Enter your price, category and store tier. This eBay fee calculator itemises every fee on the sale — final value, per-order, insertion and Promoted Listings — and shows the profit you actually keep.
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Set the profit you want to walk away with per sale. Using the same costs, category, store and fee settings as the calculator above, we'll solve for the item price that gets you there.
Tip: price for the promoted case if you run ads on the listing — a price that only works on organic sales quietly loses money the moment a promoted click converts.
Eight fees can touch a sale. Three apply to almost every order; the other five depend on your store tier, your category, where the buyer is, and whether you advertise.
| Fee | Rate | When it applies |
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| Insertion fee | 250 free/month, then $0.35 per listing | Charged when you list beyond your free allowance — per listing and per category, so one item listed in two categories counts twice. Non-refundable even if the item never sells. Store tiers lower it: $0.30 Starter, $0.25 Basic, $0.10 Premium, $0.05 Anchor/Enterprise. |
| Final value fee | 13.6% of the total sale up to $7,500, then 2.35% | eBay's main fee, on every sale. Calculated on the total the buyer pays — item price plus shipping you charge plus sales tax eBay collects. Rates vary by category (books 15.3%, guitars 6.7%, sneakers 8%), and Basic-or-higher stores pay 12.7% up to a lower $2,500 threshold in most categories. |
| Per-order fee | $0.30 on orders of $10 or less, $0.40 above | Flat fee on every order, once per checkout. The flat part is why very cheap items lose a disproportionate slice — on a $5 sale it's 6% before any percentage fee lands. |
| Promoted Listings | Your ad rate: 2% to 100% | Optional. You set the ad rate; with general campaigns you pay it only when an ad click leads to a sale within 30 days. Priority campaigns are cost-per-click instead — you pay per click whether or not the item sells. |
| International fee | 1.65% of the total sale | When the buyer's address is outside the US. Waived entirely if you use eBay International Shipping. |
| Store subscription | $4.95–$2,999.95/month depending on tier | Optional monthly subscription. Starter ($4.95/mo annual) adds free listings but no final value discount; Basic ($21.95/mo annual) cuts most categories to 12.7% and roughly pays for itself around $2,440/month in sales. Higher tiers add listings and tools, not lower rates. |
| Below Standard surcharge | +6% of the total sale (+7% after 4 months) | Added the month after a Below Standard seller evaluation. Fix defects fast — it stacks on top of every other fee. |
| Currency conversion | 3.25% (from 14 October 2026, US sellers) | When your payout currency differs from the sale currency. Sell and get paid in the same currency and this fee disappears. |
Rates summarised from eBay's published US fee schedule as checked in October 2026 — see eBay Seller Center and always confirm against your own Seller Hub before a big pricing decision. Category rates and store thresholds change; every rate in the calculator above is editable.
Most sellers who lose money on eBay aren't bad at maths — they're missing one of these.
The 13.6% final value fee applies to the total the buyer pays — your item price, the shipping you charge, and the sales tax eBay collects. A $50 item with $5 shipping is an $55+ fee base, not $50. Price on the full total, which is exactly what the calculator does.
A Basic-or-higher store drops most categories to 12.7% — but it also drops the full-rate threshold from $7,500 to $2,500. On a $5,000 sale, a store seller pays 12.7% on the first $2,500 and 2.35% after, while a no-store seller pays 13.6% on the first $7,500. Run both in the calculator before assuming the store always wins.
A 10% promoted ad rate doesn't replace the 13.6% final value fee — it adds to it. A promoted $50 sale can easily lose 24%+ to eBay before your costs. If you advertise, price for the promoted case using the reverse tool below the calculator.
They're charged per listing and per category, they're non-refundable, and Good 'Til Cancelled listings count against your free allowance every month they renew. Listing one item in two categories past your allowance costs $0.70, not $0.35 — even if nothing sells.
Sell on other marketplaces? Run the same numbers through the Etsy fee calculator and the Amazon FBA calculator — the fee structures are different enough that the best marketplace for an item isn't always the obvious one.
For a US seller with no store and no promoted ad: on a $100 item with $5 buyer-paid shipping, the final value fee is 13.6% of $105 ($14.28) plus the $0.40 per-order fee — $14.68 total, about 14% of the sale — not the 13.6% headline rate. Add a 10% promoted ad rate and the same sale loses another $10.50. Try it above: set the price to 100 and shipping to 5.
