For a local sale, OfferUp vs Facebook Marketplace is a tie on fees: neither charges you anything when the buyer pays in person. The real difference is shipping. OfferUp ended shipping in October 2025, so if an item has to go in the post, Facebook is the only one of the two that can do it, and it takes 10%.
The calculator above sets an OfferUp local sale against a Facebook shipped sale. On a $50 item, OfferUp in person leaves you $50.00. Shipped through Facebook, you get $45.00, before any label you pay for. Sell locally on Facebook instead and you keep the full price there too.
OfferUp vs Facebook Marketplace fees, side by side
- OfferUp, local sale: no fee and no commission. OfferUp's help center says it doesn't charge fees on in-person transactions.
- OfferUp, shipped sale: not possible any more. OfferUp stopped new shipped listings on September 23, 2025 and removed shipping from the rest on October 21, 2025.
- Facebook Marketplace, local sale: no fee when the buyer pays you in person.
- Facebook Marketplace, shipped sale: 10% of the total (item, shipping and tax), with a $0.80 minimum, taken from your payout.
Here's how a local OfferUp sale compares with shipping the same item through Facebook, with free shipping and no tax:
| Sale price | OfferUp fee | OfferUp pays you | Facebook Marketplace fee | Facebook Marketplace pays you |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10.00 | $0.00 | $10.00 | $1.00 | $9.00 |
| $25.00 | $0.00 | $25.00 | $2.50 | $22.50 |
| $50.00 | $0.00 | $50.00 | $5.00 | $45.00 |
| $100.00 | $0.00 | $100.00 | $10.00 | $90.00 |
| $250.00 | $0.00 | $250.00 | $25.00 | $225.00 |
| $500.00 | $0.00 | $500.00 | $50.00 | $450.00 |
Standard settings, free shipping to the buyer, no sales tax.
If both sales are local, both columns would show no fee. The table is useful when you're deciding whether to wait for a local buyer or ship to someone further away.
What you might pay for on OfferUp
OfferUp makes its money from optional extras, not from sales:
- Promote and Promote Plus: paid subscriptions that show your listings to more people.
- Extra listings: each category has a free monthly allowance. Cars and motorcycles get 1 free listing a month, appliances and phones 15, and most other things 200 in total.
- Premium: a monthly plan that removes ads from the app.
OfferUp doesn't publish set prices for these, and the app shows the cost before you pay. Most casual sellers never need any of them. Facebook has optional listing boosts too, which work like ads.
Facebook Marketplace vs OfferUp: which is better?
For most sellers, Facebook is the safer first choice, mainly because it does more. But OfferUp still has a place.
Facebook Marketplace wins on reach. Far more people already use Facebook every day, so a listing tends to get seen faster. You can also switch on shipping for small items, which OfferUp can't offer now.
OfferUp wins on focus. It's a selling app and nothing else. Buyers open it to shop, profiles show ratings and a verified badge, and there's no social feed mixed in. Some sellers find the messages more serious.
For big items, use both. Furniture, appliances, bikes and tools sell locally anyway. Listing on both apps costs nothing and roughly doubles the people who see it. Take down the other listing when one sells.
Price the same on both. Buyers often check both apps. If your price is lower on one, expect messages asking you to match it, so it's simpler to keep them equal and update both when you drop the price.
So OfferUp or Facebook Marketplace? List on Facebook first. Add OfferUp for anything bulky or anything that sits for more than a few days.
Meeting buyers safely
- Meet in a public place in daylight. Many police stations have marked spots for online sales.
- For large items collected from home, have someone else there and keep the item near the door.
- Count cash on the spot. For bigger amounts, use a payment app and wait until it shows in your account before you hand anything over.
- Be wary of buyers who offer to overpay, ask for a code sent to your phone, or want to move the chat off the app.
Where to go when you need to ship
Since OfferUp can't ship, a shipped sale has to go somewhere else. Facebook takes $5.00 on a $50 item. Mercari takes the same 10%, and eBay reaches the most buyers for collectibles and parts. The eBay vs Facebook Marketplace page compares those two, and the OfferUp fees page has the full background on the shipping change.
Common questions
Does OfferUp or Facebook Marketplace charge sellers fees?
Neither charges for a local sale paid in person. Facebook takes 10% (minimum $0.80) on shipped orders. OfferUp no longer offers shipping.
Can you still ship on OfferUp?
No. OfferUp ended nationwide shipping in October 2025 and says it has no current plans to bring it back.
FB Marketplace vs OfferUp: which sells faster?
Usually Facebook, because so many more people use it. In some cities OfferUp is busy too, so listing on both is the easy way to find out.
What does Facebook take from a $100 shipped sale?
$10.00 with no shipping or tax added, so you get $90.00. On OfferUp, the same item sold locally pays you the full $100.
Sources
Fees last checked against these official pages: OfferUp (US, local sale) on 2026-10-12; Facebook Marketplace (US) on 2026-10-11. We re-check every source daily and update the calculators when a platform changes its fees.
- OfferUp Help: Nationwide shipping ending
- OfferUp Help: What is OfferUp?
- OfferUp Help: About free listing limits
- Facebook Help: When you'll get paid for selling with shipping