plan covers all supported channels, so you can add Poshmark, eBay, Vinted or Etsy at no extra cost.
Sources & Verification
Fee and policy figures checked against primary sources on 15 August 2026. Marketplace fees on both platforms have changed more than once in the last two years — verify before you make a pricing decision on them.
- Mercari selling fees — the 10% seller fee effective 6 January 2025, the absence of a processing fee, free listing, and the prepaid label savings.
- Mercari Buyer Protection fee — the flat 3.6% charged to buyers.
- Mercari item conditions — the five-tier scale and its definitions.
- Mercari shipping rates and shipping announcements — weight bands, the Best/Standard split, $200 Shipping Protection, the USPS fuel surcharge and the 49¢ envelope promotion.
- Mercari promotion tools and offers — the price-cut thresholds and the 24-hour counter window.
- Mercari prohibited conduct — the automation and duplicate-listing rules.
- Depop seller fees and charges — the no-selling-fee position for US, UK and Australian sellers, processing rates and the 12% Boosted Listings fee.
- Depop US shipping — label options and the 10-day auto-cancel.
- Depop Import — Depop’s own endorsement of crosslisting tools.
- Etsy Q4 2025 results — Depop GMS, active buyers and sellers.
- eBay completes acquisition of Depop — 30 July 2026.
- Crosslist from Vinted to Mercari — the other route into Mercari
One figure deliberately absent: Mercari does not publish buyer demographics, and the age and gender splits circulating on aggregator sites trace to no primary source. Nor does any published sell-through rate exist comparing the two platforms — seller reports are individual accounts, not data.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Mercari ran a zero-seller-fee model from March 2024 to January 2025, but since 6 January 2025 it charges a flat 10% selling fee on the item price plus buyer-paid shipping, with no separate payment processing fee. Buyers separately pay a flat 3.6% Buyer Protection fee. Any guide telling you Mercari has no seller fees is describing the middle of 2024.
Depop, clearly. Depop charges US sellers no selling fee at all — only Depop Payments processing of 3.3% + $0.45 — against Mercari's flat 10%. On a $40 item with $6 shipping that is about $1.97 on Depop versus $4.60 on Mercari. Price your Mercari listings higher rather than mirroring your Depop prices across.
Almost always one of two things. Mercari requires a package weight at listing time and will not accept a listing without one — Depop never asks for it, so your products may not have weights stored. And Mercari's listing API rejects emoji outright, which Depop titles routinely contain. FLUF Connect strips emoji automatically, but weights you have to supply.
Yes, with one judgement call. Brand new becomes New, Used — like new becomes Like new, Used — good becomes Good and Used — fair becomes Fair. Depop's Used — excellent sits between Mercari's Like new and Good; FLUF maps it up to Like new, so spot-check items where wear is actually visible. Mercari's fifth grade, Poor, has no Depop equivalent.
No rule we could find says so. Mercari's prohibited conduct policy bans automated scraping and duplicate listings within Mercari — that is about listing the same item twice on Mercari, not about listing it on another marketplace. Depop goes further and endorses crosslisting tools explicitly in its own help centre.
Fragrance is the clearest case, since Depop and Poshmark restrict used perfume and Mercari has an established secondhand fragrance community. Also household goods and home decor, K-pop photocards, Funkos, Pokémon and Magic cards, LEGO, and broken electronics sold for parts. Mall brands that stall on Depop are reported to move on Mercari too.
Yes, within minutes, and the same happens in reverse. FLUF Connect syncs order status and mark-as-sold in both directions on this pair, which is the thing that matters when you are listing one-of-a-kind items in two places.
On Mercari yes, on Depop no. A buyer who accepts a Mercari counter-offer, or a liker who accepts a reduced-price offer, is committed to the purchase. On Depop an accepted offer does not oblige the buyer to complete — they still have to go and buy it. So treat an accepted Mercari offer as a sale and an accepted Depop offer as an intention.
FLUF Connect starts with a 7-day trial for £1, then plans from £9/month (Starter, 300 products). There is no free plan. Crosslisting, order sync and mark-as-sold are included on every plan, along with Depop's auto-relisting and offer management.