eBay Fee Calculator

This US eBay fee calculator shows what you actually keep after eBay takes its cut. Enter the item price, shipping you charge, your true shipping cost, the cost of goods, and any sales tax collected. The tool applies the official US final value fee schedule we transcribed from eBay Seller Center on 11 November 2026, including the $0.30 or $0.40 per-order fee, optional Promoted Listings, and the 1.65% international fee when it applies. Nothing is uploaded. The numbers are estimates; your Seller Hub statement is the record that matters.

What this calculator is for

Most sellers do not lose money because they cannot subtract a percentage. They lose money because they subtract the wrong percentage from the wrong base. On eBay, the final value fee is not 13.6% of the item price alone. The official Seller Center page says the fee is calculated on the total amount of the sale, including the item price, shipping collected from the buyer, sales tax, and other applicable fees. A $50 listing with $8 postage and $4.06 tax is a $62.06 sale for fee purposes, not a $50 sale. If you ignore shipping or tax, your profit forecast is fiction.

OpenFeeCalculator is built for that exact job: a no-signup, client-side US eBay fee and profit calculator on the homepage, with the fee table stored in dated JSON that links back to the official source. It is operated by Alex Builds Studio and is not affiliated with eBay. We do not display invented user counts, star ratings, or 'as seen in' badges. If a rate here disagrees with your invoice, trust the invoice and please email us so we can re-check the source page.

The formula, in plain language

total sale = item price + shipping charged to the buyer + sales tax + other amount eBay treats as part of the sale
final value fee = the category rate applied to that total (most categories: 13.6% up to $7,500 per item, then 2.35% above)
per-order fee = $0.30 if the total sale is $10.00 or less, otherwise $0.40 (some categories waive this)
payout = total sale − sales tax remitted − final value fee − per-order fee − ads − international fee − insertion or upgrade fees you include
profit = payout − cost of goods − shipping you actually pay

Two details from the official pages are easy to miss. First, the per-order fee is assessed on the total amount of the sale, not on the item price alone, and the cutoff is $10.00: at $10.00 you pay $0.30; at $10.01 you pay $0.40. Second, the 13.6% band for most categories is calculated per item up to $7,500, with 2.35% on the portion above that. Sneakers over $150 are different: 8% of the total sale and no per-order fee if you do not have a qualifying Store discount table. Trading cards are 13.25% up to $7,500 without a store. Books, magazines, movies, TV, and music except vinyl records are 15.3% in that first band. We did not invent these exceptions; they are in the category table on the Seller Center page we fetched on 11 November 2026.

Worked examples, including eBay's own

The Seller Center page publishes four selling-fee scenarios. We used them as unit tests so a future rate edit cannot silently drift. Marco lists golf clubs at $150. The buyer pays $210.50, which includes $50 shipping and $10.50 sales tax. Official math: 13.6% of $210.50 plus a $0.40 per-order fee equals $29.03. eBay remits the tax and deposits $170.97. After Marco spends $50 on postage, he nets $120.97. If he had estimated 13.6% of $150 only, he would have understated fees by more than $8 and overstated profit.

Val sells a skirt. The official example lists it at $80 with free shipping, pays a $0.35 insertion fee because she is over the 250 free listings, and pays $2.00 for a subtitle. The skirt sells for $85.60 after sales tax. Final value fees are 13.6% of $85.60 plus $0.40, or $12.04. After tax remittance the sale payout is $67.96; after the insertion fee, subtitle, and $5 of actual postage, she nets $60.61. Chad sells sneakers that close at $270 after tax. Because they are sneakers over $150, the official example charges 8% of $270, or $21.60, and does not add a per-order fee.

Jodie's example is the store-discount check. Each phone is described as selling for $500 including $5 shipping, at a 7% tax rate. The arithmetic on the page produces a $540.35 total and $73.89 in fees without a store, leaving $426.11 after $5 of postage. With a Basic Store, the same sale in the phones and electronics row is 9.35% plus $0.40, or $50.92 in fees, and $449.08 after postage. The official page notes that a Starter Store does not receive these final value fee discounts. Our calculator follows that: 'No store / Starter' uses the standard 13.6% table; 'Basic or higher' uses the discounted table.

Promoted Listings, insertion fees, and international orders

Promoted Listings are optional. The Seller Center page says you only pay the ad fee if the item sells. Sellers choose the ad rate. This calculator applies that percentage to the total amount of the sale and shows it as its own line. It does not add the ad fee back into the final value fee base, because the official phrase 'other applicable fees' is not itemized for ads on the page we fetched. If your invoice treats ads differently, use the invoice. Insertion fees are $0.35 after you use the 250 monthly zero-insertion-fee listings, with category exclusions. Optional upgrades such as a subtitle can be entered as a flat amount so your net figure includes costs you already paid when you listed.

US-registered sellers who do not use eBay International Shipping can be charged an international fee of 1.65% of the total amount of the sale when the delivery address or the buyer's registered address is outside the United States. That figure comes from the managed-payments fees page we fetched the same day, not from guesswork. Tick the international box when that situation applies. If you use eBay International Shipping on an eligible listing, the same page says you will not be charged that international fee.

Common mistakes that shrink a 'good' sale

• Calculating 13.6% on the item price only, and ignoring shipping and sales tax in the fee base.
• Treating collected sales tax as money you can spend. eBay remits it; your payout is after that remittance.
• Forgetting the per-order fee, which is small on a $200 sale and painful on a $12 sale.
• Using the store-discount table when you have no store, or a Starter Store that the official page excludes from those discounts.
• Ignoring Promoted Listings after a sale 'from the campaign' and then wondering why the deposit is short.
• Comparing eBay with Poshmark or Mercari without putting the same shipping and tax assumptions into each column.

How this page is put together

The homepage is deliberately an eBay fee calculator, not a generic portal. That matches the search intent of 'ebay fee calculator' and keeps the first screen useful. Other US platforms — Etsy, Poshmark, Mercari, PayPal, Depop, and Whatnot — have their own P0 pages, and the comparison grid lets you run one sale across eBay, Etsy, Poshmark, Mercari, PayPal, Depop and Whatnot at no charge. Rates live in JSON with a source URL and a checked date. The math runs in your browser. Reverse pricing, batch rows, and a shareable result link are included on the same page. We will not invent testimonials to dress that up.

How to use this calculator

1. Enter the real total. Type the item price, the shipping you charge the buyer, your actual shipping cost, and the cost of the item. If sales tax was collected, enter that amount too. Guessing any of those numbers makes the profit line decorative.
2. Choose the category and store status. Most casual sellers should leave the category on 'Most categories' and the store setting on 'No store / Starter'. If you sell trading cards, sneakers over $150, or another listed exception, pick that row. Only choose Basic or higher if you actually have one of those subscriptions.
3. Add ads or international fees when they apply. If the sale came from Promoted Listings, enter the ad rate you set. If the order is international and you are not using eBay International Shipping, tick the international box so 1.65% is included.
4. Read payout and profit, then re-price if needed. Payout is what you should expect after tax remittance and eBay fees. Profit subtracts your cost and your postage. Use the target-profit field to see a list price that covers the goal, or open the max buy calculator before you purchase inventory.

Frequently asked questions

Sources and updates

• Seller fees | eBay Seller Center, checked 2026-11-11.
• Selling fees for eBay sellers (managed payments), checked 2026-11-11.