There is no single best reselling app in the UK; it depends on what you sell. For everyday clothes, Vinted and Depop charge UK sellers no selling fee (Depop takes 2.9% + 30p payment processing) and eBay is free for private sellers; for designer bags it is Vestiaire Collective (12% plus 3% payment processing) or eBay with its Authenticity Guarantee, because the big US consignors do not take UK stock. For watches it is Chrono24 (6.5% private commission), eBay (12.9% business rate up to £750) or a straight sale to Watchfinder, and for sneakers StockX (9% plus 3%) and GOAT (9.5% plus a seller fee) compete with eBay's free trainer authentication. Every figure was checked against the platform's own fee page in August 2026.

The fees, side by side

Fees below are what a UK seller pays. Buyer-side fees are listed because they change what a buyer will pay you, even if they never touch your payout.

App UK seller fee (August 2026) Buyer-side fee Category strength
Vinted £0. No selling fee, no payment fee. Vinted Pro (business accounts) also free. Buyer Protection fee, "usually 3% to 8% + £0.3 to £0.8" per Vinted's price list. Optional Item Verification £10. Everyday clothes, mid-market bags, some jewellery
Depop No selling fee for UK sellers. Payment processing 2.9% + £0.30 on item plus postage. Boosted listings 12%. Marketplace fee "up to 5% of the item purchase price (plus a fixed amount of up to £1)". Streetwear, vintage, Y2K, sneakers
eBay (private) £0 final value fee. 300 free listings a month, 35p after. 3% international fee on overseas deliveries. Buyer Protection fee: £0.10 + 7% to £20, 4% from £20 to £300, 2% from £300 to £4,000, 0% above. Everything, especially watches, jewellery, bags over £200
eBay (business) Final value fee by category (11.9% clothes; 12.9% bags to £800 then 7%; 14.9% jewellery to £1,000 then 4%; 12.9% watches to £750 then 3%; 11.9% trainers, 7% if £100+) plus 30p/40p per order plus 0.35% regulatory fee. Shop £27 to £437 a month. None Same as above, with Authenticity Guarantee on bags £200+ and trainers
Vestiaire Collective 12% selling fee on items £83 to £16,667; £10 fixed under £83; £2,000 fixed above £16,667. Payment processing 3% (min £3). £14 minimum price. Buyer fees vary by item Designer bags, shoes, ready-to-wear
Chrono24 Private sellers 6.5% commission. Dealers: €199 to €2,199 a month package plus an unpublished commission. None published Watches only
Watchfinder None. It buys the watch (or part-exchanges). May deduct a servicing fee. n/a Watches only
Etsy $0.20 listing fee; 6.5% transaction fee; 4% + £0.20 UK payment processing; regulatory operating fee; Offsite Ads 12% or 15% on attributed orders. None Handmade and vintage (20+ years) jewellery
StockX Level 1 base transaction fee 9%, falling to 7% at Level 5, plus 3% payment processing. Buyer processing fee Sneakers, streetwear, some watches
GOAT 9.5% commission plus seller fee ($2 UK drop-off, $5 prepaid shipping) plus 2.9% cash-out. Selling from outside the US "only available to select sellers". n/a Sneakers
The RealReal, Fashionphile, Rebag US-based. No UK consignment route we could verify (see below). n/a Not a UK option today

Which reselling app is best for clothes?

Vinted, then Depop, then eBay - in that order for volume, and the reverse order for price ceiling.

Vinted charges the seller nothing. Its price list says the Buyer Protection fee "typically includes a percentage of the item's or bundle's price, as well as a fixed fee - usually 3% to 8% + £0.3 to £0.8", added to the buyer's total at checkout. If you sell more than a wardrobe clear-out, Vinted expects you on Vinted Pro, which requires a registered business (sole trader is fine) and is also free. Pro sellers owe consumer-law returns; private sellers do not.

Depop's help centre confirms "No Depop Selling fees will be charged to sellers based in the UK, US, or AUS" and lists the UK payment processing fee as "2.9% + £0.30" on the item price plus postage. Buyers pay a marketplace fee of up to 5% plus up to £1. Boosted listings cost 12% for new listings from 23 March 2026. Depop skews young and streetwear; Vinted skews broad.

eBay has been free for UK private sellers since October 2024, with the cost moved to a buyer-side Buyer Protection fee. That fee adds about £2.70 to a £50 jumper, which matters on low-ticket clothes and barely matters on a £900 coat. Once you trade as a business, the 11.9% Clothes, Shoes & Accessories rate plus 30p or 40p per order and the 0.35% regulatory operating fee apply.

Which reselling app is best for designer bags?

For a UK seller: Vestiaire Collective for reach into Europe, eBay for the lowest cost on bags over £200, and a UK consignment shop if you want someone else to do the work. The American names you see in US roundups mostly do not apply.

Vestiaire Collective's fee page sets, for GBP listings from 9 March 2026, a 12% selling fee on items priced £83 to £16,667, a fixed £10 under £83 and a fixed £2,000 above £16,667, plus 3% payment processing (minimum £3). Listing is free. Professional sellers get a "Standard Commission" that is "always equal or lower" than the individual rate, but the percentages sit in a downloadable PDF, not on the page.

eBay's Authenticity Guarantee for handbags is mandatory and free on eligible brands sold for £200 or more on eBay.co.uk, and since the end of April 2026 buyers can add it for £20 on items under £200. The seller posts the bag to eBay's UK facility, which inspects it within two business days and forwards it. The business rate on Women's Bags & Handbags is 12.9% up to £800 and 7% above - cheaper than Vestiaire once the bag passes about £1,000, and free for private sellers.

