Fee Calculator?

[srutherford]

Is there an online ebay fee calculator so that a seller can know exactly how much they'll make after all ebay fees and shipping are deducted?

Yes, I've read the fee schedule but no matter how I calculate what I'm supposed to make after a sale of an item, it never matches the ebay payout.

If there isn't something like this, there should be.  Obscurity of fees is deceptive.

[srutherford]

After checking View link it didn't describe what the "other" was for but only provided an amount.  Yes, those that is the exact word, "other".  Then the amount of "other" was listed.

Inaccuracy and obscurity, as I've said previously, is deceptive.  Ebay takes a large percentage from a seller and I expect clarity before and after a sale.

[srutherford]

What a bunch of thieves!  Parasitic "do nothings" taking money from us. 

[srutherford]

Holy cats!  30%?!!!!

[evelyb30]

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@srutherford wrote:

Holy cats!  30%?!!!!

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Not impossible.  I always figured on 25% without any calculators, before the fees went up again.  Some categories have higher fees before anything else gets added on.  

[frankenhobbit]

Just press the AC button on your calculator and it will tell you how much you will make.

J/K. There are several out there, but because the fee is based on the total, some states charge sales tax, some do not. Some charge sales tax, but not on shipping, some charge sales tax on everything. 

And shipping costs can vary. So none of them are 100 percent. 

What many do is assume a high sales tax, shipping to the furthest point away from them, assume shipping is taxed and base their fee calculation on that. That way, sometines they get jam on their bread, sometimes they don't, but they always get bread.

[monroe67]

"Holy cats!  30%?!!!!"

Yes:  but only as an estimate.  As a ballpark number.  As a rough idea.  Maybe even as an educated guess.

And that's the only time I ever use only the listing price when I try to get a rough "guess-timate" of any eBay payout. 

Just trying to share my thought process . . . . . . .