eBay keeps it simple to say and easy to get wrong: one final value fee on everything the buyer pays — item, shipping, all of it — plus a per-order fee. Enter one order below and see your real profit in CAD. Assumes one item per order, sold on eBay.ca.
| Buyer pays (item after discount + shipping charged) | $70.00 |
| Final value fee | −$9.52 |
| Per-order fee | −$0.40 |
| International fee | −$0.00 |
| Promoted Listings fee | −$0.00 |
| Tax on fees | −$0.00 |
| Your costs (item + actual shipping) | −$37.00 |
| Total eBay fees | $9.92 |
Final value fee. Charged on the total the buyer pays — item price plus shipping you charge (plus sales tax eBay collects, which this estimate leaves out, so real fees can run slightly higher). Most categories: 13.6% on the first $7,500 per item, then 2.35% above that. With a Basic Store or above: 12.7% on the first $2,500 in most categories. Books, movies and music are 15.3%; trading cards, comics and coins 13.25%; guitars and basses 6.7%; jewellery and watches 15% up to $5,000 then 9% on the rest; women's bags 15% up to $2,000 then 9% on the rest. Athletic shoes at a total of $150 or more are a flat 8% with no per-order fee.
Per-order fee. $0.30 on orders of $10 or less, $0.40 above $10. There is no separate card or PayPal fee — eBay runs payments itself and it is inside the final value fee.
Listing fees. Your first 250 listings a month are free; after that, extra listings cost a small insertion fee whether they sell or not. Not included here, because it is a monthly cost, not a per-sale one.
International fee. If the buyer is outside Canada and you are not using eBay International Shipping: 0.4% for US buyers, 1% for other countries.
Tax on fees. GST/HST is charged on eBay's fees based on your province. Sellers registered for GST/HST claim it back as an input tax credit, which is why the default here is 0%.