What Meesho charges sellers
| Commission | 0% in all categories. |
|---|---|
| Collection fee | None, on prepaid or cash-on-delivery orders. |
| Shipping charge | Deducted on every delivered order. The amount changes from order to order and includes 18% GST. Meesho does not publish a rate list on its supplier pages. |
| RTO | No return shipping fee. |
| Customer return | A return shipping fee based on the weight of the shipment. Amounts are not published, and Meesho says the fee can be waived in exceptional cases. |
| Cancellation | No penalty for supplier cancellations or auto-cancellations. |
| TCS and TDS | 0.5% and 0.1% of the sale before GST, held back from the payout and claimed in your tax returns. |
| Payment | 7 days after delivery, including cash-on-delivery orders. |
| Registration | Free. |
Checked October 2026 against Meesho's pricing and shipping pages, and against the tax lines on Meesho payment files. Meesho can change these; your payment file is the final word.
Where each charge is in your payment file
Download the payment file from the Meesho Supplier Panel. On the “Order Payments” sheet every row is one order, and the columns below add up to the last one.
- Listing Price (Incl. taxes)The price you set for the product.
- Total Sale Amount (Incl. Shipping & GST)The sale as Meesho records it, with shipping added.
- Shipping Charge (Incl. GST)The shipping Meesho deducts from you for this order. Compare it with the shipping added in the sale amount: the difference is what you bear.
- Total Sale Return Amount (Incl. Shipping & GST)The sale taken back when the order becomes an RTO or a customer return.
- Return Shipping Charge (Incl. GST)The fee on a customer return. Zero on RTOs.
- Meesho Commission (Incl. GST)Commission. Zero while the rate is 0%.
- TCS and TDSTax held back on the sale.
- Compensation, Claims, RecoveryAmounts Meesho adds or takes back for this order.
- Final Settlement AmountWhat you are paid for the order: the sum of the money columns in the row. It is negative on a customer return.
Ad spend is not in these rows. It is on the “Ads Cost” sheet of the same file and is deducted separately.
Put your own numbers in
The Meesho profit calculator takes your price, cost and return rate and shows what is left per order and per 100 orders.
Questions
What does Meesho charge sellers?
Meesho charges 0% commission and no collection fee (checked October 2026). What it does deduct is a shipping charge on every delivered order and a return shipping fee when a customer returns an order. TCS (0.5%) and TDS (0.1%) are also held back from each payout; those are taxes you claim back, not Meesho's fees. Ads, if you run them, are deducted separately.
What are Meesho's shipping charges for sellers?
Meesho adds a shipping amount to the price the customer sees and deducts a shipping charge from your payout. The two are not always equal, and both change from order to order. The charge includes 18% GST. To see yours, open the payment file and look at the column “Shipping Charge (Incl. GST)”.
Is there a Meesho shipping charges list, or a rate per kg?
Meesho's supplier pricing and shipping pages do not publish a rate list (checked October 2026). The reliable figure is the one in your own payment file: the shipping charge on each order of a product, which you can average per SKU.
What are Meesho's return charges for sellers?
When a customer returns an order, Meesho charges the seller a return shipping fee based on the weight of the shipment. The amounts are not published. Yours is in the payment file, in the column “Return Shipping Charge (Incl. GST)”. Meesho says the fee can be waived in exceptional cases.
Does Meesho charge for RTO?
No return shipping fee. Meesho's pricing page says: “Meesho will not charge a return shipping fee for any RTOs” (checked October 2026). You still lose the packaging and any ad spend on that order, and the stock is away until it comes back.
Does Meesho charge commission or a collection fee?
Meesho says it charges 0% commission in all categories, and no fee for payment gateway or cash-on-delivery orders (checked October 2026).
What are TCS and TDS on Meesho payments?
TCS (tax collected at source, 0.5%) and TDS (tax deducted at source, 0.1%) are worked out on the sale before GST and held back from the payout. They are not a cost: TCS is claimed in your GST returns and TDS against your income tax.
When does Meesho pay sellers?
Meesho says the settlement reaches your bank on a 7-day payment cycle from delivery, including cash-on-delivery orders (checked October 2026).
Why is my Meesho payment less than my listing price?
Usually four things. The shipping charge deducted is more than the shipping added to the customer's price. TCS and TDS are held back. A returned order takes back the sale and adds a return shipping fee. And ad spend is deducted separately from the order rows.
How do I check what Meesho deducted on an order?
Find the order's row on the “Order Payments” sheet of the payment file. The sale amount, shipping charge, return shipping charge, TCS and TDS are separate columns, and they add up to the Final Settlement Amount.
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