Final value fee for a US seller without a Store subscription. Handles the tiered
rates, the per-order fee, and the categories that do not behave like the rest.
Total eBay fees
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How it is calculated
Two things here are wrong in most other calculators.
Tiered rates are not all the same kind of tier
eBay's fee page uses two different sentence forms and they mean different things:
Wording on eBay's page
What it means
Categories
"13.6% of the total amount of the sale up to $7,500 calculated per item, 2.35% on the portion above"
Portion — each slice is charged at its own rate
Most categories, media, coins, trading cards, watches, guitars, heavy equipment
"13.6% if the total amount of the sale is $7,500 or less, 7.0% if over $7,500"
Whole amount — one rate applies to everything
Bullion, women's handbags, jewellery
On a $10,000 bullion sale the difference is $320: the whole-amount rule gives
$700.00, while treating it as portions would give $1,078.75.
Sneakers do not pay the per-order fee
Men's and women's athletic shoes sold at $150 or more are charged 8% with no per-order fee.
Below $150 they fall back to the standard 13.6% plus the per-order fee.
Assumptions this tool makes
The percentage tiers are applied per item; the per-order fee is charged once per order. That is eBay's wording, and it matters as soon as quantity is more than one.
Shipping and sales tax are spread evenly across the items in the order to get each item's "total amount of sale".
Rates shown are for sellers without an eBay Store subscription and exclude eBay Motors vehicles — both have their own fee schedules.
Below-standard seller performance, listing upgrades, and international/dispute fees are not included.