eBay Fee Calculator for the US - Updated for 2024! (2024)

Sell smarter with our best in class calculator estimating profit, fees, margins, breakevens, and more for ebay.com in the US

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Special Notes

• If you notice that the fees have changed or if you notice a major miscalculation or error, feel free to direct message us on twitter and let us know.
• The organization of fees is completely different when selling vehicles. As a result, we've separated that into its own section as opposed to cramming everything into one. If you're interested in selling vehicles, please check out our eBay Motors Calculator.
• As of March 15, 2024, eBay has released the 2024 winter seller update which increases the fixed per order fee from $0.30 to $0.40 for orders with revenue over $10.
• Starting from February 15, 2023, eBay has increased final value fees for most categories as part of their 2023 winter seller update.
• As of March 1, 2022, eBay has implemented most of their winter 2022 seller update. Some changes include increased final value fees in most categories and an increased below-standard penalty fee, among many other changes and new features.
• For our calculator, numbers are rounded to 2 decimal places in the normal fashion. (For example, 1.005 rounds to 1.01) Third-party tools from other sources may round numbers in a different way and as a result may show slightly different numbers.
• The "Business & Industrial" item category has a few subcategories ("Heavy Equipment", "Commercial Printing Presses" ,"Food Trucks, Trailers & Carts") that have a mandatory $20 insertion fee with no free insertion quotas regardless of any factor. As a result, we include it in our calculations if you select that item category. Otherwise, insertion fees are not included in our calculator as most categories have rather sizeable free quotas.
• There are certain categories that have a lower final value fee if the amount of the sale is above a certain amount. As a result of this, there is no exact breakeven point (net result of zero) if your costs and prices are in a narrow band around the threshold point. In other words, there's a cutoff point where you either make money or you lose money. In these cases, we estimate the lowest price that can still make a profit. (So don't be surprised if you take the breakeven price and plug it back in to see a positive net gain instead of a zero.)

Details about eBay Seller Fees

The primary seller fee that ebay charges is called the final value fee and is only applied when you successfully complete a sale. This is calculated on the total sale amount which includes shipping plus sales tax and varies based on three main factors which are:

• the item category
• whether you're an ebay store or not
• if you're an ebay store, what plan you're on

We've included two tables below that go into more detail for each of these scenarios.

The final value fee can be further modified depending on your seller status.

Top Rated Plus Sellers

For "Top Rated Plus" sellers, ebay provides a discount of 10% off the percentage portion of their final value fee which typically shows up at the end of the month when you receive your invoice. Note that ebay.com in the US is unique out of all the other ebay regions in that the "Top Rated Plus" seller status is a distinct and different level above the normal "Top Rated" seller status. The normal "Top Rated" level does not qualify for the 10% discount on ebay.com in the US. Only the "Top Rated Plus" level qualifies.

To qualify for the "Top Rated" level, you need to essentially have an account that has a good history of lots of successful sales and few issues. Top rated sellers can then qualify for the "Top Rated Plus" level if they offer fast shipping (same or one business day) and a generous return policy (30 day or longer free return period with money back option). Furthermore, there are many other various terms associated with how this "Top Rated Plus" discount works. For the rest of the details, please refer to ebay's documentation. When you select the "Top Rated Plus" option, we're assuming you've checked and made sure you qualify for the discount.

Note that this discount is calculated off of your fees and not on the amount of the sale. For example, if your fee was originally 11%, it wouldn't go to 1% with the "Top Rated Plus" 10% discount. The discount itself would simply be your fee multiplied by 10%.

Sellers not meeting performance expectations

On the other hand, "Below Standard" sellers (which ebay sometimes refers to as "sellers not meeting performance expectations") get a penalty in the way of an extra 6% fee on top of their existing final value fee. In contrast to the "Top Rated Plus" discount, this penalty is calculated off of the total amount of the sale.

Another form of sellers not meeting performance expectations are those that have "Item not as described" return requests marked as "Very High" in their service metrics dashboard within their seller hub interface on ebay. Sellers with this status are charged an additional 5% on the final value fees for sales in affected categories in the following calendar month.

Note that if your account has both of the above "below expectations" statuses, ebay documentation explicitly states that only the "below standard" penalty will apply, which happens to be the higher of the two.

More Fees

Additionally, there are supplemental fees for selling internationally, promoting your listing, potentially having sales tax processed, and various other miscellaneous ones like making the title of your listing bold, for example. Our calculator should be able to handle all of these too. Just make sure to click on the right switches to indicate so and enter your values. If you're looking for more details about these, please see their corresponding details sections below.

International Fee

• There is an additional 1.65% ebay selling fee for international sales. This is calculated off of the "total sale amount", which includes shipping and sales tax.

Promoted Listings Fee

• If you choose to run ads to promote your listing, there is a cost associated with that which is based on an ad rate you select. This is only charged when a buyer clicks on the promoted listing and purchases the promoted item within 30 days of that click. The cost of the ad is based on the ad rate that was in effect when the promoted listing was last clicked on by the buyer. Note that the ad rate is also a percentage of the total amount of the sale, which includes shipping and sales tax.

Other Miscellaneous Fees

• For details about other miscellaneous ones, such as optional listing upgrades, please check on ebay's website.

Notes About Sales Tax

• Sales tax varies based on the state. (In some cases, it can even vary based on the city) As this is ever changing, we do not automatically provide this information but we do provide a comprehensive database where you can lookup the latest sales tax rates along with a field in our fee calculator where you can enter the rate if desired.
• To look up the sales tax rate for a certain location, please visit our United States sales tax rates page to access our full database.
• Sales tax is generally charged on gross revenue which includes both the item sold price and shipping charge. However, there are some states that do not charge sales tax on shipping. Our calculator provides a field where you can specify whether sales tax should be applied on total revenue or only on the item sale price.
• eBay automatically collects sales tax from buyers and remits sales tax on behalf of sellers when applicable in most states. In other words, it is the buyer who pays this tax so this will not directly cut into your net profit. However, it can still indirectly affect your profit since the sale amount used in ebay fee calculations sometimes includes sales tax.
• For more information about how ebay handles sales tax, please visit ebay's tax policy page.

Paypal Fees

• To put it simply, paypal fees no longer exist. They haven't been a thing that sellers actually see since winter of 2021 when the rollout to ebay managed payments was fully implemented. At that time, ebay also removed all mentions of paypal integration and fees.
• Note that buyers can still pay with paypal, but the cost associated with that is handled internally by ebay as part of their ebay managed payments system and covered by your final value fees.

Disclaimer

• While we try our best to stay up to date with changes in fee rules and structures, estimated results are just estimates. They are not a guarantee of future results. It is your responsibility to conduct your own due diligence before making any business decision. Nothing here constitutes advice.
• If you notice that the fees have changed or if you notice a major miscalculation or error, feel free to direct message us on twitter and let us know. However, if you have specific questions regarding your ebay account, please directly contact ebay support.