Shopee in 10 slides
Southeast Asia largest shopping platform (Sea Limited), with open seller sign-up across its markets and a huge affiliate program.
- Online marketplace
- Big marketplaces
- Based in Singapore (Sea Limited)
What you do on Shopee
How the money is made: selling products
- List your items
- A buyer orders
- Ship it
- Payout after delivery
Southeast Asia largest shopping platform (Sea Limited), with open seller sign-up across its markets and a huge affiliate program.
Founded 2015 · next to 36 other big marketplaces
Work and topics
Good for
What Shopee takes
Category commission ~2-11% + ~2% transaction fee
From the published fees, before payment-processing, currency or withdrawal charges. Work out your own amount →
How the money reaches you
From sign-up to payout
- Sign up
- Do the work
- Earnings clearPhilippines bank withdrawals typically 1-3 business days, other markets may diff…
- Withdraw1 way to withdraw
1 way to withdraw
- Bank transfer
Can you join?
Yes, if you live in one of 8 countries.
Open in 8 countries
What people actually earn
Sea's chairman said Shopee served around 20 million sellers and 400 million active buyers in 2025, per the company's FY2025 results release.
Source: sec.gov ↗Sea Limited reported $127.4 billion in Shopee gross merchandise value for full-year 2025, up 26.8 percent year over year.
Source: sec.gov ↗How it scores
Strong on track record. Weaker on getting paid.
- Fees3.5
- Getting paid2.3
- Access2.5
- Track record4.5
- Proof of earnings3.0
- Verified earnings
- Clear fees
- Top 10K website
- 10 years running
- Public company
- Fully documented
Shopee against its peers
Guess: next to the 30 other big marketplaces that charge a percentage, is Shopee…
The cut of all 31 big marketplaces that charge a percentage
| Platform | Fee |
|---|---|
| Konga | 3% |
| Bonanza | 3.5% |
| Rakuten Ichiba | 4.5% |
| Blibli | 5% |
| AliExpress | 6.5% |
| Lazada | 6.5% |
| Shopee | 8.5% |
| bol | 8.5% |
| Prom.ua | 8.6% |
| Allegro | 9% |
| Kilimall | 10% |
| Walmart Marketplace | 10.5% |
| Takealot | 11% |
| Coupang | 11% |
| Amazon | 11.5% |
| Temu | 11.5% |
| Newegg Marketplace | 11.5% |
| Kaufland Marketplace | 11.5% |
| Jumia | 12.5% |
| Cdiscount | 12.5% |
| Daraz | 12.7% |
| Flipkart | 13.5% |
| Otto Market | 13.5% |
| eBay | 13.6% |
| Trendyol | 14% |
| MercadoLibre | 14.3% |
| Zalando Partner | 15% |
| Noon | 15.5% |
| eMAG | 16% |
| Rozetka | 16% |
| Hepsiburada | 30.5% |
- At 4%–13%, Shopee takes a smaller cut than 23 of the 31 big marketplaces we track that charge a percentage fee (median 11.5%).
- Launched in 2015, Shopee is newer than most big marketplaces — 30 of the 37 we track were founded earlier.
How much we know
We have 10 of the 17 things we track for every platform. Fees, payouts, join rules, countries and real earnings count most.
What we have
- What kind of platform it is
- Year founded
- Headquarters
- Fees
- How fast you get paid
- Withdrawal methods
- Join requirements
- Countries it accepts
- Real earnings figures
- Wikipedia or reference page
Still missing
- Plain-English overview
- Minimum payout
- Payment protection
- Review ratings
- Support channels
- Mobile apps
- Social accounts