Ebay’s and Paypal’s Heavy Fees

These will kill your sell-thru rate – the one you have to watch to stay profitable. You have to have a 30-50% sell-thru rate at minimum to make money on ebay – otherwise you will get killed by ebay’s listing fees for items that don’t sell. If your sale conversion rate drops below 30% your profit will drop dramatically.

Listing fees

When you list an item on eBay, you're charged an insertion fee.

Starting or Reserve Price
Insertion Fee
$0.01 - $0.99
  $0.20
$1.00 - $9.99
  $0.40
$10.00 - $24.99
  $0.60
$25.00 - $49.99
  $1.20
$50.00 - $199.99
  $2.40
$200.00 - $499.99
  $3.60
$500.00 or more
  $4.80

Final Value Fee

The total cost of selling an item, is the Insertion Fee plus the Final Value Fee.

Closing Price
Final Value Fee
Item not sold
 No Fee
$0.01 - $25.00
 5.25%
$25.01 - $1,000.00
 5.25% of the initial $25.00 plus 3.25% of the balance
$1000.01 or Over
5.25% of the initial $25.00 plus 3.25% of the initial $25.01- $1000.00 plus 1.50% of the remaining closing value balance ($1000.01 - closing value)