Polymarket · Fees & rebates update
Polymarket Changes Sports Taker Fees and Maker Rebates
Polymarket’s changelog says its sports taker-fee coefficient increased from 0.03 to 0.05 and its sports maker rebate fell from 25% to 15% of collected taker fees.
What changed
At midnight UTC on July 10, the sports taker-fee coefficient changed from 0.03 to 0.05 and the maker rebate changed from 25% to 15%.
What did not change
The update did not introduce a maker trading fee. Current documentation still lists maker fee as 0, and it does not say every Polymarket category now has the same fee treatment.
Why this matters
The taker charge depends on the share price and is applied when an order matches. A remembered flat percentage or a blanket “fee-free” label can therefore misstate the actual cost.
Visual proof from the official source
A practical before-and-after check
Before the check
A reader assumes all Polymarket trades are fee-free because older summaries used that description.
Better process
Before placing a sports order, the reader checks the current fee table and treats the displayed match-time fee—not a remembered headline—as the cost input.
Affected Platform Database field
| Field | Trading fees / maker rebates |
|---|---|
| Verified status | At midnight UTC on July 10, the sports taker-fee coefficient changed from 0.03 to 0.05 and the maker rebate changed from 25% to 15%. |
| How to record it | Record sports as category-specific and time-sensitive: taker coefficient 0.05, maker fee 0, maker rebate 15% in the current official documentation. |
What to verify before acting
- Confirm that the market category is currently fee-enabled.
- Check the current fee schedule at the intended share price.
- Distinguish the taker fee from the maker rebate and from network or funding costs.
Official sources
- Polymarket Predictions Changelog — published July 10, 2026.
- Current trading fees
- Current maker rebates
The claim above is limited to what these sources state. We did not use account-only screens, private balances, or secondary reporting as evidence.
Continue the check
Update log
September 4, 2026: Published after a fresh primary-source review. No correction has been recorded.