eBay per-order fee in 2026
Last verified: May 2026 from official eBay selling fees helpDirect answer: eBay adds a per-order fee to final value fees: $0.30 for orders of $10.00 or less, and $0.40 for orders over $10.00. That fixed fee matters most on low-price items. Use this as the rule checkpoint, then run the eBay calculator with your real sale price, shipping setup, category, optional promotion, and refund risk before using the fee in profit planning.
TL;DR
- - eBay adds a per-order fee to final value fees: $0.30 for orders of $10.00 or less, and $0.40 for orders over $10.00. That fixed fee matters most on low-price items. Use this as the rule checkpoint, then run the eBay calculator with your real sale price, shipping setup, category, optional promotion, and refund risk before using the fee in profit planning.
- - On a default $100 Most categories sale, modeled eBay fees are $14.00 before item cost, shipping label cost, ads, or international fees.
- - The $100 effective fee rate is 14.0% in this no-shipping model.
- - Use the $10 row before pricing cheap inventory. A $0.30 fixed fee has a much larger effective rate on a $10 order than a $100 order.
- - Fee data was checked on 2026-05-30 from official eBay selling fees help.
What to remember before pricing
$0.30 on orders $10 or less, $0.40 on orders over $10
- - The per-order fee is part of the final value fee stack.
- - Orders $10.00 or less use the $0.30 per-order fee.
- - Orders over $10.00 use the $0.40 per-order fee.
- - The order can include multiple items bought by the same buyer at checkout with the same shipping method.
Fee stack for Most categories
- Final value fee
- $13.60
- Per-order fee
- $0.40
- Promoted Listings at 5.0%
- $5.00
- International at 1.7%
- $1.65
- Core eBay fees
- $14.00
eBay fee examples by price
These examples use Most categories, no buyer-paid shipping, and no item cost. Add your real ad rate, international exposure, and shipping assumptions before listing.
| Sale price | Final value | Order fee | Core fees | 5% promoted | 1.65% intl. | Net before costs | Calculator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10.00 | $1.36 | $0.30 | $1.66 | $0.50 | $0.17 | $8.34 | Calculate eBay fees on $10.00 |
| $25.00 | $3.40 | $0.40 | $3.80 | $1.25 | $0.41 | $21.20 | Calculate eBay fees on $25.00 |
| $50.00 | $6.80 | $0.40 | $7.20 | $2.50 | $0.83 | $42.80 | Calculate eBay fees on $50.00 |
| $100.00 | $13.60 | $0.40 | $14.00 | $5.00 | $1.65 | $86.00 | Calculate eBay fees on $100.00 |
| $500.00 | $68.00 | $0.40 | $68.40 | $25.00 | $8.25 | $431.60 | Calculate eBay fees on $500.00 |
| $1,000.00 | $136.00 | $0.40 | $136.40 | $50.00 | $16.50 | $863.60 | Calculate eBay fees on $1,000.00 |
| $8,000.00 | $1,031.75 | $0.40 | $1,032.15 | $400.00 | $132.00 | $6,967.85 | Calculate eBay fees on $8,000.00 |
Price the listing before it goes live
Use the exact marketplace, category, shipping setup, and cost of goods you expect to list with. That gives you a real payout baseline instead of a fee estimate from memory.
Use the real sale assumptions you would list with, not the ideal version you hope the buyer accepts.
What the official source says
- - eBay defines an order as any number of items bought by the same buyer at checkout with the same shipping method.
- - The fee is separate from optional upgrades, advertising, dispute fees, and international fees.
Turn the rule into a price check
Use the $10 row before pricing cheap inventory. A $0.30 fixed fee has a much larger effective rate on a $10 order than a $100 order.
Keep checking the eBay fee stack
eBay fees often change by category, order total, promotion settings, and international exposure. Use the nearby component pages when this fee line is only one part of the listing math.