Selling fees
Learn about the different types of fees on eBay and how they work
Types of fees
Selling on eBay gives you access to a variety of benefits, including marketing and advertising tools, seller protections and a customer support team.
To provide you with these benefits, we charge a fee based on your sales. These are our standard selling fees, which apply to all sellers. In addition to these we offer optional listing upgrades, advertising options with Promoted Listings and our monthly eBay Store subscription packages. Continue reading to learn more about each type of fee.
Standard selling fees
1. Insertion fees
Every seller gets a number of free listings per month, but when you’ve used these up, we charge an excess listing fee.
2. Transaction Fees
The transaction fee includes a final value fee based on a percentage of the total amount paid by the buyer (including postage and handling) and per order fee when an item sells.
Optional listing upgrades
If you choose to upgrade your listings to help them stand out, you’ll pay a fee for these, regardless of whether your item sells. Optional listing upgrades include:
- Having a listing appear in a second category
- Subtitles beneath your listing title in search
- Adding Buy It Now to an auction
- Scheduled listings
Promoted Listings
If you choose to promote your listing, you pay a percentage of the sale price when a buyer clicks on your ad and then buys your item within 30 days.
A Promoted Listing ad fee (standard) is calculated at the time of the sale and is based on:
- The ad rate set at the time the buyer first clicked on your ad
- The sale price of the item, excluding any postage charges and taxes
eBay Store subscriptions
There are three eBay Store tiers — Basic, Featured and Anchor. All eBay Store levels provide access to powerful promotional tools and insights to grow your business.
Learn more about eBay Store subscriptions here.
Other Fees
The fees for listing and selling a vehicle are different to those in other categories. We charge an insertion fee when you create a vehicle listing and a fixed final value fee when your vehicle sells.
View the fees for selling vehicles on eBay.
In the Real Estate and Services categories, you can list using our Classified ad format. In this format, we charge an insertion fee when you create your listing. Final value fees apply to Classified ad listings in the Services category and are a fixed fee instead of a percentage of the item price.
If your registered address is in Australia, you pay an international sales fee when the delivery location for the item (entered by the buyer during checkout) is outside Australia.
This fee is calculated as 1.1% (incl. GST) of the total amount of the sale (including postage, handling and any tax or other applicable fees) and is automatically deducted from your sales proceeds. eBay may apply additional charges in some circumstances based on your selling activity (such as international sales), as well as your seller performance level and service metrics.
If your registered address is in Australia, a goods and services tax (GST) of 10% is payable on your eBay fees. Unless you’ve provided eBay with your ABN and registered for tax exempt status, we'll add GST to your eBay fees.
Other charges that may apply to your selling activity include:
- Charges for postage costs when you buy eBay postage labels
- Charges for postage costs when a buyer uses an eBay return postage label to return an item
- Reimbursements when eBay refunds one of your buyers under eBay Money Back Guarantee or in relation to a payment dispute
- Dispute fees, if you are found responsible for a chargeback or other disputed amount as per eBay's policies
- Charges for services offered on eBay by third parties, if you choose to use them
Paying your fees
Most fees and other selling costs, such as postage labels printed through eBay and refunds to buyers, are deducted from your sales proceeds before your payout is initiated. Learn more about how fees and selling costs are charged.
You can keep track of all your selling fees, payouts, and any credits you've received in your Financial statement in Payments in My eBay or on the Payments tab in Seller Hub. Learn more about accessing your eBay sales transactions.
More details
Don’t see your question here? Visit the Help Hub for more detailed information on selling features and fees.