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eBay Fee Calculator

Work out eBay's final value fee, per-order fee, and insertion costs — and what is actually left after them.

Quick answer

On a $25 item with $6 of shipping — a $31 order — eBay takes $4.62: 13.6% of the whole order including the shipping the buyer pays, plus the $0.40 per-order fee that applies above $10. That is a 14.9% take rate, and listings stay free until you pass 250 a month.

Quick-start scenarios

Your saved scenarios

Stored in this browser only — nothing is uploaded, and there is no account to create.

Revenue per order

What the buyer pays you for one order.

eBay charges its percentage fees on this too.
Taken off the sale price before fees are calculated.

Costs per order

Costs you pay every time an order ships.

Monthly

Charged monthly, whatever your order volume — kept out of per-order margin.

Assumes one item per order.
First 250 are free; $0.35 each after that.
Optional — enter what your Store plan costs.

eBay settings

How eBay treats your account, and how often orders come back.

Sets the final value fee, including the rate above $7,500.
Charged on orders the promotion wins.
Fees the platform credits back are netted off automatically.

Per order

Order revenue
$31.00
eBay fees
$4.62
Net profit
$13.38
Margin
43.2%
Strong margin

After eBay fees, product and shipping costs, and $0.00 of ad spend per order. Monthly plan and storage costs are handled below.

Where your money goes

Per month at 40 orders
Profit
$535.36 · 43.2%
Platform fees
$184.64 · 14.9%
Cost of goods
$320.00 · 25.8%
Shipping
$200.00 · 16.1%
Ad spend
$0.00 · 0.0%

Monthly totals

Revenue$1,240.00
eBay fees−$184.64
Product and shipping costs−$520.00
Ad spend−$0.00
Net profit$535.36 · 43.2%

Fee detail

Per order

Final Value Fee$4.22
Per-order fee$0.40
Total per order$4.62
Break-even price
$9.51

The sale price where one order nets exactly zero — covering percentage fees, per-unit and flat fees, your costs, and this order's share of ad spend.

Orders to cover monthly costs
0

Needed to cover $0.00 of monthly ad spend and fixed costs. You're planning 40.

Ad economics

An order can pay at most its contribution — revenue after fees and variable costs — to win a customer. Spend more than that and the order is bought at a loss.

Max cost per order
$13.38
Break-even ROAS
2.32x
Your cost per order
$0.00
Headroom
$13.38

You can pay up to $13.38 per order in ads and still break even — currently $0.00.

How eBay fees work

eBay's fee structure is simpler than Amazon's and less forgiving than it looks. There is no monthly subscription unless you want a Store, but the final value fee applies to the entire amount the buyer pays — item, handling, and shipping — and a flat per-order fee sits on top of it.

For most categories that means 13.6% of the order plus $0.40, and a category change can move the rate a long way: books, movies and music are 15.3%, jewellery and watches are 15% up to $5,000, and athletic shoes over $150 drop to 8% with no per-order fee at all. Insertion fees only bite once you pass 250 listings a month, which is why high-volume sellers with slow inventory feel them and casual sellers never do.

Enter your price, the shipping you charge, and your costs to see the fee stack and what is left. The calculator also solves the price you would need for a target margin, and shows how many orders a month cover your Store subscription and insertion fees.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much does eBay take per sale?+
For most categories eBay charges a final value fee of 13.6% on the portion of the sale up to $7,500 and 2.35% above it, plus a per-order fee of $0.30 on orders of $10 or less or $0.40 above that. Books, movies and music are 15.3%; jewellery and watches are 15% up to $5,000 then 9%. Athletic shoes priced $150 and over pay 8% with no per-order fee.
Does eBay charge fees on shipping?+
Yes. The final value fee is calculated on the total amount of the sale, which includes the item price, handling, and the shipping the buyer pays. Charging the buyer for postage moves money into the fee base, so free shipping baked into the item price costs about the same in fees.
When do insertion fees start?+
You get 250 zero-insertion-fee listings a month, and an eBay Store subscription raises that allowance. Past it, each listing or renewal costs $0.35. Because it is a monthly charge rather than a per-order one, this calculator keeps insertion fees in the monthly view where they belong.
Do Promoted Listings change the maths?+
Yes — the ad rate you set is charged on orders the promotion wins, on top of the final value fee. Setting the rate here applies it to every order, which is the pessimistic reading; if only some of your sales are promoted, scale the rate down to match.

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