Grailed vs Depop: where should you sell a designer or streetwear piece?
Por Oleksandr Shaniuk · fundador de Sellura · Actualizado el 26 de octubre de 2026
Depop leaves you more of every sale, and Grailed is built for designer pieces. Pick Grailed for a piece with a known designer that buyers look for by name: luxury, streetwear releases, high-end tailoring. Grailed files listings under four departments, Grails, Hype, Sartorial and Core, and its help says custom items and items without a designer can be removed. Pick Depop for unbranded, vintage and everyday pieces. On fees, Grailed takes 6% of the sale price under $120 (at least $1.99) and 9% from $120, plus 3.49% + $0.49 payment processing on a US payment. Depop charges US sellers no selling fee, only 3.3% + $0.45 processing (both help centres, read 26 October 2026).
- Grailed commission, sale under $120
- 6%
- $1.99 minimum · 9% from $120
- Depop selling fee, US, UK, Australia
- 0%
- plus 3.3% + $0.45 processing (US)
- Grailed title advice
- 3–6 words
- the designer goes in its own field
- Keyword tags
- 10 vs 5
- Grailed tags of 32 characters, Depop hashtags
In money: a $60 sale leaves you $53.82 on Grailed and $57.57 on Depop, and a $200 sale $174.53 against $192.95 (our calculation, US seller onboarded with Stripe on Grailed, no Depop boost, before shipping). Below, run your own price through both, then compare which pieces each one wants, the listing forms, shipping, offers and payouts, and how to list on both without selling one piece twice.
The short answer, by what you sell
Depop costs less at every price we ran, so the real question is whether Grailed's buyers are worth the gap for the piece in front of you. Grailed is narrower on purpose: its departments are built around designers, and its moderators review listings before they go live. Our read of both marketplaces' own pages:
| If you sell | Lean to | Why |
|---|---|---|
| A designer piece buyers look for by name | Lean toGrailed | WhyIts four departments are organised around designers, from luxury labels to streetwear releases |
| Unbranded, custom or handmade clothing | Lean toDepop | WhyGrailed says custom items and items without a designer can be removed |
| Pieces under about $35 | Lean toDepop | WhyGrailed's commission never drops below $1.99, about 8% of a $25 sale before processing |
| Pieces from $120 up | Lean toDepop, on fees alone | WhyGrailed's rate rises to 9% of the whole sale; Depop charges US sellers processing only |
| Items you want sold the moment you accept an offer | Lean toGrailed | WhyMost Grailed offers are binding: accepting one completes the sale. On Depop the buyer has 14 days to pay |
Our read, not a rule. Fee figures are our calculation from each marketplace's published rates, read 26 October 2026: US seller onboarded with Stripe on Grailed, no Depop boost, before shipping.
Sources: Grailed Help: What are Grails, Hype, Sartorial, and Core?, checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed Help: Listing FAQ (custom items and items without a designer, duplicates, bumps, moving a listing between sections), checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed Help: Why can't I see my new listing in the marketplace? (review queue), checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed Help: What are the fees? (9% from a $120 sale price, 6% with a $1.99 minimum below it for sales from 20 May 2026; updated 13 May 2026), checked 26 October 2026 · Depop Help Centre: Seller fees and charges (no selling fee for UK, US and Australian sellers; US processing 3.3% + $0.45; boosting 12%), checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed Help: Offers for Sellers (binding offers, 24 hours), checked 26 October 2026 · Depop Help Centre: Make Offer, checked 3 October 2026
What one sale costs on each
Grailed's fee comes in two parts. Its commission is set by the sale price: 6% with a $1.99 minimum under $120, and 9% from $120, for sales from 20 May 2026. Payment processing is separate, 3.49% + $0.49 on a US payment for a seller onboarded with Stripe. Depop charges US, UK and Australian sellers no selling fee at all, only payment processing of 3.3% + $0.45 on a US sale, charged on the item, the shipping and any tax.
The $120 line matters more than it looks, because the higher rate covers the whole sale, not just the part above the line. A $119 sale leaves you $107.22 on Grailed and a $120 sale $104.52, so a price between $120 and about $123 keeps less than $119 does. And the sale price that picks the rate includes the shipping you charge, unless the order ships on a Grailed Label, when the listing price alone counts.
