Is Depop or Shopify better?

Neither clearly leads. Depop starts at Free and Shopify at $24/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Depop or Shopify?

Depop has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Depop and $24/month for Shopify.

Does Depop or Shopify run on more platforms?

Depop runs on iOS, Android, Web. Shopify runs on Web.

Can I use Depop for free?

Yes. Depop has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Shopify starts at $24/month.

What is Depop best used for?

Depop is most often used for a younger seller building a curated vintage or streetwear shop with a distinct aesthetic identity, a buyer who discovers items through a social-style feed rather than direct search, a seller moving higher-priced individual pieces where the current fee structure is more favourable than the old flat rate, someone who wants social features like likes and follows as part of the buying and selling experience. Of those, a younger seller building a curated vintage or streetwear shop with a distinct aesthetic identity and a buyer who discovers items through a social-style feed rather than direct search are not what Shopify is typically brought in for.

What can Depop do that Shopify cannot?

Depop covers Curated seller shops, Social discovery feed, Per-order seller fee, Depop Payments. Shopify covers Hosted ecommerce platform, Payment processing, Inventory management, Order tracking.

E-Commerce · head to head

Depop vs Shopify

Depop

E-Commerce

Fashion resale marketplace popular with younger sellers, owned by Etsy, with a per-item plus percentage fee

From: Free
Rated: -

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Shopify

E-Commerce

The most trusted ecommerce platform to start, grow, and scale your business

From: $24/month
Rated: -

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The short version

Only Depop has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: Depop the 2024 shift away from a flat 10 percent fee increased the effective cost per sale for sellers moving high volumes of low-priced items, a group that was previously well served by the app.; Shopify using any payment provider other than Shopify Payments adds a transaction fee on top of the card rate, at 2% on Basic falling to 0.2% on Plus
They diverge on capability: Depop covers Curated seller shops, Shopify covers Hosted ecommerce platform.
Prices and features above were last checked on 15 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Depop and Shopify actually diverge.

Attributes where Depop and Shopify differ
Attribute	Depop	Shopify
Starting price	Free	$24/month
Pricing model	Free to list; percentage plus per-order seller fee, separate payment processing fee	subscription
Free tier	Yes	No
Platforms	iOS, Android, Web	Web
Founded	Unknown	2006

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (E-Commerce).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Depop

Curated seller shops
Social discovery feed
Per-order seller fee
Depop Payments
Offers and bundles
Boost and promoted listings

Only in Shopify

Hosted ecommerce platform
Payment processing
Inventory management
Order tracking
Marketing automation
Apps and integrations
Multi-channel selling
SSL certificate

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Depop

A younger seller building a curated vintage or streetwear shop with a distinct aesthetic identitynot Shopify
A buyer who discovers items through a social-style feed rather than direct searchnot Shopify
A seller moving higher-priced individual pieces where the current fee structure is more favourable than the old flat ratenot Shopify
Someone who wants social features like likes and follows as part of the buying and selling experiencenot Shopify

Shopify

Running a hosted ecommerce store with payments and fulfilmentnot Depop
Selling across online, in person and social channels from one cataloguenot Depop

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Depop

The 2024 shift away from a flat 10 percent fee increased the effective cost per sale for sellers moving high volumes of low-priced items, a group that was previously well served by the app.
Payment processing is a separate fee on top of the per-order seller fee, so the total deduction from a sale is not fully captured by the headline percentage alone.
Discovery leans heavily on an algorithmic social feed, so newer sellers without an existing following can find it harder to get visibility without paying for Boost promotion.
As an Etsy subsidiary since 2021, Depop's roadmap and fee decisions are set within a larger public company strategy rather than independently, and past fee changes reflect that broader commercial pressure.
Buyer protection and dispute resolution for item condition or authenticity issues rely on Depop's own policies, which are less standardised than the seller-rating-driven trust systems on some competitors.