Yes. The final value fee and the per-order fee are both calculated on the total amount the buyer pays, which includes the shipping you charge — and the sales tax eBay collects on the order. The fee base is bigger than your item price, which is why the effective rate always runs a point or two above the headline percentage.
Not necessarily. A Starter store ($4.95/month billed annually) adds free listings but does not lower your final value fee — that discount starts at Basic ($21.95/month billed annually), which cuts most categories from 13.6% to 12.7% and roughly pays for itself around $2,440 a month in sales. Premium, Anchor and Enterprise add more free listings and tools, but in most categories they pay the same 12.7% rate as Basic.
The fee for creating a listing: 250 are free every month, then $0.35 per listing ($0.30 Starter, $0.25 Basic, $0.10 Premium, $0.05 Anchor/Enterprise). They're charged per listing and per category, they're non-refundable even if the item never sells, and Good 'Til Cancelled listings count against your allowance each month they renew.
You set an ad rate between 2% and 100%. With general campaigns you pay that percentage only when an ad click leads to a sale within 30 days — no sale, no fee. Priority campaigns work differently: they're cost-per-click, so you pay for every click whether or not the item sells. Either way, the ad fee stacks on top of the final value fee.
Usually one of five things: the wrong category selected (rates differ a lot — books are 15.3%, guitars 6.7%), a store tier changing your rate and threshold, a Promoted Listings fee on an ad-attributed sale, the 1.65% international fee on a non-US buyer, or a Below Standard surcharge. Sales tax eBay collects is also part of the fee base. Adjust the rates under “Adjust the fee rates” until your numbers line up.
This eBay fee calculator answers one question: after eBay takes its cut, how much of each sale do you actually keep? Pick your item category and store subscription, enter the item price, what the buyer pays for shipping, and your own costs, and the calculator breaks down every eBay fee — the 13.6% final value fee (on the item price plus shipping plus sales tax eBay collects), the $0.30/$0.40 per-order fee, insertion fees beyond your free monthly allowance, your Promoted Listings ad rate, and the 1.65% international fee where it applies. Category rates differ a lot — books run 15.3% while guitars are 6.7% — and a Basic-or-higher store drops most categories to 12.7% with a lower $2,500 threshold, so choosing the right category and store tier matters. The result is your true profit per sale and your margin, updated live as you type, with a visual split of costs, fees, and profit. Because fee rates change, every rate is editable to match your own Seller Hub statement.
The breakdown shows more than a single profit number. The effective fee rate — the share of the order eBay keeps in total — tells you at a glance whether a listing is healthy; many sellers are surprised to learn a $100 sale with $5 shipping loses about $14.68 to fees (14%), not just the 13.6% final value fee. The reverse pricing tool works the other way round: set the profit you want to clear per sale and it solves for the item price that gets you there, with an option to price for the Promoted Listings case so ad sales don’t wipe out your margin. If you also sell elsewhere, compare with the Etsy fee calculator and the Amazon FBA calculator, which break down those marketplaces’ fees the same way.
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Choose your item category and store subscription, then enter the item price, shipping charged to the buyer, quantity, and your costs. The calculator applies each eBay fee — final value (tiered by category and store), per-order, insertion, Promoted Listings, and international — using rates you can adjust, then subtracts your costs to show profit per sale and margin, all updated live as you type.
Yes. Category and store choices fill in the final value rate, threshold, insertion fee and free-listing allowance, and every rate field is fully editable, so you can match eBay’s current published fees for your situation. Fee rates change over time, so re-check them against your Seller Hub before major pricing decisions.
A Starter store does not lower your final value fee — only Basic and above do, cutting most categories from 13.6% to 12.7%. Basic costs $21.95 a month billed annually and roughly pays for itself around $2,440 in monthly sales through the 0.9-point saving alone, before counting the extra free listings. Change the store dropdown in the calculator to see the difference on your own numbers.
Enter your ad rate in the calculator (or use the reverse pricing tool’s promoted-sale option) to see the impact. The ad fee stacks on top of the final value fee, so a 10% ad rate on a 13.6% category means roughly 24% of the sale goes to eBay before your costs — price for the promoted case if you advertise the listing.
