eBay Fee Calculator
Use this free eBay fee calculator to work out your final value fees and what you keep from every sale, including shipping.
Your first 250 listings a month are free. Extra listings cost $0.35 each — enter that amount here if it applies.
Fee base (price + shipping + tax): —
Final value fee (13.6%): —
Per-order fee: —
Total eBay fees: —
You keep: —
Fees checked 9 November 2026; eBay changes its fees — confirm at eBay’s seller pages before listing. On sales over $7,500, eBay charges 2.35% on the part above $7,500, so very large sales may cost slightly less than this estimate. Sneakers under $150 are charged at the most-categories rate of 13.6%.
How to use this eBay fee calculator
Step 1: Enter the sale price of your item, what you charge the buyer for shipping, and any sales tax you collect. eBay works out its fees on the total of all three, so all three belong in the calculation.
Step 2: Pick the category your item sells in. Most categories are charged at 13.6%, trading cards at 13.25%, and sneakers at 8% when the total sale is $150 or more. If your listing is past your 250 free listings for the month, enter the insertion fee of $0.35.
Step 3: Read the results, which update live. You see the fee base, the final value fee, the per-order fee, your total eBay fees and what you keep from the sale.
Worked example: a $100 sale with $10 shipping
Sell an item for $100 and charge the buyer $10 for shipping, with no sales tax, in most categories. The fee base is $100 + $10 = $110.00, because eBay charges its final value fee on the price plus shipping, not just the price. The final value fee is 13.6% of $110.00, which is $14.96. Add the per-order fee of $0.40, and your total eBay fees come to $15.36, so you keep $94.64.
Now try the same sale with free shipping: a $50 sale with no shipping and no tax has a fee base of $50.00, a final value fee of $6.80, a per-order fee of $0.40, total fees of $7.20, and you keep $42.80. And a bigger sale of $200 with $15 shipping and $10 of sales tax has a fee base of $225.00, a final value fee of $30.60, a per-order fee of $0.40, total fees of $31.00, and you keep $194.00. Change any figure in the calculator above and the results update straight away.
If you sell trading cards instead, the rate is 13.25%, so that same $110.00 fee base costs $14.58 in final value fees. Sneakers are the one category with a big difference: a sneakers sale of $150 or more is charged at 8% and the per-order fee is not charged at all, so a $200 sneakers sale costs $16.00 in fees when shipping and tax are already included in the sale total.
Why the fee is bigger than you expect
Most sellers look at the headline rate, 13.6%, and work out the fee on the item price alone. That is not how eBay charges. The final value fee applies to the total amount of the sale, which is the item price plus any shipping you collect from the buyer plus any sales tax. Charge $10 for shipping and that $10 is also charged at 13.6%, which adds $1.36 to the fee before you have even counted the per-order fee.
Then there is the per-order fee itself: $0.30 on orders of $10 or less, and $0.40 on orders over $10. It is a small amount, but on a cheap item it is a real share of the sale. On a $5 item, for example, the per-order fee alone is 6% of the price, on top of the percentage fee. That is why very cheap items are the hardest to make a profit on.
The category you list in matters too. Trading cards are charged at 13.25% rather than 13.6%, which is a small saving, but sneakers over $150 drop to 8% with no per-order fee, which is a large one. Listing in the wrong category can cost you money twice: the wrong fee, and a listing that buyers in the right category never see. If you also sell on Etsy, try our Etsy Fee Calculator to compare what the same sale would cost there.
Frequently asked questions
What is eBay’s final value fee?
The final value fee is a percentage of the total amount of the sale that eBay charges when your item sells. For most categories it is 13.6% of the total amount of the sale, which is the item price plus shipping collected from the buyer plus sales tax. Trading cards are charged at 13.25%, and sneakers at 8% when the total sale is $150 or more.
Does eBay charge a fee on shipping?
Yes. The final value fee is calculated on the total amount of the sale, which includes any shipping you collect from the buyer, as well as sales tax. That is why charging for shipping does not pass the full amount on to you — eBay takes its percentage of the shipping charge too. There are a few exceptions, so check eBay’s seller pages if your shipping set-up is unusual.
What is the $0.30 per-order fee?
eBay adds a per-order fee to every order: $0.30 for orders of $10 or less, and $0.40 for orders over $10. The fee is charged once per order, however many items the buyer purchases. It is not charged on sneakers sales of $150 or more, where the final value fee is 8%.
Are insertion fees free?
Your first 250 listings a month are free. After you have used those, each extra listing costs $0.35. The fee is charged when you create the listing, whether or not the item sells, and it is also charged each time you relist an item. The calculator above lets you add the insertion fee so you can see its effect on a single sale.
Are these fees current?
These fees were checked on 9 November 2026 at eBay’s own seller fee pages. eBay changes its fees from time to time, so confirm the current rates at eBay’s seller pages before you list. The rates on this page are for listings on eBay.com for sellers without an eBay Store; store subscribers pay different fees.