At a glance
Same Item Priced Differently vs Depop / Vinted counts one-of-a-kind items you have cross-listed on Mercari and on rival resale apps at materially different prices. It is a cross-platform card comparing Mercari against Depop and Vinted, so the gap lives between the marketplaces. The table flags items where the price spread exceeds roughly 15%.
Calculation
Vortex IQ matches each Mercari listing to the same unique item on Depop or Vinted and compares the listed prices. Where the spread between the highest and lowest price across the matched channels exceeds the parity threshold, the item is counted and shown as a table row with the per-channel prices. The comparison runs across the window so brief, in-progress repricing settles out. Because this is a multi-marketplace comparison, an item can read fine on Mercari alone yet still appear here when a rival app prices it very differently.Worked example
A representative reading of Same Item Priced Differently vs Depop / Vinted for a typical Mercari reseller. On 28 Mar 26 the table shows 7 items over the 15% spread line, above the alert of 5. One row stands out: a vintage denim jacket listed at 68 dollars on Mercari but 52 dollars on Depop, a 24% spread. Because each jacket is one of a kind, a shopper who finds both listings buys the cheaper one and your Mercari listing simply does not convert. The reading tells you your cross-listing prices have drifted apart, probably from editing one channel and not the others. The action is a parity pass: align the seven flagged items to a single intended price, accounting for the different fee structures on each app. Cross-referencemer_xc_listed_but_oos_on_bc to make sure none of these have already sold on another channel, and mer_aov to anchor your parity target to what the items actually fetch. Vortex Mind traces upstream causes such as a Depop sale-event discount that broke parity, and Ask Viq answers plain-English questions like “which cross-listed items have the widest price spread”.
Sibling cards merchants should reference together
Reconciling against Mercari
Where to look in Mercari’s own dashboard: Mercari shows only your Mercari price, with no awareness of what the same item costs on Depop or Vinted. To check parity by hand you would open the item on each app and compare the prices yourself. The comparison here is Mercari versus rival resale apps, which means the Mercari dashboard alone will not show the gap because it has no view of the other marketplaces. Why the Vortex IQ value may legitimately differ:
Cross-connector reconciliation: Because this compares Mercari against Depop and Vinted, remember that each app charges different fees, so a deliberate spread may sometimes be correct; the card flags the gap so you can decide whether it is intentional. For divergence investigations, use Vortex Mind.