eBay Fee Calculator
Enter your item price to see what you keep after eBay's fees on the price, the shipping, and the sales tax — or what to charge for a take-home you choose.
Fees verified October 15, 2026 against eBay's help pages · US sellers on ebay.com
Use before pricing a listing to see what eBay really takes.
Your take-home
You keep
$33.72
After eBay fees and your costs.
$40.00 sale price minus $6.28 in eBay fees = you keep $33.72.
An estimate for US sellers. Insertion fees, Store subscriptions and Below Standard surcharges aren't per-sale, so they aren't in this total.
Three sales, worked out
Each example uses free shipping, no Store, a US buyer and an example sales tax rate of 8%. The numbers come from the same code as the calculator above.
The paperback's order total is $9.72, under the $10.00 line, so its per-order fee drops to $0.30. The sneakers clear $150, so they skip the per-order fee entirely.
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Fee details
Final value fee by category
Fees verified Oct 2026 · Sources: eBay selling fees and eBay Store selling fees
Rates apply to the total sale amount. A Starter Store pays the no-Store rates. These six cover most listings.
| Category | Rate |
|---|---|
| Most categories | 13.6% up to $7,500, then 2.35% with no Store. 12.7% up to $2,500, then 2.35% with Basic or higher. |
| Books, Movies & Music (not vinyl) | 15.3% up to $7,500, then 2.35% with no Store. 15.3% up to $2,500 with Basic or higher. |
| Trading cards, comics & CCG | 13.25% (select categories) up to $7,500, then 2.35% with no Store. 12.35% up to $2,500 with Basic or higher. |
| Women's Bags & Handbags | 15% up to $2,000, 9% over with no Store. 13% at $2,000 or less, 7% over with Basic or higher. |
| Jewelry | 15% up to $5,000, 9% over with no Store. 13% at $5,000 or less, 7% over with Basic or higher. |
| Athletic sneakers | 8% at $150+ with no per-order fee, or 13.6% under $150, with no Store. 7% at $150+ with no per-order fee, or 12.7% under $150, with Basic or higher. |
See all categories
| Category | Rate |
|---|---|
| Coins & Paper Money | 13.25% up to $7,500, then 2.35% with no Store. 9% up to $4,000 with Basic or higher. |
| Bullion | 13.6%, or 7% over $7,500, with no Store. 7.5% at $1,500 or less, 5% up to $10,000, 4.5% over with Basic or higher. |
| Watches | 15% up to $1,000, 6.5% up to $7,500, 3% over with no Store. 12.5% up to $1,000, 4% up to $5,000, 3% over with Basic or higher. |
| Guitars & Basses | 6.7% up to $7,500, then 2.35% with no Store. 6.7% with Basic or higher. |
| Most electronics | 13.6% (most categories) with no Store. With Basic or higher: 9.35%; accessories 12.7%; laptops, desktops, tablets, monitors, printers and consoles 7.35%. |
| Musical instruments | 13.6% (most categories) with no Store. With Basic or higher: most 10.35%; DJ and pro audio 9.35%. |
| Stamps | 13.6% (most categories) with no Store. 9.7% with Basic or higher. |
| eBay Motors parts | 13.6% (most categories) with no Store. 11.5% up to $1,000, then 2.35%; tires 9.5%, with Basic or higher. |
| Heavy equipment | 3% up to $15,000, 0.5% over with no Store. 2.5% up to $15,000, 0.5% over with Basic or higher. |
| NFTs | 5% with or without a Store. |
Every eBay fee, explained
Final value fee and per-order fee
When an item sells, eBay takes a percentage of the total sale amount: item price, handling, the shipping you collect, sales tax and any other fees the buyer pays. Then it adds a per-order fee of $0.30 if that total is $10.00 or less, or $0.40 if it's more. An order is everything one buyer checks out with at once using the same shipping method.
Listing fees
Without a Store you get 250 free listings a month, and each one after that costs $0.35. Stores raise that allowance, shown below.
