StockX vs GOAT: Which Works for Sellers in Europe?

Who can sell: access from Poland and the EU

GOAT's fee page states that selling from outside the US is "only available to select sellers at this time" — so a seller based in Poland may not be able to open a GOAT seller account at all, independent of the fee tables below. StockX, by contrast, publishes a minimum transaction fee for the EU (€5) and for Great Britain (£4.50), which only makes sense if sellers in those regions are supported; the fee page adds no further access restriction beyond the seller levels covered next.

Check access first. If GOAT has not approved your account, its commission table is moot until it does.

StockX fees: levels, processing and the minimum fee

StockX charges two seller-side fees on every sale: a processing fee of 3%, and a transaction fee that falls as you sell more in a rolling quarter.

A minimum transaction fee also applies regardless of item price: €5 in the EU, £4.50 in Great Britain. On a cheap pair, that floor can matter more than the percentage.

GOAT fees: commission, seller rating and country seller fee

GOAT's commission starts at 9.5% once your seller rating reaches 90, its default starting rating. Below that, penalty tiers apply: 15% at a rating between 70 and 89, 20% between 50 and 69, and 25% below 50, alongside a possible account review. Rating moves with your history — a cancelled sale costs 10 rating points, a completed sale adds 2.

On top of commission, GOAT charges a country seller fee that depends on where you ship from: France, Poland, Austria and Belgium sit at $6 per sale for drop-off, Germany and the UK at $2 drop-off or $5 prepaid, and unlisted countries pay $30. Cashing out costs 2.9% via ACH or PayPal, with a minimum balance of $25 before you can withdraw.

A €150 pair on both platforms

Applying only the published percentage fees to a €150 sale — leaving out GOAT's dollar-denominated seller fee and cash-out fee, since converting them depends on the exchange rate on payout day — shows how the two commission structures alone compare.

Say you compare two identical €150 pairs: StockX's 12% combined rate nets you €132 before shipping, and GOAT's 9.5% commission alone nets €135.75, before its seller fee and cash-out fee come out in dollars. Add those two back and the gap narrows — run your own numbers once you know your seller level and rating.

Authentication, shipping and payout: what the fee pages say

Both platforms authenticate an item before releasing it to the buyer — that check is the point of a resale marketplace for sneakers. What StockX's own fee page does not say is who pays for shipping to its verification hub or how long payout takes after a sale: neither detail is confirmed on the page we read, so check StockX's help centre directly before you rely on either number. Before sending anything for authentication, a pre-listing authenticity checklist catches issues a marketplace's own check might miss.

Which to choose, and when to use a local platform instead

If GOAT has not approved selling from your country, StockX's published EU minimum fee makes it the safer default to test first. Above your entry level, weigh StockX's fixed 12% against GOAT's 9.5% plus a country seller fee that stays fairly small even before it converts back to euros.

For worn pairs — scuffed, resoled, missing a box — neither platform's deadstock-focused fee schedule fits well; pricing used sneakers covers Vinted and OLX instead, where reva's Scout (live) shows a five-level price ladder built from comparable items that left the market.

Other sneaker marketplaces are covered in where to sell sneakers in Europe, including Grailed's fee schedule for streetwear crossover pairs.

The wider map of platforms across the continent sits in the best resale platforms in Europe.