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eBay fee calculator,
see your real net profit.
Enter your item price, shipping, and category to see eBay's final value fee, per-order fee, and true net profit — including what a Store subscription or a Below Standard rating changes.
Net Profit
$24.34
this order
Net Margin
52.9%
of order total
eBay's Cut
14.5%
$6.66
Where the sale goes
Itemized fee breakdown
| Order total (item + shipping) | $46.00 | |
| Final value fee | 13.60% | −$6.26 |
| Per-order fee | >$10 order | −$0.40 |
| Cost of goods | −$15.00 | |
| Net Profit | $24.34 | |
Net profit: $24.34
eBay fees total $6.66 (14.5% of the order total)
Fee guide
How much does eBay actually take?
eBay's fee structure catches a lot of sellers off guard for a different reason than most marketplaces: it looks simpler than it is. There's no separate payment-processing line to track and no per-listing transaction fee stacking on top of everything else — just a final value fee and a small flat per-order charge. The catch is that the final value fee percentage swings hard by category, from roughly 6% on musical instruments to close to 15% on books and collectibles, so the same $50 sale can net you very different amounts depending on what you're actually selling.
The two fees on every sale
- Final value fee (FVF): a percentage of the item price plus shipping, set per category, lower with a Store subscription
- Per-order fee: a flat $0.30 (orders $10 or less) or $0.40 (orders over $10), regardless of category
That's genuinely it — eBay bundles payment processing directly into the final value fee, unlike Etsy, which charges a separate transaction fee and a separate payment-processing fee on top of a per-listing fee. If you're used to Etsy's three-or-four-line fee breakdown, eBay's two-fee model is simpler to reason about, even with the category-rate variance.
A worked example
Say you sell a used item for $40 with $6 shipping — a $46 order, standard category, no Store subscription. The final value fee is 13.6% of $46, or $6.26. Since the order is over $10, the per-order fee is $0.40. Total fees: $6.66 — about 14.5% of the order. That leaves $39.34 before subtracting what the item cost you. If it cost you $15 to acquire, your real profit on that sale is $24.34, a margin of about 53% — a healthy return once the fees are actually accounted for.
Why category matters so much
eBay publishes a full category-by-category final value fee table, and the spread is wide. Guitars & Basses sit at the low end — around 6.35% without a Store, 5.85% with one — reflecting typically thinner margins and higher price points in musical instruments. Books, Movies & Music and Collectibles & Fine Art sit at the high end, around 14-15%, since those categories tend to have more casual, lower-effort sellers and eBay prices the fee accordingly. Most everyday categories — electronics, clothing, toys, home & garden — land in the middle at the standard 13.6% rate. A handful of categories (jewelry and watches, and qualifying athletic shoes, among others) use their own special-case pricing beyond the four rates modeled here — always check eBay's own category fee table before pricing a higher-value or specialty item.
Store subscriptions and the Below Standard penalty
A Basic Store subscription (or above) doesn't just cut your final value fee percentage in every category — it also lowers the cost of listings beyond eBay's free monthly allowance (250 listings free either way, then $0.35 per extra listing without a Store versus $0.30 with a Basic Store). Whether it pays for itself depends entirely on your monthly sales volume; the fee-percentage savings alone rarely justify the subscription cost for a low-volume seller, but they add up fast once you're moving real inventory every month.
On the other side, eBay adds a 6-percentage-point surcharge to the final value fee for any seller rated "Below Standard" — based on late shipments, cancellations, and defects — which turns a standard 13.6% category into 19.6% until the rating improves. Stay Below Standard for four consecutive months and that climbs to a 7-point surcharge instead. It's one of the more expensive mistakes on the platform, since it applies to every sale, not just the ones tied to the underlying performance problem.
Disclaimer
This calculator uses eBay's published seller-fees schedule as of today for illustrative purposes, checked against eBay's own Seller Center page and cross-verified against several independent seller-fee guides. eBay can change final value fee percentages, per-order fee thresholds, and Store subscription terms at any time, and some categories (jewelry and watches, qualifying athletic shoes, and others) use additional price-tier math this tool doesn't model. Always verify current rates in eBay's own Seller Center before making pricing decisions. This tool does not account for Store subscription costs, Promoted Listings ad fees, international/currency-conversion fees, or sales tax remittance.
Final value fee rates and the per-order fee thresholds are checked against eBay's own Seller Center fee page; some categories use additional price-tier math this calculator doesn't model. For comparison, see eBay's official seller fees page.