Fee guide · eBay
eBay’s final value fee is the most complicated of the six platforms — it changes by category, drops sharply on the part of a sale above $7,500, and adds a small per-order fee that most summaries forget. Here is the whole structure, flat.
Fees last verified Oct 14, 2026
Rates below are for sellers without an eBay Store subscription (Store subscribers pay less — a Basic Store brings most categories to about 12.7%). The percentage applies to the total amount of the sale: item price + shipping you charge + any sales tax eBay collects.
| Category | Final value fee | Per-order fee |
|---|---|---|
| Most categories | 13.6% | $0.30 (orders $10 or less) · $0.40 (over $10) |
| Books, DVDs & movies, music | 15.3% | $0.30 / $0.40 as above |
| Trading cards | 13.25% | $0.30 / $0.40 as above |
| Coins & paper money | 13.25% | $0.30 / $0.40 as above |
| Jewelry & watches | 15% | $0.30 / $0.40 as above |
| Women’s bags & handbags | 15% | $0.30 / $0.40 as above |
| Guitars & basses | 6.7% | $0.30 / $0.40 as above |
| Athletic shoes (sold for $150+) | 8% | None |
Separately, optional promoted-listing ads, listing upgrades, and international fees can add to the above. Insertion fees are free for the first 250 listings per month for most sellers.
On a single item, the portion of the sale above $7,500 is charged at just 2.35% instead of your category rate. On a $10,000 sale in a most-categories listing, that’s 13.6% × $7,500 ($1,020.00) + 2.35% × $2,500 ($58.75) = $1,078.75, plus the $0.40 per-order fee. It matters enormously for high-value items — and a spreadsheet that applies a flat 13.6% to the whole amount overstates your fees by hundreds of dollars.
| Item + shipping charged | $50.00 |
| Final value fee (13.6%) | −$6.80 |
| Per-order fee | −$0.40 |
| You receive | $42.80 |
| Item + shipping charged | $200.00 |
| Final value fee (13.6%) | −$27.20 |
| Per-order fee | −$0.40 |
| You receive | $172.40 |
Examples assume no sales tax on the order (the fee is also charged on tax when eBay collects it) and are before your item cost and any shipping you pay out.
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