eBay takes about 14% of what the buyer pays. For a seller without a store subscription that is a 13.6% final value fee on the item price plus the shipping you charge, plus a $0.40 per-order fee — and your Promoted Listings ad rate on top if you are advertising. Enter your numbers below to see the exact breakdown and what you actually keep.

eBay Fee & Profit Calculator

See exactly what eBay's fees take out of a sale and what you actually keep: final value fee, per-order fee, Promoted Listings ad fee, then your net profit, margin, and return on what you paid for the item.

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What eBay actually charges in 2026

Most sellers discover their real fee rate the hard way, on the invoice. eBay's headline number is the final value fee, a percentage of the total amount the buyer pays. That base is the part people get wrong: it is the item price plus the shipping you charged plus any sales tax eBay collected, not the item price alone. On top of the percentage sits a small fixed per-order fee, and if you opted into Promoted Listings Standard, an ad fee charged at your chosen rate on that same total — but only on sales the ads are credited with.

There is no separate payment-processing line to worry about. Under managed payments eBay folded processing into the final value fee, which is why the percentage looks higher than the old fee-plus-PayPal split it replaced. If you see a calculator adding 2.9% + $0.30 on top of a 13.6% final value fee, it is double-counting and every result it gives you is too pessimistic.

Fee table — non-store sellers, verified 2026-07-24

Category Final value fee
Most categories 13.6%
Clothing, shoes & accessories 13.6%
Trading cards 13.25%
Consumer electronics (no store) 13.6%
Portion of a sale above $7,500 2.35%
Per-order fee (orders $10.00 or less) $0.30
Per-order fee (orders over $10.00) $0.40

Rates verified 2026-07-24 against eBay's own Selling fees page . eBay changes category fees frequently — the most-categories rate was hiked in February 2026 — so the date above is published with the numbers on purpose. If it looks old, check the source before you trust the output.

How this calculator works

The arithmetic is deliberately boring and fully visible. First it builds the fee base: sale total = item price + shipping charged to buyer. It applies your category's final value fee rate to that total, charging the reduced 2.35% rate on any portion above $7,500, and adds the tiered per-order fee. If you entered an ad rate, it adds that percentage of the sale total. Those three lines are what eBay keeps.

Then it nets out your side: net profit = sale total − eBay's fees − what you paid for the item − your shipping label − other costs. Margin is that profit over the sale total; ROI is that profit over what you had in the item. Every figure is rounded to whole cents, and the same function that runs in your browser is the one asserted by the unit tests behind the worked examples below — there is no second, drifting copy of the math.

What it does not model, on purpose: the international-sales fee on cross-border orders, the regulatory operating fee some jurisdictions add, below-standard-seller surcharges, optional listing upgrades, and eBay Store subscriber rates. Each of those would push your real invoice up (or, for store subscribers, down), so treat the result as a planning estimate and reconcile against your actual eBay invoice.

Worked examples

eBay fee questions, answered

How much does eBay take from a sale?
For a seller without a store subscription, eBay takes a final value fee of 13.6% of the total amount the buyer pays in most categories, plus a fixed per-order fee of $0.30 on orders of $10.00 or less and $0.40 on orders above that. On a $50 sale in most categories that is $7.20, or about 14.4% of the sale. Payment processing is already inside that final value fee under eBay's managed payments, so there is no separate processing charge to add. If you run Promoted Listings Standard, your ad rate is charged on top of that, on the same base.
Does eBay charge a fee on the shipping I collect?
Yes, and it is the single most expensive misunderstanding on the platform. eBay's final value fee applies to the total amount the buyer pays, which includes the shipping you charge them and any sales tax eBay collects. Moving $10 of an item's price into the shipping charge does not reduce your fee by a cent. The calculator asks for the shipping you charge the buyer separately from the label cost you pay because they move the math in opposite directions: what you charge raises the fee base, and what you pay is a straight cost.
What is the difference between margin and ROI here?
Margin is your net profit as a percentage of the sale — it answers "how much of what the buyer paid did I keep?" ROI is your net profit as a percentage of what the sale cost you — it answers "how hard did my money work?" A $6 thrifted jacket that sells for $45 has a modest 54% margin but a 408% return on cost. Resellers who source cheaply should watch ROI; sellers moving expensive inventory should watch margin, because a thin margin on a costly item ties up a lot of cash for very little.
Are these the fees for eBay Store subscribers?
No. Every rate here is the non-store rate, because that is what most casual and part-time sellers pay. eBay publishes a separate, generally lower fee schedule for Basic-and-up Store subscribers — for example most consumer electronics at 9.35% up to $2,500. If you pay for a store, your real fees will be lower than this calculator shows. The 9.35% electronics figure that circulates widely online is that store rate, and applying it as a non-store seller will make every deal look better than it is.
Why does my fee not match my eBay invoice exactly?
This is a planning estimate built from eBay's published category rates verified 2026-07-24. It deliberately does not model the international-sales fee on cross-border orders, the regulatory operating fee charged in some jurisdictions, below-standard-seller surcharges, or optional listing upgrades. Any of those will make your invoice higher than the estimate. Always confirm against your own eBay fee invoice and your exact category before relying on a number.