eBay Fee Calculator
eBay charges its final value fee on the tax it collects for you — this is the gotcha most calculators skip. Leave 0 to see fees without tax.
Basic, Premium, Anchor and Enterprise stores pay lower rates on the first $2,500 (e.g. 12.7% instead of 13.6%). Subscription cost is not counted here.
You set the rate; it is charged on the sale total when the ad leads to a sale. 0 turns it off.
What the item costs you, plus packing and anything else worth counting.
Final value fee for this category · Most categories (default)
The exact tiered schedule from eBay's official fee page, both seller modes. Rates apply per item; the last band runs to the top of the sale.
| Sale amount band | Rate |
|---|---|
| No store subscriptionselected | |
| up to $7,500 | 13.6% |
| above $7,500 | 2.35% |
| Basic+ store | |
| up to $2,500 | 12.7% |
| above $2,500 | 2.35% |
US site, managed payments. Rates transcribed from eBay's help pages, Oct 13, 2026. · $0.30 up to $10, $0.40 above
How eBay's cut actually works
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One final value fee, no processing split
Managed payments folded card processing into the final value fee, so 13.6% is the whole platform cut on a typical sale. It is charged on the total amount of the sale: item price, shipping and handling the buyer pays, and — unlike Etsy — the sales tax eBay collects. Selling at $20 with $4 shipping costs 13.6% on $24 plus the per-order fee, about 15% of what you actually get paid.
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The per-order fee has two tiers
Orders of $10 or less pay $0.30; anything above pays $0.40. One pair of sneakers is the exception: at $150 and above, eBay charges a flat 8% (7% with a Basic+ store) and waives the per-order fee entirely.
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What a store subscription actually saves
Basic and higher stores pay a lower rate on the first $2,500 of each sale — 12.7% instead of 13.6% in most categories, with deeper discounts in electronics (9.35%), watches and bullion. The saving caps at roughly $22.50 per item on the $2,500 band, so the subscription (about $22/month for Basic) breaks even around $2,400 of monthly sales in one category. Below that, the free tier keeps the same rates.
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What this tool leaves out
Insertion fees beyond your free allotment, optional listing upgrades (subtitle, bold), eBay International Shipping specifics, Below-Standard surcharges, and the subscription fee itself are all outside the per-sale math. Promoted Listings is included as a rate you choose, because it is charged per sale.
What changed, and what did not
The US final value fee schedule has been stable; the adjustments landed elsewhere.
Fee changes were UK/EU-only
eBay raised the per-order fee from £0.30 to £0.40 on orders over £10 in the UK, with matching changes in Germany, Spain, Italy and neighbours. The US per-order fee tiers ($0.30 / $0.40) and category rates were not part of that round.
Per-order fee: $0.40 above $10
The fixed per-order fee moved from $0.30 to $0.40 for orders over $10 in March 2024; orders at or below $10 keep the $0.30 tier. On small sales this fee is a noticeable slice of the fee stack.
Questions
Does eBay charge fees on shipping? On tax?
Yes to both. The final value fee is calculated on the total the buyer pays: item price, shipping and handling, and the sales tax eBay collects. Tax is remitted to the state but the fee on it is not returned, which quietly adds roughly one percentage point to your effective rate in states with sales tax.
Why does my $20 sale show a 15% effective rate when the fee is 13.6%?
The per-order fee. $0.40 of fixed fee on a $24 order (item + shipping) is another 1.7 percentage points, which is why small-ticket sales carry structurally higher rates. The effective-rate readout is the number to price from.
Is a store subscription worth it for my shop?
It depends on one number: do you sell about $2,400 or more per month in a single category? That is where the 0.9-point discount on the first $2,500 of each sale covers a Basic subscription at around $22/month. Electronics, watches and bullion sellers hit break-even sooner because their store discounts are deeper.
How does Promoted Listings change the math?
You choose the ad rate (commonly 2-10%) and eBay charges it on the sale total only when your promoted listing leads to a sale. It stacks directly on the final value fee, so a 5% ad rate on a 13.6% category makes roughly 19% before the per-order fee.
Does the calculator cover auctions and Best Offer?
The fee math is identical: the final value fee applies to the final sale price, whether the listing is auction-style, fixed price or accepted through Best Offer. Only the amounts differ.
Which categories have the deepest discounts with a store?
On the US site: bullion (7.5% vs 13.6% on the first $1,500, with falling tiers after), most electronics and computers (9.35% vs 13.6% on the first $2,500), coins (9% vs 13.25% up to $4,000), and most jewelry and watches bands. The category table above shows both modes side by side for the one you pick.
Rates & verification
The final value fee schedule, per-order fee tiers and sneaker exception on this page come from eBay's official seller help pages:
US site rates transcribed and cross-checked on October 13, 2026. eBay's help pages geo-localize their content, so figures here reflect the US schedule only.
From the journal
The breakdown in prose: what the 13.6% includes, when the per-order fee bites, and the store-subscription break-even math.