eBay fee calculator
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eBay charges a final value fee that includes payment processing, plus a small fixed amount per order. It is a single percentage on the full order total including the shipping you charged, which makes it simple to predict and easy to underestimate — the shipping you collect is charged a fee like everything else.
What {platform} charges
| Marketplace commission | 13.25% |
|---|---|
| Per-order fee | $0.30 |
| Payment processing | 0% + $0.00 |
| Monthly subscription | None |
The same product at three prices
One product — $29.99 list, bought for $8.00, $1.50 inbound, $0.50 other costs — priced at three points, because the fee rate you actually pay depends on the price.
| Price | Fees | Fee rate | Profit | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15.00 | $2.29 | 15.3% | $2.71 | 18.1% |
| $29.99 | $4.27 | 14.2% | $15.72 | 52.4% |
| $75.00 | $10.24 | 13.7% | $54.76 | 73% |
Notice the fee rate falls as the price rises. That is the fixed component — a per-order charge or an amortised subscription — spreading over a bigger sale. It is why a channel that looks expensive on a cheap item can be the cheapest on an expensive one.
How it compares
On this product at this price it places 6 of 9. WooCommerce (own store) leaves $3.10 more per unit. That gap is only part of the story: a marketplace brings traffic your own store has to pay for, so budget the advertising that replaces it before switching.
What to watch
The fee applies to shipping you charge the buyer, so “free shipping” built into the price and shipping billed separately cost the same in fees. Choose on conversion, not on fees.
Questions
What is eBay's final value fee?
Around 13.25% of the order total for most categories, plus a fixed amount per order. On our $29.99 example that is $4.27, or about 14.2%.
Does eBay charge a fee on shipping?
Yes. The final value fee is calculated on the total the buyer pays, shipping included, which is why building postage into the item price costs exactly the same as charging it separately.
Are there listing fees?
Most sellers get a monthly allowance of free listings and pay only the final value fee. Above the allowance, and on some optional upgrades, there are extra charges this calculator does not model — add them under “other costs” if they apply to you.
Rates on this page are the published schedules as of 2025-01-15 and are applied by the same code the calculator runs. Marketplaces reprice — confirm against your own seller dashboard before setting a price.