Does Meesho charge commission? What comes out of your price
No. Meesho's pricing page says “Meesho charges 0% Commission rate across all categories”, and registering as a seller is free (supplier.meesho.com/pricing, retrieved 4 Oct 2026). The money that leaves your price goes on shipping, GST on that shipping, returns, and two government deductions, TCS and TDS. Each line below is in Meesho's or the government's own words.
| Charge | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Commission | 0% across all categories | Meesho pricing page |
| Registration | Free | Meesho pricing page |
| Payment gateway, COD | No charges on either | Meesho pricing page |
| Forward shipping | Seller pays; “only 18% GST on the shipping charges” | How it works, pricing page |
| Customer return | Return shipping fee based on weight, shown in product details | Shipping page, learning hub |
| RTO | No return shipping fee for any RTOs | Meesho pricing page |
| TCS | 0.5% (section 52, CGST Act), from 10 July 2024 | PIB |
| TDS | 0.1% (section 194-O, Income-tax Act) | Income Tax Dept |
| Payout | 7-day payment cycle from delivery | Meesho pricing page |
Meesho pages retrieved 4 Oct 2026; PIB Year Ender 2024 and the Income Tax Department TDS table (AY 2026-27), retrieved 4 Oct 2026.
An RTO is an order that goes back to you undelivered after the courier's attempts; Meesho does not charge a return fee for those, only for customer returns. The full list with every date is in every Meesho fee, from Meesho's pages.
How to set your price on Meesho
Five steps, in the order you meet them. Steps 3 and 4 follow Meesho's own wording (supplier.meesho.com, retrieved 4 Oct 2026); we have no Supplier Panel screenshots yet, so none are shown.
- 1
Add up your landed cost per piece
Write down what one piece costs you to make or buy, delivered to your door, and the packaging for it. These are your numbers; Meesho does not see them.You should see: One cost figure per piece, for example ₹180 plus ₹15 packaging in our kurti example.
- 2
Add the shipping charge, its GST and the return fee
Take the shipping charge the panel shows for your product and add 18% GST on it. Then note the return shipping fee, which varies by product and sits in the product details section.You should see: Shipping plus its GST per piece: ₹70 + ₹12.60 = ₹82.60 in our example, plus the return fee on each return.
- 3
Enter the Price and GST at catalog upload
Meesho's order is: select a category, upload the product images, then “fill in details like the Price, GST, etc.” (How it works, retrieved 4 Oct 2026).You should see: The catalog form with your price and the product's GST rate filled in.
- 4
Check the Transfer Price in Price Recommendation
The Transfer Price is the amount Meesho shows, in the Price Recommendation tab on the left panel, as transferred to you for a given price. Next to it Meesho gives a recommended price, “View Comparison” shows how your product compares to a competing product, and you can edit the price before you click “Accept” (Meesho learning hub, retrieved 4 Oct 2026).You should see: Accepted prices move to the “Accepted” tab.
- 5
Check settlement and profit before you accept
Put the price, GST rate, shipping charge, cost and return rate into the Meesho commission calculator. If the profit per order is too thin, edit the price in step 4 instead of accepting.You should see: Bank settlement per delivered order and average profit per order shipped, after returns.
Worked example: pricing a ₹399 kurti
On a ₹399 kurti with a ₹70 shipping charge, Meesho's settlement to your bank is ₹314.10 per delivered order, and your profit after costs is ₹115.00. With 20% of orders returned and a ₹70 return fee, the average falls to ₹78.00 per order shipped. These are our example inputs, not Meesho rates; the calculator produced them on 7 Oct 2026.
| Line | Amount |
|---|---|
| Selling price incl. 5% GST | ₹399.00 |
| Commission (0%) | ₹0.00 |
| Shipping charge + 18% GST | −₹70.00 − ₹12.60 |
| TCS 0.5% of ₹380.00 taxable value | −₹1.90 |
| TDS 0.1% of ₹399 | −₹0.40 |
| Bank settlement per delivered order | ₹314.10 |
| Profit after tax credits, ₹180 cost and ₹15 packaging | ₹115.00 |
| Average per order shipped (0.8 × ₹115.00 − 0.2 × ₹70) | ₹78.00 |
Inputs: StitchMagic example (F-1526). Fees: supplier.meesho.com, retrieved 4 Oct 2026; TCS PIB; TDS incometaxindia.gov.in.
The ₹115.00 is higher than settlement minus cost because the ₹19.00 GST on the sale goes to the government while the ₹12.60 GST on shipping, the TCS and the TDS come back to you as credits, TCS against your GST and TDS against your income tax. If ₹78.00 an order is too little, raise the price or cut the box size, then run it again in the calculator.
Common Meesho pricing mistakes
The common mistake is pricing as if the shipping charge were the only cost, when 18% GST sits on top of it and customer returns carry their own fee.
| Mistake | What it costs | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Leaving out GST on shipping | 18% of every shipping charge; ₹12.60 on ₹70 | Add it in step 2 |
| Ignoring the return fee | A weight-based fee on each customer return | Price on the average per order shipped |
| Reading the price as income | GST on the sale, TCS 0.5% and TDS 0.1% still come out | Check the Transfer Price and settlement |
| Trusting “15–20% commission” lists | A price set too high for no reason | Meesho's own page says 0% |
Sources: supplier.meesho.com pricing and shipping pages, retrieved 4 Oct 2026; PIB; incometaxindia.gov.in.
On the last row: some seller blogs, sellership.in among them, list 15–20% commission for fashion and apparel, which contradicts Meesho's pricing page; we go by Meesho's page (checked 4 Oct 2026). If a listing is rejected rather than underpriced, the fix is in Meesho catalog rejected, and the panel itself is explained in our Meesho Supplier Panel guide. To choose what to list next, see Meesho trending products; for more seller tools, tools for marketplace sellers.
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Meesho 0% commission leta hai, lekin forward shipping charge aur us par 18% GST aap dete hain. Isliye price rakhte waqt apni cost, packing, shipping plus GST aur return fee jodiye. Catalog upload mein Price aur GST bharne ke baad Price Recommendation tab mein Transfer Price dekhiye: Meesho ke hisaab se yahi raqam aapko transfer hogi. Accept karne se pehle price edit kar sakte hain.