Cheapest Courier Options for Depop UK Sellers

Depop Shipping is the built-in route: you choose a size tier when you list, the buyer pays that tier at checkout, and after the sale Depop emails an Evri QR code (plus a printable label) and marks the order as shipped at Evri's first scan. It covers mainland UK only and the tiers stop at 5 kg. The 'Other' option means you buy the postage yourself from any courier, charge the buyer whatever postage you set on the listing, and enter the tracking number by hand when you mark the order as shipped. Depop Protection applies to Depop Shipping orders; with 'Other' your evidence in a dispute is the tracking you entered.

The tier price is set by Depop and paid by the buyer, so the label costs you nothing. The last figures Depop published were £2.99 for Small (under 1 kg), £4.49 for Medium (under 2 kg) and £6.49 for Large (under 5 kg); check the current tiers in the app before you list. A tier that is lighter than the packed parcel can be surcharged or refused at the ParcelShop, so weigh the packed item on kitchen scales before choosing. For a seller, 'cheapest' here means the tier the buyer is willing to pay without walking away: a Small tier on a 900 g jumper keeps the listing competitive.

Buying online in the Royal Mail app or Click & Drop since 5 October 2026: Tracked 48 Large Letter £2.90 (up to 1 kg, under 2.5 cm thick), Tracked 48 Small Parcel £3.75 (up to 2 kg), Tracked 24 Small Parcel £4.80, 2nd Class Small Parcel £4.40, 2nd Class Medium Parcel £7.00 up to 2 kg and £9.00 up to 10 kg, Special Delivery from £9.85. The Large Letter is the one real bargain: no Evri tier beats £2.90 with £75 of cover for a T-shirt or a scarf in a flat mailer. At the counter a Tracked 48 Small Parcel is £4.70, so never buy there.

Evri direct from evri.com is £2.62 to a ParcelShop or £3.04 to the door for a small parcel under 1 kg, £3.52 for 1 to 2 kg (£4.79 standard size), £6.59 for 2 to 5 kg, £6.68 for 5 to 10 kg and £10.28 for 10 to 15 kg, including VAT, tracking and £20 of cover; choose 'print in ParcelShop' for a QR code. InPost, bought at inpost.co.uk, is £1.99 for a Small compartment, £2.59 for a Medium and £3.99 for a Large to another locker or shop (£2.89 to £5.99 to a home address), the cheapest tracked option for anything that fits a locker, but it refuses batteries, liquids and aerosols and covers second-hand items only up to £50.

Depop Shipping orders carry Evri's £20 cover plus Depop Protection. With 'Other', InPost pays at most £50 for a second-hand item (nothing for collectables or glass), Evri £20 unless you add more, Royal Mail Tracked £75 and Special Delivery £750. For a £15 T-shirt, Depop Shipping or InPost is fine. For a £120 vintage jacket, Royal Mail Tracked 48 at £3.75 with £75 of cover, or Special Delivery at £9.85 with £750, is the cheaper decision even though the label costs more.

Three Depop sales. A band T-shirt at £12: Depop Shipping Small tier, buyer pays £2.99 (check the app), Evri QR code, no cost to you. A silk scarf at £18, 70 g in a flat mailer: 'Other' with Royal Mail Tracked 48 Large Letter at £2.90, cheaper than any tier and tracked. A pair of boots at £95, 1.7 kg: Depop Shipping Medium tier is easiest, but if you want more than £20 of cover, 'Other' with Royal Mail Tracked 48 Small Parcel at £3.75 gives £75; InPost Medium at £2.59 would be cheapest of all but caps cover at £50.