Selling fees for eBay Sellers

If you have an eBay Store, fees are different for Store subscribers. Please read this article.

From September 12, 2022, Final value fee* has changed in certain categories

In most Jewelry & Watches categories (except for Watches, Parts & Accessories), it now comprises:

15% if the total amount of the sale is up to $5,000
9% if the total amount of the sale is over $5,000

In Watches, Parts & Accessories > Watch Accessories, Parts, Tools & Guides, and Watches Mixed Lots:

15% for the portion of the total amount of sale up to $1,000
6.5% for the portion of the total amount of sale over $1,000 up to $7,500
3% for the portion of the total amount of sale over $7,500

* Final value fee is calculated as a percentage of the total amount of the sale, plus $0.30 per order.

Insertion fees

Every month, you get up to 250 zero insertion fee listings, or more if you have an eBay Store. Learn more about how zero insertion fee listings work, including the terms and exclusions for those listings.

After you’ve used your zero insertion fee allowance, insertion fees are:

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Non-refundable if your item doesn’t sell

Charged per listing and per category. So, if you list your item in two categories, you’ll pay an insertion fee for the second category too

Charged for the original listing and each time you choose to relist your item

Charged per listing if you create duplicate auction-style listings for identical items. Read more about our Duplicate listings policy

Charged only once per listing for listings with multiple items. Read more about listings with multiple items and listings with variations

Good 'Til Cancelled listings

Good ‘Til Cancelled listings are fixed price listings that renew automatically once per calendar month. eBay charges an insertion fee and applicable optional listing upgrade fees when you list your item for the first time, and each time it renews. These listings count towards your monthly zero insertion fee listings. Fee amounts are based on the terms in effect when the listing goes live and when it renews.

Final value fees

eBay charges one final value fee when your item sells, and you don’t have to worry about third-party payment processing fees. This fee is calculated as a percentage of the total amount of the sale, plus $0.30 per order.

The total amount of the sale includes the item price, any handling charges, the shipping service the buyer selects, sales tax, and any other applicable fees. If you offer 1-day or international shipping as well as a cheaper or free option (like domestic shipping), the total amount of the sale is calculated based on the cheapest domestic option you offer. If you only offer 1-day or international shipping but no cheaper option like domestic shipping, the total amount of the sale is calculated based on the service the buyer chooses.

If you’re in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, or Vietnam and your item isn’t located in the US, the total amount of the sale is always calculated based on the shipping option your buyer chooses.

An order is defined as any number of items purchased by the same buyer at checkout with the same shipping method.

If you need to refund the buyer or cancel the sale, you may be eligible for a credit of the final value fee provided that you refund the buyer in full in resolution of a return or cancellation request. The $0.30 per order fee will also be credited.

Prorated final value fee credits for partial refunds

Starting May 2022, when you issue a partial refund to a buyer, eBay will automatically credit a prorated portion of your Final value fee based on the adjusted total amount of the sale. Along with this, eBay will automatically credit prorated portions of other applicable fees including Promoted Listings Standard and international fees.

Fees such as the $0.30 per-order fee, Promoted Listings Express fee, and Promoted Listings Advanced fee will not be refunded. eBay wants to support your efforts to make things right for your buyers and adjust your fees accordingly.

Basic fees for most categories

In the table below, you’ll find the basic fees for items listed in most categories and the number of zero insertion fee listings you’ll get each month.

Fees for optional listing upgrades

You can enhance your listings to help make them stand out by adding certain features, such as a subtitle, or bold font. The fees for these optional listing upgrades vary depending on your item’s price and the listing format and duration. We’ve outlined the differences below.

You can add up to 12 photos with zoom and enlarge, as well as schedule your listings to start and end at a future date and time, free of charge. If you use the Classified Ad format, scheduling a listing will cost $0.10.

Auction-style listings – 1, 3, 5, 7 and 10-day duration

Optional listing upgrade

Item starting price of up to $150 or Real Estate listings

Item starting price of more than $150

1 or 3-day duration

$1.00

Bold

$2.00

$3.00

Gallery Plus

Free for listings in the Collectibles, Art, Pottery & Glass, and Antiques categories

$0.35

$0.70

List in two categories

An insertion fee is always charged for the second category, and fees for any optional listing upgrades apply again. The higher of the two final value fees is charged, if your item sells.

Listing Designer

$0.10

$0.20

Scheduled Listing

$0.10 (free for Real Estate listings)

$0.10

Subtitle

$1.50 ($0.50 for Real Estate listings)

$3.00

Reserve price: Set a minimum price that must be met for your item to sell

$5.00 or 7.5% of reserve price, whichever is greater (maximum fee $250)

Charged whether or not your item sells.

$5.00 or 7.5% of reserve price, whichever is greater (maximum fee $250)

Charged whether or not your item sells.

Reserve price in select Business & Industrial categories:
Heavy Equipment, Parts & Attachments > Heavy Equipment
Printing & Graphic Arts > Commercial Printing Presses
Restaurant & Food Service > Food Trucks, Trailers & Carts

$5.00

Optional listing upgrade: International site visibility for auction-style listings

Item starting price

Fee

$0.01 – $9.99

$0.10

$10 – $49.99

$0.20

$50 or more

$0.40

Optional listing upgrade: Buy It Now

Buy It Now price must be at least 30% higher than the starting price for the auction

Buy It Now price

Fee

$0.99 – $9.99

$0.05

$10 – $24.99

$0.10

$25 – $49.99

$0.20

$50 or more

$0.25

Fixed price listings – Good 'Til Cancelled

Optional listing upgrade

Item price of $150 or less

Item price of more than $150

Classified Ad or Real Estate listings

Bold

$4.00

$6.00

$4.00

Gallery Plus

Free for listings in the Collectibles, Art, Pottery & Glass, and Antiques categories

$1.00

$2.00

$1.00

List in two categories

An insertion fee is always charged for the second category, and fees for any optional listing upgrades apply again. The higher of the two final value fees is

$50 or more

$0.25

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charged, if your item sells

Listing Designer

$0.30

$0.60

$0.30

Scheduled Listing

Free

$0.10 (free for Real Estate listings)

Subtitle

$2.00

$6.00

$1.50

If your items are relisted automatically, you’ll be charged insertion and optional listing upgrade fees each time your item is relisted.