Run your own numbers
The postage label is left out on purpose: when you buy it yourself, it costs the same whichever marketplace the order came from, so including it would only subtract one number from every row. Each marketplace's own calculator takes the real label cost.
| Marketplace | Fees | Take rate | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| DepopUS seller, listing not boosted (a boosted sale adds 12%). Rates verified 2026-10-03. | $1.77 | 4.4% | $26.2365.6% margin |
| GrailedA US seller onboarded with Stripe, a US buyer, no Grailed Label: 6% of the price and the shipping ($1.99 at least) on a sale under $120, 9% from $120, plus 3.49% + $0.49 payment processing. On a Grailed Label the buyer pays Grailed for the shipping, so it is out of the commission and out of your sale. Rates verified 2026-10-26. | $4.29 | 10.7% | $23.7159.3% margin |
The spread between the cheapest and the dearest row on this sale is $2.52. That is the fee difference and nothing else: it does not say the item will sell on any of them.
| Item price | Grailed fee | Grailed: you keep | Depop fee | Depop: you keep |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25 | Grailed fee$3.35 | Grailed: you keep$21.65 | Depop fee$1.27 | Depop: you keep$23.73 |
| $60 | Grailed fee$6.18 | Grailed: you keep$53.82 | Depop fee$2.43 | Depop: you keep$57.57 |
| $119 | Grailed fee$11.78 | Grailed: you keep$107.22 | Depop fee$4.38 | Depop: you keep$114.62 |
| $120 | Grailed fee$15.48 | Grailed: you keep$104.52 | Depop fee$4.41 | Depop: you keep$115.59 |
| $200 | Grailed fee$25.47 | Grailed: you keep$174.53 | Depop fee$7.05 | Depop: you keep$192.95 |
Our calculation from Grailed's and Depop's published rates, read 26 October 2026, run through the same fee functions as the calculator above: US seller onboarded with Stripe on Grailed, no Depop boost, before shipping and sales tax. Grailed's $25 commission is its $1.99 minimum. Depop's $25 fee is $1.275 before rounding.
- Not onboarded with Stripe on Grailed? Its processing rises to 3.49% + $0.99 on a US payment and 5.49% + $0.99 on an international one. Onboarded, an international payment costs 4.99% + $0.49.
- A boosted Depop sale adds 12% of the item price for US and UK sellers, plus the shipping unless it went on a Depop Shipping label. Grailed mentions promotional commission rates on some sales under separate terms, which neither calculator models.
- Neither charges the seller to list. Grailed says it is free for buyers, while Depop charges US and UK buyers a Marketplace fee at checkout. Neither buyer fee comes out of your payout.
Grailed fee calculator: your price, your shipping, with or without a Grailed Label → · Depop fee calculator, boosted or not →
Sources: Grailed Help: What are the fees? (9% from a $120 sale price, 6% with a $1.99 minimum below it for sales from 20 May 2026; updated 13 May 2026), checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed Help: Does Grailed charge a payment processing fee? (Stripe: US 3.49% + $0.49, international 4.99% + $0.49), checked 26 October 2026 · Depop Help Centre: Seller fees and charges (no selling fee for UK, US and Australian sellers; US processing 3.3% + $0.45; boosting 12%), checked 26 October 2026 · Depop Help Centre: What is the Marketplace fee?, checked 3 October 2026
Which pieces each one wants
Grailed describes four departments. Grails are coveted pieces, typically from well-known luxury designers and in wearable condition. Hype is for new streetwear releases and drops. Sartorial is high-end classic menswear and womenswear, from clothing to footwear. Core is for well-known mass-market brands and vintage clothing. Grailed's curation team can move a listing between departments based on designer, price, condition and style, and new listings can wait in a review queue for a few business days.
Depop describes itself as a peer-to-peer marketplace for secondhand fashion, from everyday essentials to vintage and designer finds, and its search matches a shopper's words against the description, brand, category and colour. So the designer carries more weight on Grailed, where it is a pick from Grailed's list in a field of its own, and an item without one can be taken down. On Depop the brand is one field among several.
- Grailed requires a clear photo of the brand tag, the wash tag and any stamp or serial number, and for sneakers the inner size tag, the outsole and both sides of the tongue. Its moderators may ask for missing photos before a listing goes live.
- Grailed has a zero-tolerance policy for replicas, and some listings carry a Grailed Verified card after human or machine review.
- A Grailed buyer can return an item only when the description got its authenticity, colour, condition, fabric or measurements wrong, so the description on Grailed is close to a promise.
- Depop's worldwide shipping is a switch on each listing, though its search mainly shows shoppers listings from their own country.
