Alright I'm confused too about Ebay fees
I looked at the fee structure table and OMG it's all over the place. How can you compute. If I sell on Posh, it's a straight 20%, buyer pays s/h. Same on Merc, straight 10%.
OH MG, Ebay should find a simpler way to charge fees. It's a nightmare trying to tally it up and esp. at tax time. Just a straight %.....not 13% here, 15% there, on and on.
So I'm going to assign 15% straight (average) to Ebay fees.
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chapeau-noir
·6 months agoEbay's fee structure is too complicated if it takes post after post and para after para to explain it.
jonathanbrightlight
·6 months agoI’d say that’s usually a matter of failure to understand than over complicating it.
monroe67
·6 months agoYou are severely over-confusing yourself.
I looked at your listings. Most of them appear to fall into eBay's general categories and are subject to Final Value Fees (FVFs) of 13.6% of the total paid by the buyer. Men's shirts, women's dresses, household items, used sandals -- all carry eBay's 13.6% FVF percentage.
That's 13.6% of the Total Amount Paid By The Buyer.
eBay also retains a small "per-order" fee of 30 cents or 40 cents, depending on whether that Total Amount is
$10.00 or less or $10.01 and more.
You have at least one listing of a women's handbag. The FVF on that item will be 15% of the total paid by the buyer.
I read through your other post. Since today is just the first of March, I'd like to suggest something my selling ID does.
Around the first or second day of each month, eBay makes available to sellers a document entitled "Tax Invoice", which shows all the fees retained by eBay (from your own selling ID) during the previous month. My selling ID downloads those every month, and saves them in a folder called "ebay seller [my selling ID]."
Then, after the first of January, after the year has reached its end, she takes a few minutes to open those .pdfs and writes down all those monthly totals of eBay fees. I don't even print them out. I just write down the totals shown on each month's report.
Et voila: Total of all fees paid to eBay during the previous year.
Yes, it will take some time. But it is much more accurate than just "w.a.g."-ing 15% of your total eBay sales to create a number to enter as eBay fees.
njtoyreseller
·6 months agoIts not that complicated unless you list a broad variety of items. Most categories are 13.6% and only a few subcategories are up to 15% or down to 6%.
I just posted this on another post but I guess it applies here as well.
If you want to see your fees you paid for last year to apply them to your taxes you can do either of these options:
1. Go to your seller hub and click the "Payments" drop down then click "Reports". In this page, in the box that says "this month" change that to "last year". It will create a report that will include under "Expenses" the total for your "fees".
If you want to see a breakdown of all those fees:
2. https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales Under sales change "Last 31 days" to "Last Year" and click "Generate report". Scroll down a bit until you see "Selling Costs". Click the arrow next to "eBay fees" and this will show you a breakdown of all the fees you paid.
Both of these options give you the option to print or download these pages.
caldreamer
·6 months agoEBAY has "easy to read" 1-page report that shows YTD totals for (orders, refunds, EBAY fees, shipping expense). Go to PAYMENTS, REPORTS (select LAST YEAR and 2025).
ORDERS (you report "gross amount" to IRS)
-Refunds
-EBAY fees
-Shipping expense
-Misc. expense (cost of goods, mileage, packing materials, office supplies, etc)
NET TAXABLE INCOME
kibble-net
·6 months ago1.) It's not nearly this complicated. You're exaggerating greatly.
2.) It doesn't make tax filing any more complicated - ebay literally gives you a statement with all of the earnings, refunds, and fees you paid during the year. All you have to do is COPY and PASTE.
inhawaii
·6 months agoGreat idea.
Nothing wrong with that.
Just make sure you know...
It's 15% of the TOTAL (item price + shipping + tax).
That you're not signed up for any "extras" like promoted listings.
meme6253
·6 months agoI tend to agree with kayloth, & gone.c-33, Watch your categories & what you opt into are both very important to fully access your fee structure.
kalyoth
·6 months agoNot difficult - each category of item has it's % assigned. I know math is hard for some but ebay doesn't hide anything. You might want to be VERY careful on what you opt urself into tho as those fees climb up FAST.
golfingaddict
·6 months agoSeller Hub | Reports financial overview | eBay
Look at your reports, they will give you total fees paid.
gone.c-33
·6 months agoIf you’re able to track which site charges which rate, you should be able to track which few categories don’t charge the standard 13.25%.