Please keep in mind that not all optional listing upgrades are available with every listing tool and not all optional listing upgrades may be displayed across all our sites, services, applications, and tools.

Additional final value fees

You may be charged final value fees if you violate our policy of buying or selling outside of eBay, or eBay may apply additional final value fees if you are not meeting our performance expectations.

Buying or selling outside of eBay

If you offer or reference your contact information or ask a buyer for their contact information in the context of buying or selling outside of eBay, you’ll be charged a final value fee based on the total amount of the sale even if your item doesn’t sell. In this situation, the total amount of the sale is determined as follows:

Auction-style listing format: The total amount of the sale is the auction start price, the Buy It Now price (if applicable), the reserve price (if applicable), or the price identified between the buyer and seller, whichever is highest.
Fixed price listing format: The total amount of the sale is the fixed price or the price identified between the buyer and seller, whichever is higher.

Sellers not meeting performance expectations

Additional final value fees may apply on sales in the following circumstances:

If your account doesn’t meet our minimum seller performance standards for the US in the evaluation on the 20th of the month, you’ll be charged an additional 5% on the final value fees applicable to sales in the following calendar month. Go to your Seller Dashboard to check your current seller level. This fee does not apply to Above Standard and eBay Top-rated Sellers.
If your rate of ‘Item not as described’ return requests is evaluated in your service metrics as Very High in the evaluation on the 20th of the month in one or more categories, you will be charged an additional 6% on the final value fees for sales in those categories in the following calendar month. You can view your personalized service metrics on your Service Metrics dashboard in Seller Hub.

Any additional final value fees will be calculated as a percentage of the total amount of the sale. eBay will indicate which listings are subject to additional fees on your Account Summary.

Note: If your account isn’t meeting our minimum seller performance standards and you’re rated Very High in your rate of ‘Item not as described’ return requests, you’ll only be charged the additional final value fee for not meeting our minimum seller performance standards.

Dispute fee

Your buyer may open a payment dispute with their payment institution if they believe there’s an issue with their order. A payment dispute is when a buyer initiates a chargeback or other type of dispute with their payment institution (for example, their credit card provider or PayPal). The final decision for refunding the buyer is made by the payment institution.

If you’re found responsible for the disputed amount, eBay charges a Dispute fee for each dispute. The amount of the Dispute fee depends on which eBay site the listing was created on. When you list an item on ebay.com, the Dispute fee is $20.00 (before sales taxes). If you accept the payment dispute and issue a refund, eBay will waive the Dispute fee, and you’ll be responsible for the refund amount issued to your buyer.

International fee

If your registered address is in the US, eBay charges an International fee if either:

The delivery address for the item (entered by the buyer during checkout) is outside the US, or

The buyer's registered address is outside the US (regardless of the delivery address for the item)

This fee is calculated as 1.65% of the total amount of the sale and is automatically deducted from your sales.

If your registered address is not in the US, please refer to the fee page for your country or region of residence for your International fee information.

Learn more about International fees for eBay global managed payments sellers

Example of fee calculations

Fixed price listing example

You’re selling a spare part for a car for $88.

Delivery address is Taiwan (outside your registered address country).
Total amount of the sale (including the shipping service and sales tax) is $102.

You've not used your allocation of zero insertion fee listings this month.

Your seller account is meeting our performance expectations at the time your item sells.
You have used a fixed price listing with no optional listing upgrades to attract more buyers.

Your total fees for this item:

Insertion fee: $0

Final value fee: 10.7% of $102 + $0.30 = $10.91
International fee: 3.3% of $102 = $3.37

Total fees: $14.58

You make $87.42 or approximately 86% of the sale price.
Net order proceeds €72.84 and takes into account both the exchange rate and the currency conversion charge.

Other terms and conditions

Not all features, listing categories, and optional upgrades are available for managed payments sellers. Learn more about managed payments on eBay.

If you use supplemental services, such as buying and printing shipping labels on eBay, or if you participate in any of our advertising programs, additional terms and conditions may apply, and you’ll pay any costs or fees associated with those services. Details of the costs or fees will be on your monthly financial statement and eBay will charge the payment method you’ve set up on your seller account.

All fees are in US dollars.

Sellers may be invoiced for fees under certain circumstances.

Fees may apply if you end your auction-style listing early.

The fees on this page apply to listings on ebay.com. If you list an item on another eBay site (for example, ebay.com.au or ebay.co.uk), the fees for that site will apply.

Seller fees don’t purchase exclusive rights to web pages on eBay. eBay may, in its sole discretion and without consent from or payment to sellers, display third-party advertisements (including links and references thereto) and listings from other sellers on any eBay page.

Depending on the tax legislation of your country of residency, local Value Added Tax (VAT), Goods and Services Tax (GST) or similar consumption tax might apply in addition to your eBay fees.