Free eBay Fee Calculator
eBay's Final Value Fee is charged on the full order — item price PLUS shipping you charged the buyer. Plus a $0.30 per-order fee. We surface the real take-home so you can price honestly.
Advanced fee settings
How it works
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Enter item price, shipping charged to buyer, your actual shipping cost, and COGS.
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Adjust FVF % for your category (default 13.25% Most categories).
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Read the bottom row — that's what hits your eBay payout.
Why eBay's fees look small until you sum them
eBay's headline fee is the Final Value Fee — typically 13.25% in Most Categories on the order total (item + shipping). On top of that, eBay added a fixed $0.30 per-order fee in 2022 that catches a lot of sellers off guard. Add the optional $0.35 insertion fee (free for the first 250 listings/month on most accounts) and the math tightens fast on sub-$10 items.
The most expensive mistake sellers make is charging real shipping cost to the buyer and assuming it's pass-through. It's not. eBay charges FVF on shipping you collect, so a $10 shipping charge costs you ~$1.30 in FVF on top of the actual shipping. Free shipping (priced into the item) is often more profitable than charged shipping once you do the math.
Category FVF varies — 3% for vehicles, 6.35% for clothing/shoes/accessories, 12.55% for Books, 13.25% Most Categories. Always pick the right category rate or your projection is off by 30%+.