Grailed listing not showing up? Seven causes, in order →
Sources: Grailed Help: What are Grails, Hype, Sartorial, and Core?, checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed Help: Listing FAQ (custom items and items without a designer, duplicates, bumps, moving a listing between sections), checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed Help: Why can't I see my new listing in the marketplace? (review queue), checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed How to Sell Guide: Photo Standards (required tag, serial number and sneaker photos), checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed Help: Does Grailed allow replicas or inauthentic items?, checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed Help: How does Grailed Verification work?, checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed Help: Does Grailed accept returns?, checked 26 October 2026 · Depop Newsroom: About Depop, checked 3 October 2026 · Depop Help Centre: How Depop ranks search results and recommends listings, checked 3 October 2026 · Depop Help Centre: How to ship - Worldwide, checked 3 October 2026
Listings and search: a 3–6 word title, or a first line and hashtags
Grailed's guide asks for a title of three to six words, named the way the designer or retailer named the piece, with the designer left out because it has its own field. Extra keywords go in up to 10 tags of up to 32 characters, shown on the listing page and in search results. Grailed publishes no character length for the title or the description, which should carry the condition, every flaw, the tagged size, measurements and, if you know them, the collection and year.
Depop has no title field. Its help says to open the description with the words you would search for as a buyer, then add measurements, condition and shipping, with up to five hashtags, and it publishes no character limit. So one pair of sneakers is written twice. On Grailed: Rick Owens in the designer field, "Geobasket High Top Sneakers Black Milk" as the title, and avant garde, darkwear and leather among the tags. On Depop: a first line such as "Rick Owens Geobasket high top sneakers, black and milk", then the details, then five hashtags.
| Grailed | Depop | |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Grailed3 to 6 words, designer left out; no character length published | DepopNo field: the description's first line |
| Designer or brand | GrailedPicked from Grailed's list, in its own field | DepopA brand field among category, condition, colour and style |
| Keywords | GrailedUp to 10 tags of 32 characters, shown in search | DepopUp to 5 hashtags, no length published |
| Description | GrailedCondition, flaws, tagged size, measurements, designer, collection and year; no length published | DepopThe first line, then measurements, condition and shipping; no limit published |
| Required photos | GrailedBrand tag, wash tag, any stamp or serial number; for sneakers the size tag, outsole and tongue | DepopUp to 4 and a video in the app, 8 on the web |
From Grailed's How to Sell Guide (Title & Description, Listing Tags, Photo Standards), read 26 October 2026, and Depop's How to list an item and Tips for describing your item, read 3 October 2026.
Sources: Grailed How to Sell Guide: Title & Description (3–6 words, designer in a separate field), checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed How to Sell Guide: Listing Tags (10 tags of 32 characters), checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed How to Sell Guide: Photo Standards (required tag, serial number and sneaker photos), checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed How to Sell Guide: Measurements, checked 26 October 2026 · Depop Help Centre: How to list an item, checked 3 October 2026 · Depop Help Centre: Tips for describing your item, checked 3 October 2026 · Depop Help Centre: How Depop ranks search results and recommends listings, checked 3 October 2026
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Shipping, offers and getting paid
On Grailed, an order shipping within the US, or an eligible one from Canada to the US, goes on a Grailed Label: the buyer pays for it at checkout, it is ready once the item sells, and tracking is added for you. You ship within 7 calendar days, or 2 business days if you offer Expedited Delivery, or the sale can be cancelled. On Depop the buyer pays the shipping price on your listing, whether you ship on a Depop Shipping label or your own tracked service.
Offers close differently. On Grailed most offers are binding: accepting one completes the sale and charges the buyer, and an offer you leave expires after 24 hours. On Depop you have 14 days to answer, the buyer then has 14 days to pay, and anyone can still buy at full price until they do. Grailed also lets you bump a listing to the top of search every 7 days in its first 30 days, and after that only with a price drop of at least 10%.
| Grailed | Depop | |
|---|---|---|
| Who pays the postage | GrailedThe buyer, for a Grailed Label, unless you offer free shipping | DepopThe buyer, at your listing's shipping price |
| Label | GrailedA Grailed Label in the US and for eligible Canada to US orders; your own elsewhere | DepopA Depop Shipping label, or your own with tracking |
| Ship within | Grailed7 calendar days, or 2 business days with Expedited Delivery | Depop10 days, or the order is cancelled |
| Fee on the shipping | GrailedNone from the commission on a Grailed Label; included on your own label | DepopYes, 3.3% of it in processing |
| Offers | GrailedBinding in most places: accepted means sold, 24 hours to answer | Depop14 days to answer, then 14 days for the buyer to pay |
| Paid | GrailedReleased within 3 calendar days of delivery | Depop2 business days after delivery, or 10 business days after the sale if sooner |
US sellers. Grailed's label, shipping policy, offers and payout pages, read 26 October 2026; Depop's shipping, offer and payout pages, read 3 October 2026. Grailed's payment processing on a sale that ships on a Grailed Label is our assumption: its help does not say what processing is charged on.