The RealReal takes consignments from the United States only, as far as we could verify; its terms pages returned errors to us. Fashionphile's help centre answers "Can I sell to FASHIONPHILE from outside the US?" with a conditional yes, with the seller paying shipping to the US and sharing any duties - we could not load the page itself. Rebag publishes no UK selling route. Treat all three as not available to a UK seller unless you confirm otherwise in writing.

Which reselling app is best for watches?

Chrono24 for reach, eBay for cost, Watchfinder for speed. Our Chrono24 cost article covers the dealer side in detail; the short version is that private sellers pay a published 6.5% commission while dealers pay a package of €199 to €2,199 a month plus a per-sale commission Chrono24 does not publish.

eBay's business rate for Watches, Parts & Accessories is 12.9% on the portion up to £750 and 3% above, so a £5,000 watch costs roughly £224 in final value fee plus the per-order fee and 0.35% regulatory fee - about 4.9% all in. Private sellers pay nothing, and the buyer-side fee is 0% on the portion above £4,000.

Watchfinder is not a marketplace. Its help centre describes an estimate within 48 hours, free insured collection, inspection, a possible servicing fee deduction, and BACS payment in two to three days. The cost is the spread between its offer and retail, not a fee.

See best place to sell a watch in the UK for the full comparison including auction and trade.

Which reselling app is best for jewellery?

eBay for branded and precious jewellery, Etsy for handmade or vintage, Vinted for costume pieces.

eBay's Jewellery & Watches business rate is the highest in its table - 14.9% on the portion up to £1,000 and 4% above - so jewellery is where the private seller's zero fee is worth most. Photograph the hallmark and state stone weights.

Etsy only allows handmade, vintage (20 years or older) or craft-supply items. Its fees policy sets a $0.20 listing fee and a 6.5% transaction fee on price plus postage; the Etsy Payments policy sets UK payment processing at 4% + £0.20; a regulatory operating fee also applies to UK sellers (reported as rising from 0.32% to 0.48% on 22 June 2026 - we could not load Etsy's own help article). Offsite Ads take 12% or 15% of attributed orders.

Scrap-value gold is a different trade; see our scrap gold calculator.

Which reselling app is best for sneakers?

StockX and GOAT are built for it; eBay is cheaper.

StockX's Seller Programme sets a base transaction fee of 9% at Level 1, falling to 8.5%, 8%, 7.5% and 7% as quarterly sales pass 12, 40, 200 and 800 pairs (or $1,500, $5,000, $25,000 and $100,000), measured in US dollars even for UK sellers. A 3% payment processing fee is added.

GOAT's fee policy (effective 1 August 2026) charges 9.5% commission for sellers rated 90 or above, rising to 15%, 20% and 25% as cancellations pull the rating down, plus a seller fee of $2 for UK drop-off or $5 for prepaid shipping, plus a 2.9% cash-out fee. The same page says selling from outside the United States "is only available to select sellers at this time", so a new UK account may not be able to sell at all.

eBay's business rate on trainers is 11.9%, dropping to 7% when the item sells for £100 or more, and sneaker authentication is free. For a £150 pair that is roughly 7.4% all in against StockX's 12% and GOAT's 12.4% plus $2.

What every UK reseller should know before choosing

HMRC sees the sales. Since 1 January 2024, UK digital platforms must report sellers to HMRC unless they make fewer than 30 sales a year and receive less than €2,000 (about £1,700). That is a reporting threshold, not a tax-free allowance.

"Private" has a legal meaning. Selling for profit on a regular basis makes you a trader under consumer law, whatever your account type says: 14-day returns on distance sales, accurate descriptions. Vinted, eBay and Depop all reserve the right to move you to a business account.

Fees are not the cost. A 0% seller fee on Vinted that sells a bag for £700 nets less than a 15% fee on Vestiaire that sells it for £900. Count the buyer-side fee, returns, postage and your time.

The tables change without notice. eBay's business page changed on 4 August 2026; Vestiaire's GBP structure on 9 March 2026; Depop's boost fee on 23 March 2026. Re-check before you price.

What we could not verify

  • The RealReal's consignor eligibility. Its FAQ and consignor terms returned HTTP 403 to us. Multiple sources say US-only. Confirm with the company before assuming.
  • Fashionphile's international seller terms. The help centre page exists but did not render for us. Treat "accepts international sellers, seller pays shipping and shares duties" as secondary.
  • Rebag's seller eligibility. Its "Selling with Rebag" page describes consign, trade and buyout options but says nothing about seller location.
  • Etsy's UK regulatory operating fee. The 0.48% figure from 22 June 2026 comes from seller reporting, not from a page we could load on Etsy.
  • Vinted's exact Buyer Protection formula. Vinted publishes a range (3% to 8% plus 30p to 80p), not a single rate.

Sources

This is general information, not tax or legal advice, and it is not a quotation. Marketplace fees change without public announcement and several of the pages above are updated in place. Check the fee page on the day you list, and take questions about trader status, VAT and income tax to your accountant.

Milleso lists a piece to eBay, Chrono24, Shopify or WooCommerce from one stock record and pauses the listing the moment it leaves the building, so the same watch or bag is never sold twice. Platform fees are recorded against the piece, not in a lump at month-end.