Why accept payments on Thryft Ship?
Stop juggling Venmo, PayPal, CashApp, and screenshot receipts. Buyers check out in seconds — and every sale, payment, and label stays organized in one place.
The old way costs you real money
- ✕ Send your Venmo / PayPal info in DMs
- ✕ Wait for a screenshot as “proof”
- ✕ Manually match payments to orders
- ✕ Untangle it when a buyer ghosts mid-checkout
- ✓ Buyers check out right on your form
- ✓ Payment confirmed automatically
- ✓ Orders, payments & labels tied together
- ✓ A checkout that looks legit — because it is
Missed payments, hours of reconciliation, and lost buyer trust add up fast. With Payments, everything happens in one place: buyers check out, you get paid, and your orders and labels stay neatly connected.
What it costs
- Card processing (Stripe): 2.9% + 30¢ per transaction — covered by your customer by default.
- Thryft Ship fee: 2% of the subtotal.
Which means for most sellers, the only fee you pay is 2% of the subtotal.
For just 2%, you save hours, prevent lost sales, and look more legit to your customers.
Features you can customize
Every shop runs differently — these settings bend Payments to your style. Each one has its own step-by-step guide:
How Thryft Ship stacks up
Buyers cover payment processing by default, so your effective cost is just 2% of the subtotal — with a more legit, all-in-one checkout.
| Platform | Your effective fee | Who pays processing? | All-in-one |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thryft Ship | 2% of subtotal | Buyer by default (Fee on Me optional) | Yes — checkout, payments, orders & labels together |
| Venmo / PayPal | ~0–3%* | Varies | No — manual reconciling & screenshots |
| Cash App / Zelle | ~0%* | N/A | No — no order tie-in, low seller protection |
| Depop | 3.3% + $0.45 per item; buyers also pay a marketplace fee | Seller | Marketplace checkout only |
| Poshmark | ~20% on most sales | Included in take rate | Marketplace-style, rigid shipping |
*Typical/approximate figures — fees vary by account type, card usage, and policy changes. Always confirm current fees with the provider.
Effective take rate on a $100 sale
Bars scaled to a 20% max for easy comparison.
More than a shipping tool
Payments make Thryft Ship your all-in-one sales system: a professional checkout for your buyers, cleaner payouts through Stripe (no more chasing screenshots), and a seamless connection between sales, payments, and shipping.
Ready to turn it on?
Head to Settings → Accept Payments — setup takes 3–5 minutes.
Open Thryft Ship First time? The Complete Guide to Thryft Ship Payments walks you through every step.
