eBay fee calculator

eBay's main charge is the final value fee, a percentage of the total amount of the sale. In most categories it is 13.6% on up to $7,500 per item and 2.35% on anything above that. Books, DVDs and music are 14.95%; most consumer electronics are 9% up to $2,500.

The part people miss is the base. "Total amount of the sale" means the item price plus the shipping the buyer pays plus the sales tax eBay collects on the buyer's behalf. So a $50 item with $8 shipping in a state with 7% sales tax is charged on $62.06, not $50.

On top of that comes a per-order fee of $0.40, or $0.30 when the order total is $10 or less, and a 1.65% international fee when the buyer's address or the delivery address is outside the US. Listing is free for most sellers up to their monthly allowance.

An eBay Store subscription lowers the final value fee in many categories, and the larger store tiers come with more free listings. Whether it pays depends on volume: work out your monthly fees here first, then compare the store saving against the subscription.

Ship internationally through eBay International Shipping rather than directly and eBay does not charge the international fee on eligible listings. Promoted Listings are a separate advertising fee on top of everything here and are worth measuring against the sales they actually bring.

A seller registered outside the US who sells on eBay.com pays the rate card of their own registration country, and usually an international fee on sales to US buyers, then a currency conversion when eBay pays out in local currency.

Sellers who form a US company and register it on eBay.com with a US bank account are paid in dollars and treated as a US seller, so domestic sales carry no international fee. That changes the paperwork too: the company needs a federal tax number and files US returns every year.