Planning ahead for your Depop accounts
Depop Limited (eBay Inc.) accounts cannot be transferred and have no beneficiary option — here is what you can do while the account is active
Depop Help Centre
Depop Help Centre -- closing an account on behalf of another user
Because Depop Limited (eBay Inc.) reviews transfer requests on a case-by-case basis, there is no guarantee that accounts will be transferred after death. Lifetime planning reduces dependence on that outcome.
How to protect your Depop accounts
7 lifetime planning steps for your Depop accounts:
Family sharing
Depop accounts are non-transferable. Terms of Service section 7.2 prohibits transferring the right to use the Service to another person and prohibits selling, gifting, or transferring an account to another person. There is no multi-user access, delegate, or family sharing feature, and Depop documents no account succession mechanism. Closure is the action Depop offers on a deceased user's account. Seller balances are handled through Depop Payments (Stripe) and withdraw to the seller's linked bank account.
Should you save your passwords for your family?
Some people store account passwords so a family member can sign in later. The practice has three practical limits:
- Two-factor authentication often blocks it. Most accounts require a second factor — a code sent to a phone, an authenticator app, a passkey, or a physical key. A saved password alone frequently does not grant access, and the recovery codes that would are easy to lose or let go stale.
- It usually conflicts with the platform's terms. Most operators prohibit account sharing and signing in as another person, including after a death. Stored credentials are not the operator's recognized access path, and using them can violate the terms of service.
- Operators provide other paths. Where an operator offers a designation tool — Apple's Legacy Contact, Google's Inactive Account Manager, a beneficiary designation — that mechanism grants access the operator recognizes. A password manager's own emergency-access or legacy feature passes credentials through a controlled process. Digital assets named in a will or trust give a fiduciary authority under each state's Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (RUFADAA).
Frequently asked questions
Record that the account exists, its @username, and the email address tied to it, so an executor can open a request Depop can identify. Let payouts run rather than leaving a large Depop Balance on the platform, and verify the linked payout bank account is one the estate can reach. Keep outstanding orders shipped and disputes closed, since Depop requires those to be settled before an account is closed. Document listed inventory separately in your estate plan -- the physical items have value independent of the listings -- and understand that reviews, followers, and seller reputation do not transfer.
Listing the Depop account in an estate inventory identifies it for a fiduciary, who works through the operator's official channels to manage or close it.
Depop does not support beneficiary designations. Unlike financial accounts, there is no way to name a beneficiary on this type of account.
Sources
Data sourced from Depop Limited (eBay Inc.) primary sources (9 pages reviewed). How we research.
Depop Help Centre
Depop Help Centre -- closing an account on behalf of another user
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