eBay Selling Fees by Category

US eBay does not charge one final value fee for every listing. The official Seller Center table we fetched on 11 November 2026 puts most categories at 13.6% of the total sale up to $7,500 per item, then 2.35%, plus a $0.30 or $0.40 per-order fee. Trading cards, sneakers over $150, books and magazines, jewelry, handbags, guitars, heavy equipment, bullion and several other rows are billed differently. Store subscribers on Basic or higher, but not Starter, get a second table with lower first-band rates and, often, a $2,500 cap instead of $7,500. This page publishes that schedule and attaches the same calculator so you can change category without leaving the table.

How to read the table

Every percentage in the official table is applied to the total amount of the sale, including the item price, shipping charged to the buyer, and sales tax. Choosing 'Most categories' for a $200 pair of sneakers over $150, or for a $30 trading card, is the most common way to overstate or understate the fee. The interactive table on this page is generated from the same dated JSON the calculator uses, so a rate cannot quietly drift in one place and stay stale in the other. If eBay updates a row, we update the JSON, the check date, and this page together.

Two structures appear in the official schedule. Most rows are tiers: you pay the first-band rate on the portion of the total sale up to a cap, then a lower rate on the portion above that cap. A few rows, including bullion, most jewelry and watches except parts, and women's bags, use a flat rate that depends on whether the entire total is at or below a threshold, or above it. That is not the same as a tier. A $5,001 jewelry sale in the no-store table is not 15% of $5,000 plus 9% of $1; it is 9% of the whole $5,001 if the official rule is the flat-by-total form we transcribed. The calculator follows that distinction instead of flattening everything into one pattern.

tiered row: first-band rate on the portion of the total sale up to the cap, then the next rate on the remainder
flat-by-total row: one rate for the entire sale, chosen by whether the total is at or below a published threshold
then add the per-order fee unless the category waives it, and subtract tax remitted from the payout

Rows sellers look up most often

Sneakers over $150 are 8% of the total sale with no per-order fee if you do not have a qualifying store, and 7% with no per-order fee on the Basic-or-higher table. The cutoff is the sneaker price rule on the official page, not a soft 'expensive shoes' guess. Trading cards are 13.25% up to $7,500, then 2.35%, plus the per-order fee; with a Basic or higher store they are 12.35% up to $2,500, then 2.35%. Books, magazines, movies, TV, and music except vinyl records are 15.3% in the first band, and that first-band rate does not fall even with a store — only the cap moves from $7,500 to $2,500. Guitars and basses are already 6.7% in the first band without a store. Heavy equipment is 3% up to $15,000, then 0.5%, on the no-store table we fetched.

On the store table, computers and video game consoles drop to 7.35% in the first $2,500, cameras, phones and most consumer electronics to 9.35%, most auto parts to 11.5% up to $1,000, coins and paper money except bullion to 9% up to $4,000, stamps to 9.7%, and most musical instruments to 10.35%. NFTs stay at 5% on both tables. Women's bags are 15% of the whole total at or below $2,000, or 9% of the whole total above $2,000 without a store; the store row is 13% or 7% with the same $2,000 split. Watches, parts and accessories use a three-band tier that is not the same as the 'most jewelry' flat rule. Use the table, not a remembered 13.6%.

Starter Stores are excluded from the discounted final value fee table. If your subscription is Starter, stay on the no-store column even if the word 'Store' appears on your invoice.

What the category table does not decide

Insertion fees, Promoted Listings, and the 1.65% international fee for US-registered sellers who are not using eBay International Shipping are not category-specific in the way the final value fee is. They still change what you keep. The calculator on this page can include them. A category exception is not a reason to ignore tax in the base, and it is not a reason to treat remitted tax as profit. Official Seller Center examples (Marco, Val, Chad, Jodie) remain the unit tests for the engine behind this table.

How to use this calculator

1. Find your row in the table. Match the official category name as closely as you can. If you are unsure, calculate both the special row and Most categories and see the gap before you list.
2. Toggle store status only if you qualify. Basic or higher uses the discount table. No store and Starter use the standard table.
3. Type a sale into the calculator. The table shows rates; the calculator shows payout and profit on a real item, shipping and tax amount.
4. Check the official page if your invoice disagrees. eBay can add programs or change a row. Trust the statement, then email us so we can re-check the source.

Frequently asked questions

Sources and updates

• Seller fees | eBay Seller Center, checked 2026-11-11.
• Selling fees for eBay sellers (managed payments), checked 2026-11-11.