Vinted fees calculator: what the seller actually takes home

On Vinted, a private seller receives the item's selling price, with no commission. The Buyer Protection fee, usually 5% of the price plus €0.70, and postage are paid by the buyer. Your only costs are the ones you choose: Bumps, Wardrobe Spotlight, packaging. So your real margin is calculated from the final price, not from the total the buyer pays.

You'll be able to work out what the buyer pays, what you receive, and what you're left with once your purchase price and costs are taken off.

What are Vinted's fees in 2026?

There are two kinds of fees: the buyer's, which are mandatory, and the seller's, which are optional. According to Vinted's official price list:

Buyer side:

• Buyer Protection: "usually 5% + €0.70" of the item price. Vinted states that the calculation may depend on the item, the amount and the type of order. The exact amount is shown at checkout.
• Postage: depends on the carrier and the parcel size chosen.
• Optional services: for example item verification, charged at €10 per item, or electronics verification at €5.

Seller side:

• Bumped items: variable price depending on duration (3 or 7 days), the item's price and geographical reach.
• Wardrobe Spotlight: an option to promote your whole wardrobe, at the price shown in the app.

No commission on the sale for a private seller. If you sell as a business through Vinted Pro, the terms are different: our full review of Vinted Pro covers them.

How much does the buyer pay and how much does the seller get?

The seller receives the item price. The buyer pays that price, plus protection, plus postage. Here's the calculation for a few common prices, using Vinted's general formula.

These amounts are a guide: Vinted shows the exact amount at checkout.

The classic trap: reading the total paid by the buyer in a summary and taking it for your earnings. If a €20 item is paid for at €21.70 plus €4 postage by the buyer, you don't receive €25.70. You receive €20.

How do you calculate your real margin on Vinted?

Your margin is what you receive minus everything you spent on that item. For a reseller, that includes the purchase price and any costs you pay yourself.

Full example: a pair of jeans bought for €4

Example: you buy a pair of jeans for €4 at a car boot sale. You list them at €20. A buyer offers €17 and you accept.

• The buyer pays: €17 + €1.55 protection (5% of €17, plus €0.70) + postage.
• You receive: €17.
• You paid: €4 to buy them, €0.30 for packaging, and a Bump charged at €1.50 in this example.
• Your margin: 17 − 4 − 0.30 − 1.50 = €11.20.

If you spent 20 minutes in total on this item (buying, photos, listing, messages, shipping), you earned about €33 an hour. If the item stayed online for three months with two Bumps, the margin melts away quickly.

Do offers and bundle discounts change the calculation?

Yes, they directly reduce what you receive, since the discount applies to the item price. According to Vinted's help page on offers, a buyer can offer up to 40% less than the original price, and offers only apply to the item, not to postage or other fees.

In practice: set a floor price for each item before replying to offers. Otherwise you risk accepting, out of tiredness, an offer that doesn't even cover your purchase price and Bumps.

A simple example rule: never go below "purchase price × 2 + €2". For the jeans bought for €4, that's €10 minimum.

How much does a Bump cost, and is it worth it?

The price of a Bump varies with duration, the item's price and reach, and Vinted shows it before you pay. Working out whether it's worth it is simple: a Bump pays off if it sells an item that wouldn't otherwise have sold, or sells it much faster.

It almost never pays off on a €5 item: the Bump can eat a large part of the margin. Keep it for your higher-value pieces, and first check that the listing is solid using the checklist for listings that don't sell.

Why do so many sellers get their earnings wrong?

Because the amounts shown often mix what the buyer pays with what the seller receives, and because costs are scattered: buying in a charity shop, Bumps in the app, packaging from the supermarket.

The cost of the mistake adds up. Example: a reseller making 80 sales a month who wrongly counts Buyer Protection in their earnings overestimates their turnover by around €1.20 to €1.70 per sale on €10 to €20 items. Over a month, that's €100 to €135 that doesn't exist. And if they forget their Bumps and packaging, the gap grows even more.

Doing this calculation by hand for every sale, with the purchase price dug out of a notebook, takes a long time and people end up giving up. Revendor syncs your Vinted sales and purchases and calculates your turnover and margin based on what you actually receive.

Do you have to declare your Vinted earnings for tax?

It depends on what you sell. In France, selling your own second-hand belongings is in principle not taxable. Buying to resell at a profit is a commercial activity that has to be declared. Rules vary by country, so check with your local tax authority.

Platforms also report information each year to the tax authorities on sellers who go over certain thresholds of sales or amounts. Being reported doesn't mean being taxable. Our guide to declaring your Vinted sales for tax explains the thresholds and the different cases.