Store plans: monthly vs yearly
You're billed every month either way. The yearly plan just costs less per month in exchange for a 12-month commitment.
| Store | Plan |
|---|---|
| Starter | $7.95 monthly, or $4.95 a month on the yearly plan. 250 free listings, then $0.30. |
| Basic | $27.95 monthly, or $21.95 a month on the yearly plan. 1,000 free listings, then $0.25. |
| Premium | $74.95 monthly, or $59.95 a month on the yearly plan. 10,000 free listings, then $0.10. |
| Anchor | $349.95 monthly, or $299.95 a month on the yearly plan. 25,000 free listings, then $0.05. |
| Enterprise | Monthly plan not offered. $2,999.95 a month on the yearly plan. Free listings: see eBay. |
Promoted Listings
General ads cost nothing unless the item sells within 30 days of a click on your ad. Then you pay the ad rate you picked, as a percentage of the total sale amount, including shipping and tax. Priority ads charge per click instead, priced by a second-price auction, so I can't turn them into a per-sale number. Enter your General ad rate under "More options" to include it. eBay's Promoted Listings page has the details.
International fee
When the buyer's address is outside the US, eBay adds 1.65% of the total sale amount. It's waived when you ship through eBay International Shipping.
Top Rated Plus
Top Rated sellers get 10% off the percentage part of the final value fee on listings with same-day or 1-business-day handling and free returns of 30 days or more. The discount doesn't touch the per-order fee or extra fees for "item not as described" returns. eBay's seller performance policy lists the requirements.
Below Standard and other charges
A Below Standard seller rating adds 6% to the final value fee, rising to 7%. A high rate of "item not as described" returns adds 5%, rising to 6%. eBay also charges $20 for each payment dispute it rules against you, and 3.25% to convert currency on international sales.
The tricky cases
Big sales over $7,500
The fee is tiered like a tax bracket. Without a Store, most categories pay 13.6% on the first $7,500 and 2.35% on the rest. With a Basic Store or higher the line is $2,500. A $10,000 sale with no Store and no tax pays $1,020.00 plus $58.75, or $1,078.75, before the per-order fee.
Refunds and cancellations
If you refund a buyer in full or the order is cancelled, eBay generally credits the final value fee back to you. For the exact rules, see the credits section of eBay's selling fees page.
Free shipping
Offering free shipping doesn't avoid the fee on shipping. You build the cost into your price, and the fee follows the price. Enter your label cost so it comes out of what you keep.
Multi-item orders
If one buyer checks out with several of your items using the same shipping method, that's one order, so you pay one per-order fee. The final value fee still applies to the combined total.
eBay fee questions
How does this eBay fee calculator work?
Pick a mode. "What I keep" takes your item price and shows each eBay fee and your payout. "What to charge" takes the amount you want to keep after fees and your costs, then finds the lowest item price that gets you there. Both modes use the same eBay rates, verified in October 2026, and show every line of the math.
What are eBay's selling fees in 2026?
Without a Store, most categories pay a 13.6% final value fee on the total sale amount up to $7,500 and 2.35% above that, plus a per-order fee of $0.30 on orders of $10.00 or less or $0.40 on larger orders. Your first 250 listings each month are free, then $0.35 each. Optional costs include Promoted Listings, a 1.65% international fee, and a Store subscription.
How much is eBay's final value fee?
It's a percentage of the total sale amount, which includes the item price, shipping, handling, sales tax and other fees the buyer pays. Most categories pay 13.6% without a Store or 12.7% with a Basic Store or higher. Books, Movies and Music pay 15.3%, Guitars and Basses 6.7%, and athletic sneakers 8% at $150 or more.
Does eBay charge fees on sales tax and shipping?
Yes. The final value fee is calculated on the whole order the buyer pays, including shipping and sales tax, even though eBay passes the tax on to the state. That's why my calculator asks for a tax rate.
Is the eBay per-order fee $0.30 or $0.40?
Both. eBay charges $0.30 when the order total is $10.00 or less and $0.40 when it's over $10.00. Athletic sneakers sold for $150 or more have no per-order fee.
Is an eBay Store worth it?
A Basic Store costs $27.95 a month on a monthly plan or $21.95 a month on a yearly plan, and lowers most categories from 13.6% to 12.7% with 1,000 free listings. That 0.9-point drop means the yearly plan pays for itself at about $2,440 a month in sales in most categories, sooner if you need more than 250 listings.
Before you list
I check these rates against eBay's own pages every quarter and log every number with its source. If your invoice ever shows something this page didn't, tell me and I'll dig in. Happy selling.