The short answer
Some of it. Since 28 May 2026 Polymarket returns part of the fee on instant buys, from 3% to 50%, depending on your level over the last 30 days. Limit orders that wait for their price pay no fee and get a share of other traders' fees. In the 64 public wallets we checked with at least $20 in fees, 41 got some money back, and for most of them it was about 3–4% of what they paid.
To see both numbers for your own wallet, type your Polymarket @name or paste your profile address into the free check above: the fees you paid in the last 30 days, to the cent, and what Polymarket paid back.
Four kinds of money Polymarket pays back
- Part of the fee on instant buys. 3% to 50% of the fee, by level. Paid daily, from $1.
- A share of other traders' fees, for limit orders. When your waiting order is taken, you pay nothing and get 15% of the fee in sports, 20% in crypto, 25% in other markets with fees.
- Rewards for orders near the price. Markets that pay for keeping orders close to the middle price.
- Holding rewards. About 3.25% a year on positions in a short list of long-running markets.
The first one lowers the cost of fees for traders who buy instantly. The other three are paid to people who wait with limit orders or hold long positions.
Your profile does not show this money
The profit or loss on your Polymarket profile already has the fees taken out, but it does not add the money paid back. We checked on wallets during quiet hours: when a payment arrived, the profile figure did not move.
So there are two separate numbers for a month: what your bets made after fees (the profile figure) and what Polymarket paid back on top. The free check shows them side by side.
What we saw in real wallets
- Most active traders get a little back. 41 of 64 wallets got part of the fee returned; the typical amount was about 3–4% of the fees paid. The most was 21%.
- The cost of fees barely changes for most people. A wallet that paid $476.27 in fees got $3.60 back in the same 30 days. One that paid $7,672 got $671 of the fee back, plus $495 for its limit orders.
- Limit-order traders can come out ahead. 5 of the 64 wallets were paid back more than they paid in fees, mostly for their limit orders and rewards.
64 wallets are a sample, not everyone. Your own numbers take a minute to check.
How to get more of it back
- Let some orders wait. A limit order that waits for its price pays no fee and earns a share of other traders' fees. Some limit orders never trade, so it is not free money.
- Know your level. The part of the fee returned on instant buys grows with your level. How the levels work.
Questions
Is the fee on my receipt before or after the money paid back?
Before. The receipt shows every fee you paid, to the cent, and on a separate line what Polymarket paid back in the same 30 days.
Why did I get nothing back?
Usually one of three reasons: your counted buys stayed under $2,000 over 30 days, the daily amount was under the $1 minimum, or the trades were in markets without fees, such as geopolitics. The return also counts only trades made after you reach a level, not before.
Why doesn't my profile's profit include it?
The profile figure follows your positions. The money paid back arrives as separate payments, so it shows in your cash, not in the profit figure.