What Percentage Does eBay Take?

13.6% of the total sale for most categories, on top of a small flat per-order fee. That's the number that answers this question for the vast majority of eBay sellers. A short list of categories run a different percentage:

What the percentage applies to

Every percentage above is charged on the total the buyer paid, item price, the shipping you charged, and any sales tax collected, not the item price by itself. This is worth repeating because it's the single most common source of a wrong manual calculation: the percentage is right, but it's applied to the wrong number.

Why "the percentage" isn't a single number for every sale

Three categories, Handbags, Jewelry & Watches, and Bullion, don't use a marginal band the way most categories do above $7,500. Instead the rate is a cliff: clear the category's threshold and the lower percentage applies to the entire sale, not just the amount over the line. A $4,999 jewelry sale pays 15% on all of it; a $5,001 sale pays 9% on all of it, a $300 swing in fee from a $2 difference in price. That's the one spot in this schedule where the percentage genuinely depends on which side of a specific dollar amount your sale lands on.

Where the per-order fee fits in

The percentages above are the final value fee only. Every sale also carries a flat $0.30 or $0.40 per-order fee on top, which isn't a percentage at all and doesn't scale with price, it's proportionally bigger on a cheap sale than an expensive one. See the complete fee schedule for the per-order fee rules and everything the percentage doesn't cover.

For a dollar figure rather than a percentage, see how much are eBay fees for worked examples. For the same rates framed as what you keep rather than what eBay charges, see how much does eBay take in fees. Or use the calculator directly with your own sale price, shipping and category.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage does eBay take?

13.6% for most categories, on the total the buyer paid (item price, shipping, and sales tax). A handful of categories use a different percentage, listed above.

Is the eBay fee percentage the same for every seller?

The base percentage is the same for every standard account. Store subscribers get a discount on that percentage in many categories, so their effective rate is lower.

Does the percentage go down for expensive items?

Yes, for most categories the rate drops to 2.35% on the portion of a sale above $7,500 per item, a marginal band like a tax bracket. A few categories (handbags, jewelry, bullion) drop to a lower rate on the whole sale instead, once it clears their threshold.