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Vinted vs Poshmark: fees, returns and buyer protection
Vinted charges sellers no selling fee and puts its fee on the buyer, usually 5% + $0.70 in the US, while Poshmark takes 20% of a sale of $15 or more and adds no buyer fee (each site's own pages, read 9 November 2026). Both refund an item that does not match its description, neither takes it back because you changed your mind, and each gives only a few days to report a problem: 2 on Vinted, 3 on Poshmark.
Every fact about each site is from its own help and policy pages, read 9 November 2026.
Vinted and Poshmark, side by side, with within as a third column
From each site's own help pages, read 9 November 2026.
| Site | Who sends it | What is checked | What the buyer pays on top | What the seller pays | Returns | If something is wrong |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinted | The seller sends the item with a prepaid label the buyer pays for. Read 9 November 2026 | Vinted's help pages describe no check before an item ships. Its refund policy covers items that arrive significantly not as described, and items confirmed counterfeit need not be sent back. Read 9 November 2026 | A mandatory Vinted fee at checkout, usually 5% + $0.70 in the US, plus shipping. The fee is shown in the order summary before you pay. Read 9 November 2026 | No selling fee: Vinted says you keep 100% of what you earn. Read 9 November 2026 | A refund for items that are lost, damaged or significantly not as described, on purchases made with Buy now. You have 2 calendar days to report it after Vinted says the order should have arrived, and buyers pay return shipping unless the seller covers it. Read 9 November 2026 | The refund policy covers an item that is lost, damaged or significantly not as described, if you press I have an issue in time, on purchases made with Buy now. Read 9 November 2026 |
| Poshmark | The seller ships the item with a prepaid Poshmark label. Items of $500 USD or $700 CAD and up from select brands go to Poshmark's authentication centre first and ship with Authentication Included. Read 9 November 2026 | Posh Authenticate checks select items from certain brands at $500 and up before they reach you, at no charge. Other items are not checked before shipping; Posh Protect covers a wrong item after delivery. Read 9 November 2026 | Shipping is the buyer's cost. Poshmark's Fee Policy, effective 25 November 2024, lists only seller fees, and the earlier version on the same page says the US Buyer Protection Fee was removed on 24 October 2024. Read 9 November 2026 | 20% of the sale at $15 and above and a flat $2.95 under $15 in the US. In Canada, 20% at C$20 and above and a flat C$3.95 under C$20, with GST or HST on the fee. Read 9 November 2026 | All sales are final unless the item never ships or does not match its listing. You have 3 days (72 hours) after delivery to open a return case. An item that does not fit or that you changed your mind about cannot go back. Read 9 November 2026 | Posh Protect gives a full refund if the item never ships or does not match the listing, when you open a case within 3 days of delivery. Returns must ship within 5 days of approval. Read 9 November 2026 |
| within | The boutique. You pay on the boutique's own checkout and it sends the item from its own shelf. | New stock from the boutique's own shelf. A pre owned item carries the boutique's own grade and photographs. | Nothing on top of the boutique's price. Tax and shipping are shown at the boutique's checkout. | The boutique sells its own stock. | Each boutique's own policy, shown on every item's page under Delivery and returns. | Each boutique's own policy, shown on every item's page under Delivery and returns. |
Where each one wins
The money moves in opposite directions.
Where Vinted is the better pick
- For sellers: no selling fee, you keep 100% of what you earn (read 9 November 2026).
Where Poshmark is the better pick
- For buyers: no buyer fee, where Vinted adds a fee of usually 5% + $0.70 (read 9 November 2026).
- Posh Authenticate checks select items at $500 and up before they reach you (read 9 November 2026).
Where within fits
within is the live shop window of independent luxury boutiques: what is on the shelf right now, in your city first, bought from the shop itself.
On within you buy from an independent boutique, from its own shelf, with its name on every item.
See every boutique on within and how within works.
Where these facts come from
Each site's own help and policy pages, read 9 November 2026. Pages change: check the site's checkout before you pay.
- Vinted How Vinted works, Vinted fee, Refund policy
- Poshmark Fee Policy, Fee Policy (Canada), Posh Protect, Posh Authenticate
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Common questions
Is Vinted or Poshmark better for selling?
Vinted, on fees: no selling fee against 20% on Poshmark for sales of $15 and above, as read 9 November 2026.
Is Vinted or Poshmark cheaper for buyers?
Poshmark adds no buyer fee. Vinted adds a fee of usually 5% + $0.70 in the US (read 9 November 2026). Both charge the buyer shipping.