Sources: Grailed Help: What are Grailed Labels? (buyer pays, US and Puerto Rico, eligible Canada to US, free shipping), checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed Help: Shipping Policy (7 calendar days, 2 business days for Expedited Delivery), checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed Help: Offers for Sellers (binding offers, 24 hours), checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed Help: When do I get paid? (within 3 calendar days of delivery), checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed How to Sell Guide: Price Dropping & Bumping, checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed Help: Listing FAQ (custom items and items without a designer, duplicates, bumps, moving a listing between sections), checked 26 October 2026 · Depop Help Centre: Terms of Service, section 9 Shipping and Taxes, checked 3 October 2026 · Depop Help Centre: How to ship - US, checked 3 October 2026 · Depop Help Centre: Make Offer, checked 3 October 2026 · Depop Help Centre: How do I get paid? - US, checked 3 October 2026
Listing on both without selling one piece twice
Nothing in the pages we read from either marketplace stops you listing the same piece on both. What has to change is the listing, and one rule is Grailed's alone: never mention Depop, or any other platform, in a Grailed listing. Grailed calls that offsite activity, along with social media handles and contact details, and says it may reduce a listing's visibility or suspend the account.
Price each for its own fee too. To keep $100 from a US sale with no shipping, list at $111.02 on Grailed and $103.88 on Depop (our calculation, same assumptions as above). Then watch both: an accepted Grailed offer is already a sale, and a Depop buyer can check out at full price at any moment.
Write each listing for its own form
On Grailed, pick the designer, write three to six words for the title and spend the tags on style words. On Depop, put the brand and the item in the first line and pick five hashtags.
Keep the other marketplace out of the text
No "also on Depop", no handle, no link in the Grailed title, tags or description. Grailed treats it as offsite activity.
Price each for its own fee
Run the price through both calculators. On Grailed, check which side of the $120 line the sale price lands on, shipping included unless you use a Grailed Label.
End the other listing the moment one sells
A binding Grailed offer completes the sale when you accept it, so take the Depop listing down at once, and the other way round.
Cross-listing SEO: what to rewrite for each marketplace → · Depop vs Poshmark: the same item and the same sale on both →
Sources: Grailed Help: What is an offsite activity warning? (other platforms, contact details, reduced visibility), checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed Help: Listing FAQ (custom items and items without a designer, duplicates, bumps, moving a listing between sections), checked 26 October 2026 · Grailed Help: Offers for Sellers (binding offers, 24 hours), checked 26 October 2026 · Depop Help Centre: Make Offer, checked 3 October 2026
What Sellura does here, and what it doesn't
Sellura writes both sides. Choose Grailed and it returns a title of three to six words, about 40 characters, with the designer left out, up to 10 tags of up to 32 characters and a description that opens with the condition and flaws you gave; choose Depop and it returns a first line, a description and five hashtags. Each comes back scored 0–100. The score is deterministic: the same listing always gets the same number, every point traces to a named factor, and each weak factor comes with one concrete fix. It never invents a measurement, a flaw, a season or a claim of authenticity, and the Grailed version never names another marketplace.
The score and the title or first-line preview are free on every generation, and never need a card, and so are the Grailed and Depop fee calculators, the title checker and the Depop hashtag generator. A credit unlocks one finished listing: Starter is $15 a month for 25 credits or $150 a year, and Pro is $24 a month for 65 credits plus bulk, or $240 a year. Sellura doesn't post to Grailed or Depop, authenticate items or track where a listing ranks, has no research database or ads analysis, and is not affiliated with either marketplace.
Write the Grailed listing, with the score and title free → · Write the Depop listing, with the score and first line free → · Plans and credits →
FAQ
Is it better to sell on Grailed or Depop?
Which has lower fees, Grailed or Depop?
What are Grailed's fees in 2026?
Can I sell the same item on Grailed and Depop?
Can I sell unbranded clothes on Grailed?
Should I put the designer's name in my Grailed title?
Run your price through both before you choose: under $120 Grailed takes 6% with a $1.99 floor, from $120 it takes 9% of the whole sale, and Depop takes processing only. Pick Grailed when the designer is the reason someone buys, and Depop for unbranded, vintage and everyday pieces. Then write each listing for its own form, keep Depop out of the Grailed text, and let Sellura draft both: the score and the title preview are free, and a credit buys the finished listing.
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