eBay fee calculators: Profit & insertion cost breakdown for your listings

Introduction

Selling on eBay involves multiple fees that directly affect your profit margins. To help you plan better, AutoDS provides two calculators:

• eBay Fee Calculator → for calculating selling costs, promotions, payment processor fees, and profit margins.

• eBay Insertion Fees Calculator → for calculating how much you will pay to eBay for listing products, based on store subscription and listing limits.

By using both tools, you’ll understand the full picture: how much it costs to list products and what profit you’ll make after sales.

 

Benefits

• Calculate profit margins before uploading products.

• Understand how eBay fees affect your bottom line.

• Avoid surprises with insertion fees when scaling listings.

• Decide when to upgrade your eBay store subscription.

• Save time with fast, accurate calculations.

 

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eBay Fee Calculator: Selling costs & profit

The eBay Fee Calculator lets you:

• Enter product cost, selling price, and shipping.

• Select your eBay region (US, AU, UK).

• Add payment processor details (PayPal or Managed Payments).

• Include eBay account options (Store subscription, Top Rated Plus, International payments).

• See a full profit breakdown with fees and net earnings.

👉 Access here: AutoDS eBay Fee Calculator

Steps:

1. Select your eBay store region (US, AU, UK).

2. Select your product category.

3. Payment processor:

   • If you choose PayPal, enter the transaction fee % and the fixed $ fee.

   • If you choose Managed Payments, fees are applied automatically.

4. eBay Account Options (select one or more as needed):

   • eBay Store Subscription — check this if you have a store subscription.

   • Top Rated Plus — check this if you are a Top Rated Plus seller.

   • International Payments — check this if you receive international payments.

5. Enter pricing and costs:

   • Selling price

   • Item cost

   • Shipping price and shipping cost

   • Promotion percentage

   • Any other applicable fees

   Tip: Click the “!” icon next to each field to see explanations of what to enter.

6. Check fees by item link:

   • Copy an eBay item ID and paste it into the calculator.

   • Click Click Here to fetch the details.

   • You can then adjust the details manually in the left panel to refine calculations.

7. View profit breakdown: The calculator will display insertion fees, final value fees, promotion costs, payment processing fees, and net profit.

 

Practical examples

Example 1: Profit breakdown 

1. Product: B00Z7SJDU8
   
2. Region: United States
3. Category: Cell Phones & Accessories
   
4. Payment: Managed Payments
5. eBay Account Options: Store Subscription + Top Rated Plus

6. Pricing & Costs: enter:

   • Selling price: $30.99

   • Item cost: $24.61
     The product cost 24.61$ and has Prime shipping, as a result, we do not charge shipping fees from customers nor do we pay the shipping to Amazon (we assume most users have a Prime membership). Thus, we will leave the 'Shipping Price' & 'Shipping cost' fields with 0.
     
     

   • Shipping price: $0

   • Shipping cost: $0 (Prime shipping)

   • Promotion: 3%
     

   Tip: Click the “!” icons next to each field for explanations of what to enter.

7. Check fees by item link/ID (optional): paste the eBay Item ID 303761743888 into the field and click “Click Here” to load product details. You can then adjust costs on the left panel if needed.

8. View profit breakdown: the calculator will display the complete breakdown of fees (final value, promotions, payment processing, etc.) and the net profit for this product.

Example 2: Check fees by Item ID

1. eBay ID: 303761743888

2. Paste into the calculator and click Click Here.

3. The calculator pulls item details, then you can enter costs and fees on the left side to get the profit breakdown.

 

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eBay Insertion Fees Calculator: listing costs

This calculator estimates the cost of listing products. It helps you decide when upgrading your store subscription saves money.

Fields to complete

1. State — select the country where your store is registered.

2. Store Subscription — choose your store plan.

3. Managed Payments / PayPal — select whether your account uses Managed Payments (Yes/No).

4. Products Number — number of listings you want to calculate.

5. Total Cost — system calculates your insertion fees based on the above inputs.

 

Practical example

• Store location: USA

• Store type: Basic (includes 1,000 free listings)

• Managed Payments: Yes

• Listings: 1,500

Calculation: 

• A Basic Store subscription includes 1,000 free listings.

• In this case, you are listing 1,500 products.

• That means 500 listings exceed the free allowance.

• Each additional listing costs $0.25.

• 500 × $0.25 = $125.

Therefore, you will pay $125 in insertion fees for the extra 500 products.