eBay Fee Calculator
A free eBay fee calculator that shows every fee line, your net payout and your actual profit. Enter what the buyer pays.
Every eBay seller fee, in one table
| Fee | Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Final value fee | 13.6% | 13.6% applies to the portion of each item up to $7,500; anything above that is charged at 2.35%. Charged on the item price, handling, any shipping the buyer pays, and sales tax. |
| Per-order fee | $0.30 or $0.40 | $0.30 when the order total is $10 or less, $0.40 above it. An order means everything one buyer checks out at once under a single delivery method. Sneakers sold at $150 or more are exempt from this fee. |
| Insertion fee | $0.35 | First 250 listings each month are free. |
| Category: Books, movies and music (except vinyl records) | 15.3% | |
| Category: Jewelry and watches (except watch accessories) | 15% | Drops to 9% on the portion above $5,000. |
| Category: Women's bags and handbags | 15% | Drops to 9% on the portion above $2,000. |
| Category: Coins, comics and trading cards | 13.25% | |
| Category: Men's and women's sneakers | 8% | Applies at $150 and above, with no per-order fee. Below $150 the standard 13.6% applies. |
| Category: Guitars and basses | 6.7% | |
| Category: Heavy equipment and select industrial goods | 3% | Drops to 0.5% above $15,000. Insertion fee is $20. |
- https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4822
- https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/selling-fees/store-fees?id=4809
- https://export.ebay.com/en/fees-regulations-policies/seller-fees/selling-fees-for-managed-payments-sellers/
Verified: 2026-08-03 · Confidence: High
Caveat: eBay does not publish an effective date on its fee pages, so we leave that blank rather than guess one. We saw references to a February 2025 fee change and a July 2026 announcement, but could not load the announcement page to confirm whether it affects the US site. The 13.6% figure is the rate for most categories without a Store subscription.
What an eBay sale actually costs, at several price points
These are not illustrative figures. Every row below was produced by the eBay fee calculator on this page, at default settings, with the buyer paying nothing towards shipping.
| Sale price | Final value fee | Per-order fee | Total fees | Effective rate | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25 | $3.40 | $0.40 | $3.80 | 15.20% | $21.20 |
| $100 | $13.60 | $0.40 | $14 | 14.00% | $86 |
| $500 | $68 | $0.40 | $68.40 | 13.68% | $431.60 |
| $10,000 | $1,078.75 | $0.40 | $1,079.15 | 10.79% | $8,920.85 |
Notice the effective rate falling as the sale price rises: 15.20% on a $25 sale against 10.79% on a $10,000 one. That is the fixed per-transaction charge being spread across a bigger sale. Small items are where fees bite hardest, and that is exactly the range sellers underestimate.
Add shipping the buyer pays and the numbers move again — on most platforms the selling fee is charged on that too. Put your real figures into the calculator above rather than reading a number off this table.
How the eBay fee is worked out, step by step
If you would rather do this on paper than trust a box on a web page, here is the whole calculation.
1. Start with everything the buyer pays
The fee base is the item price, handling, any shipping the buyer pays, and sales tax. This is the most expensive misunderstanding on eBay: sellers work fees out on the item price alone, then find the bill is bigger because shipping and sales tax were in the base as well. Free shipping is a pricing decision, not a fee exemption — you pay 13.6% on whatever you built into the price.
2. Apply the final value fee
13.6% applies to the portion of each item up to $7,500; anything above that is charged at 2.35%. Most sales never come near the $7,500 mark, so in practice this behaves as a flat 13.6%. If you sell high-ticket items it matters a great deal, which is why the table above carries a $10,000 row.
3. Add the per-order fee
$0.30 when the order total is $10 or less, $0.40 above it. An order means everything one buyer checks out at once under a single delivery method. Sneakers sold at $150 or more are exempt from this fee.
4. Add an insertion fee only if you are past your free listings
$0.35 per listing, but the first 250 each month are free. Most sellers never pay it, which is why it is switched off by default in the calculator.
5. Check whether your category has a rate of its own
7 categories are charged at their own rates rather than 13.6%. Pick yours in the calculator; guessing here can be worth several percent of the sale.
6. Subtract your own costs to reach real profit
Fees give you the net payout. Profit is what survives after what the item cost you and what shipping cost you. A sale can clear eBay's fees comfortably and still lose money once the label is paid for — the last two boxes in the calculator exist for exactly that reason.
What this eBay fee calculator deliberately leaves out
These are real eBay costs that we do not fold into the figure above, because they follow from choices you make rather than from the sale itself. Ignoring them is how a listing that looked profitable turns out not to have been.
- Promoted Listings — You set the ad rate yourself, so there is no single number to publish. Whatever rate you pick comes off the sale on top of everything above.
- Shipping labels bought through eBay — Discounted against retail postage, but still a real cost. Put it in the shipping-cost box rather than treating it as free.
- Refunds and returns — How the fee is treated depends on who pays return postage and why the item came back. Worth checking case by case before assuming the fee comes back to you.
Everything we do include carries a source link in the section above. Where a rate could not be confirmed from eBay itself, it is named here as a gap rather than filled in with a guess.
The same $100 sale, across every platform we cover
Identical sale, identical settings, all of them run through the same engine as the calculator above. The spread between cheapest and dearest is $10.02 on a single $100 order — 10.0% of the sale.
| Platform | Fees on $100 | Effective rate | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| PayPal | $3.98 | 3.98% | $96.02 |
| Etsy | $9.95 | 9.95% | $90.05 |
| Mercari | $10 | 10.00% | $90 |
| eBay ← this page | $14 | 14.00% | $86 |
Read this as a fee comparison, not a recommendation. eBay settles through its own managed payments now, so eBay sales no longer run through PayPal. This page is for the other cases — your own store, selling direct on social, or invoicing a client. And a marketplace charging more that actually puts your listing in front of buyers can still be the better place to sell — fees are one input to that decision, not the decision itself.
Questions sellers actually ask
Does eBay charge a fee on the shipping the buyer pays?
Yes. The final value fee is calculated on the item price, handling, any shipping the buyer pays, and sales tax — not just the item price. Free shipping is never free; you are paying 13.6% on whatever you build into the price.
Does eBay take a cut of sales tax?
The final value fee base includes sales tax collected on the order. That surprises a lot of sellers, but it is what eBay's own fee page states.
Is the per-order fee charged per item?
No — per order. An order means everything one buyer checks out at once under a single delivery method. Sneakers sold at $150 or more are exempt from this fee.
Is a Store subscription worth it?
The rate drops to about 12.7%, but the discounted tier cap falls too. Most categories drop to about 12.7%, but the discounted tier cap falls from $7,500 to $2,500 — anything above that is charged at 2.35%. Run both numbers above before you subscribe.
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