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How fees and selling costs are charged

As a seller, your fees and selling costs are automatically deducted from the proceeds of your sales, and the rest of your funds are paid directly into your checking account.

Because fees and selling costs are deducted from the proceeds of your sales, your payout amount may be different than the amount your buyer paid. Payouts are sent to your checking account daily or weekly, biweekly, or monthly, depending on your selected preference.

Types of fees and selling costs

Fees and selling costs may include, but are not limited to:

  • eBay fees, including insertion fees, optional listing upgrade fees, final value fees, international fees, ad fees, and other fees
  • Shipping labels
  • Store subscriptions
  • eBay Money Back Guarantee refunds
  • Payment dispute refunds

Most of the fees that eBay charges for listing and selling on the marketplace are determined by the eBay site you use to create your listing. Additional fees apply to your international transactions, for example, when you sell to buyers in other countries, and when eBay converts your currency to collect fees or initiate your payout. These fees are based on your country of residence.

You’ll find the links to fees pages for international eBay sites below:

How and when fees are charged

Fees and other selling costs are automatically deducted from your Available and Processing funds. These are charged at different times depending on the fee type.

Type of fee or selling costWhen the fee is chargedWhere the fee is charged fromExample of fee or selling cost
Listing feesAt the time of the listingAvailable and Processing fundsInsertion fees, listing upgrade fees
Transaction feesAt the time of the saleBuyer’s paymentFinal value fees, international fees
Monthly feesAt the beginning of each monthAvailable and Processing fundsStore subscription fee
Other fees and selling costsAt the time they’re incurredAvailable and Processing fundsAd fees, refunds to buyers, dispute fees

If your fees exceed your Available and Processing funds, we’ll attempt to charge your on-file payment method. Learn more about setting up and changing your payment method for fees and selling costs.

If you’re accepting an offline form of payment — for example, cash on pickup — your fees are charged to your available funds or on-file payment method when checkout is completed.

Where to view your fees and selling costs

You can view a breakdown of all the fees and selling costs charged for each order in Seller Hub or My eBay. Here's how:

  1. Go to the Payments tab in Seller Hub or Payments In My eBay.
  2. Select All transactions.
  3. Find the order you’d like to view and select View.
  4. See the Fee details section.

The Fee details section shows the total amount of your order, the final value fee, and any other transaction fees due at the time of sale. Any final value fee promotions or discounts will also be visible. If you would like to review all of your fees in a single report, read our article about reconciling your eBay sales transactions.

Your order earnings

You can view the amount you earned for each order (after all fees and selling costs have been deducted) in the Orders tab in Seller hub. On the order details page, you’ll see a breakdown of what your buyer paid and what you earned. Your total earnings will be shown as the order total after fees and other selling costs have been applied.

Here's how to view what you earned for each order:

  1. Go to the Orders tab in Seller hub.
  2. Find the order and select the Order number or select View order details.
  3. See the Payments section.

You'll see a breakdown of different types of selling costs associated with your order, such as:

  • Transaction fees: Fees calculated at the time of sale, which may include final value fees and international fees
  • Shipping labels: Cost of the shipping labels you purchased on eBay
  • Ad Fee: Fees for eBay advertising tools (if applicable)

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