eBay fee calculator
Estimate fees for a US non-Store sale in supported categories, including tax in the fee base, marginal tiers and per-order fees.
On 2026 rates. The most feature-complete eBay calculator currently ranking still states its fees are "current as of November 27, 2022" — before the present 13.6% structure existed.
US non-Store schedule, one item per order. Unsupported categories and insertion fees need your account preview.
- The final value fee already includes payment processing under managed payments. Do not add a separate processing percentage.
- The fee is calculated on the total the buyer pays, including postage and sales tax.
eBay keeps $7.20 — 16% of the item price
- eBay fees−$7.2014.4%
- Cost of goods−$14.0028%
- Your postage & packing−$4.509%
- Returns−$0.430.86%
- Net profitkept$23.8747.7%
| Step | Working | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Fee baseeBay charges its commission on this total, not on the item price alone.Source: eBay | 45 item + 5 postage + 0 tax | $50.00 |
| US non-Store: most categories — split across rate bandsThis category splits the price across its rate bands rather than applying a single rate to the whole amount. | 50 × 13.6% | $6.80 |
| eBay commission (13.6%)Source: eBay | 50 × 13.6% | $6.80 |
| Per-order fee0.3 on orders up to 10, 0.4 above.Source: eBay | $0.40 | |
| Total eBay fees | $7.20 | |
| Selling price | $50.00 | |
| Other platform fees | -$7.20 | |
| Fulfilment | -$4.50 | |
| Cost of goods | -$14.00 | |
| Returns at 4%Per return: handling + refund admin + written-off stock + the outbound fulfilment fee you do not get back. | 10.70 × 0.04 | -$0.43 |
| Net profit per unit | 50.00 − 26.13 | $23.87 |
| Net marginMargin is measured against net revenue, so it stays comparable across tax regimes. | 23.87 ÷ 50.00 × 100 | 47.74 % |
| Monthly profit at 100 units | 23.87 × 100 | $2,387.20 |
Separate buyer payment from seller revenue
For US non-Store sellers, the final value fee normally includes the item, buyer-paid postage and collected sales tax. Tax remitted by the marketplace is not seller revenue, but it can increase the fee. This worksheet models one item per order in the supported categories: most categories, specified media, and guitars. Store subscriptions, vehicles, live sales and special categories require a separate schedule.
A reproducible fee calculation
For a $40 item, $5 buyer postage and $3 sales tax, the fee base is $48. In the default category, 13.6% produces $6.528; adding the $0.40 per-order fee gives $6.93 after rounding. The seller receives $45 before fees and operating costs, not $48. Enter cost of goods and actual postage to estimate the remaining contribution.
The high-price tier is marginal
On a $10,000 fee base in the default category, the percentage fee is $7,500 × 13.6% + $2,500 × 2.35% = $1,078.75, before the order fee. Applying 13.6% to the entire amount would overstate the percentage fee by $281.25. Tier thresholds are per item: this page does not allocate a multi-item checkout.
Use your account for exceptions
Enter the actual promoted-listing or seller-performance percentage when relevant. Performance rates depend on the metric and how long it persists; mutually exclusive charges must not be stacked. Insertion fees, optional upgrades, international-shipping exceptions, refunds and fee credits need reconciliation against the account statement. The worksheet uses conservative return assumptions, not a forecast of reimbursements.
Questions people ask about this
Answers written from the published rules, not from other people's summaries of them. Every figure quoted below is listed with its source at the foot of this page.
Every formula on this siteDoes this include a separate payment-processing fee?
No. US eBay managed-payment final value fees already include processing. Adding a separate percentage would double-count it.
Can I use the US schedule for a UK or EU store?
No. This tool fixes the currency and schedule to US dollars and US non-Store categories. Use your local fee preview with the general profit calculator for another market.
Why does tax affect fees but not revenue?
The final value fee base includes collected tax, while tax collected for remittance is not revenue you keep. Both sides are modelled separately.
Related calculators
Want this on your own site? Embed the ebay fees calculator — one iframe, free, no account. We ask only that you keep the credit link.
Where these numbers come from
Rates and rules change, and a calculator running on stale data is worse than no calculator. Every figure below carries the date we last checked it and a confidence level, so you can judge how much weight to put on it.
| Source | Publisher | Effective | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| eBay seller fees 2026 Standard final value fee 13.6% in most categories, plus a per-order fee of $0.30 on orders up to $10 and $0.40 above. The final value fee already includes payment processing under managed payments — adding a separate processing percentage double-counts, which at least one popular calculator appears to do. | Taxomate | 2026Checked 2026-08-17 | Corroborated |
| eBay selling fees — final value fee and the $7,500 break US non-Store schedule. Most categories: 13.6% through USD 7500 then 2.35% marginally; specified media 15.3%; guitars 6.7%. Per-order fee USD 0.30 through USD 10 and USD 0.40 above. Store, special-category and seller-performance terms differ. | eBay | Not specifiedChecked 2026-09-21 | Primary source |
Page updated . Spotted something out of date? Tell us — corrections are published with the date they were made.
More on the working: every formula on this site, the full source register, what the terms mean, and how we decide what to publish. What an estimate here can and cannot support is set out in the accuracy notes.