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eBay Fee Calculator

Enter the sale price, final value fee, and fixed fee to find your net proceeds.

How it is calculated

The tool applies a percentage fee plus a flat fee to the amount you enter: fee = sale_price × fvf% / 100 + fixed_fee, net = sale_price − fee and effective % = fee / sale_price × 100. The percentage and the fixed fee are not looked up for you: they differ by category, seller status and country, and they change over time, so copy them from the seller fee page for your listing. The base amount is also yours to choose: if the platform charges its percentage on item price plus shipping (and tax where collected), enter that total as the sale price. The fixed fee field must contain a number, so type 0 if there is none. Item cost, shipping you pay and ad fees are not subtracted.

Worked example

An item sells for a total of $80.00. Your category's final value fee is 13.25% and the per-order fee is $0.30. Percentage part: 80 × 13.25% = $10.60. Add the fixed fee: 10.60 + 0.30 = $10.90 total fee. Net proceeds: 80 − 10.90 = $69.10. The effective fee rate is 10.90 / 80 = 13.63%, a little higher than 13.25% because of the fixed charge. On a $100 sale the same fees take 13.55%, so the fixed fee matters most on cheap items.

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Common mistakes

  • Entering only the item price when the percentage is charged on the full amount the buyer pays including shipping; the fee will then look too low.
  • Using a rate for the wrong category or an old rate: look up the current percentage for your listing instead of remembering it.
  • Leaving the fixed fee blank: the tool returns no result unless a number, even 0, is entered.
  • Reading net proceeds as profit: your purchase cost, postage paid, packaging and promoted-listing charges are not deducted.
  • Ignoring the effective rate on low-priced items, where a flat per-order fee takes a larger share of the sale.

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About this calculator

eBay charges sellers a final value fee calculated as a percentage of the total amount the buyer pays — item price, shipping, and in many cases sales tax collected by eBay — rather than just the item price alone. The percentage varies by product category and by the seller's account standing, and eBay also adds a small fixed per-order fee on top of the percentage cut. This differs from platforms that charge a flat listing fee, since eBay's cost only kicks in once an item actually sells.

Because the fee is deducted automatically before payout, sellers often underestimate how much of the sale price they actually keep, especially on lower-margin items where shipping is a large share of the total. Take the final value fee percentage and the fixed per-order fee off the sale price and you see the net proceeds, the figure that matters for pricing and margins rather than the price the buyer sees.

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