What is actually left after eBay takes its cut — and what you would have to charge to hit a margin you choose.
eBay charges the final value fee on the total amount of the sale, and that total includes the sales tax the buyer paid. The tax is remitted, so it never becomes your revenue. A calculator that drops the tax from both sides understates your fees; one that keeps it on both sides overstates your margin. This tool keeps it in the fee base and out of revenue.
eBay's fee is a piecewise function — portion tiers, whole-amount cliffs, a per-order fee that steps at $10, and a sneaker exemption at $150. There is no clean formula to invert it, so the target-margin price is found by bisection over the same fee engine the calculator above uses, then rounded up to the cent so the target is met rather than missed.
Source: eBay Inc. (official help page) · verified 2026-09-04
| Category | Rule | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Most categories (incl. eBay Motors > Parts & Accessories) | Portion — each slice charged at its own rate | 13.6% on the portion up to $7,500.00; 2.35% on the portion above $7,500.00 |
| Books & Magazines / Movies & TV / Music | Portion — each slice charged at its own rate | 15.3% on the portion up to $7,500.00; 2.35% on the portion above $7,500.00 |
| Coins & Paper Money (excluding Bullion) | Portion — each slice charged at its own rate | 13.25% on the portion up to $7,500.00; 2.35% on the portion above $7,500.00 |
| Coins & Paper Money > Bullion | Threshold — one rate decides, applied to the whole amount | 13.6% on the whole amount up to $7,500.00, then 7% on the whole amount above it |
| Clothing, Shoes & Accessories > Women > Women's Bags & Handbags | Threshold — one rate decides, applied to the whole amount | 15% on the whole amount up to $2,000.00, then 9% on the whole amount above it |
| Select Collectibles (comics, trading cards, CCGs, memorabilia) | Portion — each slice charged at its own rate | 13.25% on the portion up to $7,500.00; 2.35% on the portion above $7,500.00 |
| Jewelry & Watches (excluding Watches, Parts & Accessories) | Threshold — one rate decides, applied to the whole amount | 15% on the whole amount up to $5,000.00, then 9% on the whole amount above it |
| Jewelry & Watches > Watches, Parts & Accessories | Portion — each slice charged at its own rate | 15% on the portion up to $1,000.00; 6.5% on the portion up to $7,500.00; 3% on the portion above $7,500.00 |
| NFT categories (art, CCG, movie, music, trading card NFTs) | One rate on the whole amount | 5% of the total sales price |
| Heavy equipment / commercial printing presses / food trucks | Portion — each slice charged at its own rate | 3% on the portion up to $15,000.00; 0.5% on the portion above $15,000.00 |
| Musical Instruments & Gear > Guitars & Basses | Portion — each slice charged at its own rate | 6.7% on the portion up to $7,500.00; 2.35% on the portion above $7,500.00 |
| Sneakers (Men's / Women's Athletic Shoes) | Threshold, and the per-order fee is waived above it | 13.6% below $150.00; 8% at $150.00 and above, with no per-order fee |
A per-order fee is charged once per order on top of the percentage: $0.30 when the order total is $10.00 or less, $0.40 above that.