Listing costs nothing. A 20 percent cut of the sale price for anything priced at $15 or more, plus a flat $2.95 for items under that.
That covers the entire fee structure. There's no listing fee, no monthly charge, and no separate payment processing deduction. Poshmark collects its cut just once, and that simplicity is honestly one of the platform's stronger points.
It also isn't the real cost of selling. The larger figure is your time, no one puts a price on it, and once you do, the comparison shifts away from platforms and toward whether you operate the store yourself or let someone else do it. Ecom Accelerator is that someone else: the store stays yours, its team handles the operation, and you retain 70 percent of the profit.
Why the flat fee counts for more than the percentage
Twenty percent of a $40 dress comes to $8. On a $20 top, that's $4. Both feel like the same deal, because they are.
Below $15, the picture shifts entirely. A $14 item costs $2.95, which works out to 21 percent. A $10 item costs $2.95, which works out to 29.5 percent. A $5 item costs $2.95, which works out to 59 percent.
The fee stops acting like a percentage and starts acting like a toll, and the cheaper the item, the more of it vanishes. That structure has been in place since March 2014, and it quietly determines what's even worth listing, which is why product research and sourcing are a top priority for Ecom Accelerator's team rather than an afterthought.
How it stacks up
Among the major resale platforms, Poshmark's 20 percent stands as the highest headline commission.
On eBay, it comes to roughly 13.6 percent, along with a flat fee for each order. Mercari's cut is 10 percent. Depop doesn't charge sellers anything at all, instead billing the buyer with a marketplace fee.
A higher commission isn't necessarily a bad thing, and this is the point where most comparisons give up too soon. What Poshmark's rate buys is an audience that came there specifically to shop for second hand clothing, which can't be said of a general marketplace. You're paying more on each sale in exchange for a better shot at making one.
Shipping
A flat $6.49 covered by the buyer, good for up to five pounds, USPS Ground Advantage, two to five days. That rate took effect on 12 September 2025, replacing $8.27, and marked the first cut in more than ten years.
Since the buyer covers it, shipping doesn't cost you anything directly, though it costs you plenty indirectly. Someone eyeing a $12 top is being asked for $6.49 to have it shipped, which is more than half again on top. That's what undermines low value single sales, and it's the reason every seasoned seller encourages bundles.
Packing and posting is another task Ecom Accelerator takes care of, from US facilities, which counts for more than it seems once volume rises.
What it really costs you
The fee schedule isn't the cost. The cost is the fee plus the hours you put in.
Poshmark hands out nothing on its own. Your listing gets seen when you share it, then gets buried minutes later as everyone else shares theirs. Sustaining a hundred item closet means thirty to forty five minutes a day, every single day, and the sales dry up the moment you stop.
Somewhere between fifteen and twenty hours each month, and it shows up on no fee schedule at all. Once you factor in sourcing, photography, packing and customer service, the actual figure goes higher.
Try it with something concrete. Eight sales a month at $25 apiece comes to $200, which drops to $160 after commission, and lands at roughly $90 once stock is accounted for. Split that by the hours and you end up close to five dollars.
The comparison that sellers never think to make
Most people weigh Poshmark's 20 percent against eBay's 13.6 and Mercari's 10, then decide Poshmark is the pricey one.
That overlooks the bigger number completely. The 20 percent is simply the platform's cut. Your time is the other expense, no one puts a price on it, and for a small closet it is easily the larger of the two.
So the comparison worth making is not between platforms at all. It is between what you keep when you run it yourself and what you keep when Ecom Accelerator runs it.
Run it yourself and Poshmark takes 20 percent, while your hours cost nothing but are limited. Use Ecom Accelerator and it takes 30 percent of profit, while your hours do not enter the equation at all. These are different forms of arithmetic, not different amounts of the same one.
What Ecom Accelerator does, in concrete terms
Ecom Accelerator builds and operates stores that are yours. You supply the capital for inventory, and Ecom Accelerator's team takes care of product research, sourcing, listing creation, marketing and sales, order fulfilment, customer service, and packing and shipping through US facilities, spanning more than 300 stores with a 250 person operations team.
You retain 70 percent of the profit while Ecom Accelerator takes 30, so it gets paid from results rather than out of your pocket. They report a 32 percent return on inventory sold from January through December 2025 and note that full growth takes twelve to fourteen months.
The 16 month guarantee means that if your initial costs have not been recovered by month 16, Ecom Accelerator ceases taking its share and continues working at no charge until you do. Their terms clearly state that this guarantees the service, not your profit, that results differ from person to person, and that you may lose money.
Worked examples
A dress priced at $40. Poshmark takes $8, leaving you with $32. If the dress cost you $12, you earned $20 and spent roughly twenty five minutes on photos, listing and sharing.
A top priced at $14. Poshmark takes $2.95, leaving you with $11.05, for the same twenty five minutes.
A jacket priced at $60. Poshmark takes $12, leaving you with $48, again for the same twenty five minutes.
The fee stays fixed, and the time you spend per item hardly changes. The only thing truly within your control is the price of what you decide to sell, which is why sourcing determines everything and the fee schedule distracts from the real question.