Shopify

Using any payment provider other than Shopify Payments adds a transaction fee on top of the card rate, at 2% on Basic falling to 0.2% on Plus
That fee makes the cheapest plan the most expensive place to use an outside processor, which is the opposite of how plans usually work
Card rates also improve with the plan, from 2.9% on Basic to 2.7% on Advanced
Amex is charged at a higher rate than other cards on every plan below Plus
Plus starts at $2,300 a month
The advertised lower monthly prices require paying a year up front

Pricing, plan by plan

Depop

Free

SellingFree
- Percentage-based fee on sale price plus a small fixed per-order fee
- Separate payment processing fee applies on top
- Sellers should check current published rates, as the fee structure changed from a flat 10 percent in 2024

Shopify

$24/month

Basic$24/month
- For solo entrepreneurs
- $32/month on monthly billing
- 2.9% + AED1.00 transaction fee (standard cards)
Grow$69/month
- For small teams
- $92/month on monthly billing
- 2.8% + AED1.00 transaction fee (standard cards)
Advanced$299/month
- For global reach
- $399/month on monthly billing
- 2.7% + AED1.00 transaction fee (standard cards)
Plus$2300/month
- For complex businesses
- most competitive transaction rates

Which should you pick?

Choose Depop if

You need curated seller shops.
You want to start without paying.
You work on iOS, Android, Web.
You also want social discovery feed.

Depop review

Choose Shopify if

You need hosted ecommerce platform.
You also want payment processing.

Shopify review

Questions people ask

Is Depop or Shopify better?: Neither clearly leads. Depop starts at Free and Shopify at $24/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Depop or Shopify?: Depop has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Depop and $24/month for Shopify.
Does Depop or Shopify run on more platforms?: Depop runs on iOS, Android, Web. Shopify runs on Web.
Can I use Depop for free?: Yes. Depop has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Shopify starts at $24/month.
What is Depop best used for?: Depop is most often used for a younger seller building a curated vintage or streetwear shop with a distinct aesthetic identity, a buyer who discovers items through a social-style feed rather than direct search, a seller moving higher-priced individual pieces where the current fee structure is more favourable than the old flat rate, someone who wants social features like likes and follows as part of the buying and selling experience. Of those, a younger seller building a curated vintage or streetwear shop with a distinct aesthetic identity and a buyer who discovers items through a social-style feed rather than direct search are not what Shopify is typically brought in for.
What can Depop do that Shopify cannot?: Depop covers Curated seller shops, Social discovery feed, Per-order seller fee, Depop Payments. Shopify covers Hosted ecommerce platform, Payment processing, Inventory management, Order tracking.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Depop: Is Depop seller fee still a flat 10 percent?

No, Depop moved to a percentage plus small fixed per-order fee structure in 2024, replacing the earlier flat 10 percent rate.

Shopify: How much does Shopify cost?

Shopify's Basic tier is $24/month (or $32/month monthly), Grow is $69/month (or $92/month monthly), Advanced is $299/month (or $399/month monthly), and Plus starts at $2,300/month. Annual subscriptions include 25% discount versus monthly billing.

Source

Depop: Who owns Depop?

Etsy, which acquired Depop in 2021 for 1.625 billion dollars.

Shopify: Does Shopify offer a free trial?

Yes, Shopify offers 3 days free, then $1/month for 3 months without requiring a credit card.

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Depop: Does Depop charge for payment processing separately?

Yes, Depop Payments carries its own fee in addition to the per-order seller fee.

Shopify: What payment processing fees does Shopify charge?

Transaction rates vary by plan: Basic charges 2.9% + AED1.00 (standard cards), Grow charges 2.8% + AED1.00, Advanced charges 2.7% + AED1.00, and Plus offers the most competitive rates. American Express charges 0.1% higher across all plans.

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Depop vs Shopify

Depop

Shopify

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Depop

Only in Shopify

What people use each for

Depop

Shopify

Where each one falls short

Depop

Shopify

Pricing, plan by plan

Depop

Shopify

Which should you pick?

Choose Depop if

Choose Shopify if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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