eBay seller fees in 2026
Last verified: April 2026 from official eBay fee pagesDirect answer: eBay seller fees are $7.20 on a default $50 sale in the 2026 model, leaving $42.80 before item cost, shipping labels, optional ads, refunds, or taxes. That is a 14.4% effective fee rate before seller-specific adjustments.
TL;DR
- - Category final value fee on the buyer-paid total, plus a $0.30-$0.40 per-order fee and optional promoted listing fees.
- - On a default $50.00 sale, eBay seller fees are $7.20 and payout is $42.80 before item cost.
- - The effective fee rate at $50.00 is 14.4% before seller-specific adjustments.
- - eBay sellers should pick the category before trusting the payout because category rates can move the answer materially.
- - Rates were last checked on 2026-04-30 from official eBay fee pages.
What eBay charges sellers
Category final value fee on the buyer-paid total, plus a $0.30-$0.40 per-order fee and optional promoted listing fees.
eBay sellers should pick the category before trusting the payout because category rates can move the answer materially.
- - Final value fees vary by category, so the category selector matters.
- - The per-order fee changes at the $10 order threshold.
- - Promoted Listing Standard is optional and should be modeled as planned ad spend.
Fee lines on a default $50 sale
- Listing fee
- $0.00
- Marketplace selling fee
- $6.80
- Payment processing
- $0.00
- Per-order fee
- $0.40
- Promotion fee
- $0.00
- Total seller fees
- $7.20
eBay seller fees by price
| Sale price | Seller fees | Net before costs | Effective rate | Exact answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10.00 | $1.66 | $8.34 | 16.6% | Open $10.00 |
| $15.00 | $2.44 | $12.56 | 16.3% | Open $15.00 |
| $25.00 | $3.80 | $21.20 | 15.2% | Open $25.00 |
| $50.00 | $7.20 | $42.80 | 14.4% | Open $50.00 |
| $100.00 | $14.00 | $86.00 | 14.0% | Open $100.00 |
| $200.00 | $27.60 | $172.40 | 13.8% | Open $200.00 |
| $500.00 | $68.40 | $431.60 | 13.7% | Open $500.00 |
| $1,000.00 | $136.40 | $863.60 | 13.6% | Open $1,000.00 |
Included in this fee page
- - Final value fee
- - Per-order fee
- - Optional promoted listing rate
Still check separately
- - Refunds
- - Store subscription fees
- - Insertion fees beyond free allotments
Price the listing before it goes live
Use the exact marketplace, category, shipping setup, and cost of goods you expect to list with. That gives you a real payout baseline instead of a fee estimate from memory.
Use the real sale assumptions you would list with, not the ideal version you hope the buyer accepts.
Turn the fee formula into a listing decision
The formula page gives the current fee structure. Use the calculator for the actual listing and the exact-price pages when you need a sourceable answer for one sale amount.