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Usability68Design71Speed88Security40Accessibility79Growth58

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Free eBay fee calculator for US sellers: enter sold price and buyer-paid shipping, pick a category rate, and see estimated marketplace fees and take-home. Also includes eBay profit, PayPal fee, Whatnot fee, and markup calculators. Estimates only; not affiliated with eBay. Rates last updated 2026-10-29.

Security

40

HTTPS is enforced, but there's no HSTS, CSP, frame protection, or any of the standard hardening headers, and no SPF/DMARC. No security page, no compliance claims — fine for a free calculator, thin for anything more.

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About this app

The eBay Fee Calculator is a free web tool for US sellers to estimate marketplace fees and take-home after a sale. Enter the item sold price and optional buyer-paid shipping, then pick a category rate preset or a custom percentage. Optional Promoted Listings % and a separate payment-processing estimate (off by default) can be included. The tool shows estimated total fees, take-home, and a line-item breakdown. Presets include Most categories (no Store / Starter) at 13.6%, Basic Store+ at 12.7%, and other category rates for media, trading cards, guitars, and jewelry. Per-order fee is $0.30 when the total sale is $10 or less, $0.40 above that. The site also includes eBay profit, PayPal fee, Whatnot fee, and markup calculators. Estimates only; not affiliated with eBay. Rates last updated 2026-10-29.

Key features

  • 1Live-updating eBay fee estimate with take-home, total fees, and line-item breakdown
  • 2Category rate presets for most categories, media, trading cards, guitars, and jewelry
  • 3Optional Promoted Listings % and off-by-default payment processing estimate
  • 4Companion eBay profit, PayPal fee, Whatnot fee, and markup calculators

Target customer profile

Drawn from the product itself, not from a survey.

Demographic

Casual/occasional eBay sellers (US)

Pain points

Unsure how much fees eat into a sale; surprised by final invoice totals

Primary needs

Quick, free fee estimate before listing or accepting an offer

Demographic

Full-time eBay resellers and store owners

Pain points

Complex fee tiers, store-level rates, and Promoted Listings cutting margins

Primary needs

Accurate take-home planning across categories and ad rates

Demographic

Collectibles, trading card, and media sellers

Pain points

Category-specific rates (cards, books, music) are higher and confusing

Primary needs

Category presets that reflect real collectible and media fee rates

Demographic

New side-hustle sellers testing pricing

Pain points

Not knowing net profit before sourcing or pricing items

Primary needs

Simple profit and markup context alongside fee estimates

Scout Review

Written by AI from measured evidence, scored out of 100.

eBay Fee Calculator is a fast, well-designed single-purpose tool that does one thing cleanly: estimate eBay fees and take-home for US sellers. The category presets, inline rate disclosure, and optional Promoted Listings field are genuinely thoughtful touches that beat eBay's own fee tables for quick planning. Speed is excellent (97 mobile / 100 desktop Lighthouse), design is above-average, and usability is solid once you're past the placeholder trap. The weak spots are security hardening (2/12 header checklist) and the absence of any moat — it's free, unaffiliated, and one bookmark away from being forgotten. A good utility, not yet a business.

Measure by measure

Usability

68

Live-updating results, inline rate disclosure in the dropdown, and a clear empty state make the core task fast. The wall of explanatory copy under the tool buries the FAQ and examples for anyone who wants to read further.

Design

71

A calm, editorial calculator: cream-and-teal palette, serif/sans/mono type pairing, and a split panel that puts take-home front and center. Repeated cross-links and a clashing view-counter pill are the only real blemishes.

Speed

88

Lighthouse mobile 97/100 with a 1.5s LCP and zero layout shift; desktop hits a perfect 100. This is a fast, lean utility page with no bloat to speak of.

Security

40

HTTPS is enforced, but there's no HSTS, CSP, frame protection, or any of the standard hardening headers, and no SPF/DMARC. No security page, no compliance claims — fine for a free calculator, thin for anything more.

Accessibility

79

Lighthouse a11y scores 97/100 with one failing audit: links distinguished only by color. No WCAG statement or a11y page, and the tool is English/US-only, but the automated baseline is strong.

Growth

58

A real, specific pain — eBay sellers genuinely don't know their take-home — with category presets and Promoted Listings as a concrete wedge. But it's a free calculator with no moat and eBay's own tables are one tab away.

Improvement areas

  • Security hardening: no HSTS, CSP, frame protection, Referrer-Policy, SPF, or DMARC (2/12 checklist)
  • High-value sales over $7,500 use a flat percent instead of modeling the lower tier
  • Long explanatory copy under the tool buries the FAQ and examples
  • No accessibility statement or WCAG claim despite a strong 97/100 audit

Design & Usability

The design is the strongest part of this product: a disciplined cream-and-teal palette, a serif/sans/mono type system that actually holds together, and a split-panel calculator that makes the take-home figure the loudest thing on the page. Usability follows the same logic — results update live, the category dropdown shows its rate inline, and the empty state tells you what to do. The friction is in the copy: a long explanatory block sits directly under the tool and shoves the FAQ and examples way down, and the '100.00' placeholder can read as a real value. Fix the placeholder and collapse the prose, and this is a genuinely pleasant utility.

Speed & Security

Speed is the standout: Lighthouse mobile 97/100 with a 1.5s LCP, zero layout shift, and a perfect 100 on desktop. There's no heavy framework tax here — it's a lean, single-purpose page that loads instantly. Security is the weak flank. HTTPS is enforced, but HSTS, CSP, frame protection, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, and Permissions-Policy are all absent, and there's no SPF or DMARC on the domain. For a free calculator with no accounts or payments, that's not catastrophic, but it's a thin posture and there's no security or privacy page to explain data handling.

Accessibility & Growth

Accessibility scores 97/100 on the Lighthouse audit, with a single failing item: links distinguished only by color. There's no WCAG statement or accessibility page, and the tool is English-only and US-focused, but the automated baseline is solid and the layout is keyboard-friendly by default. Growth is the honest question mark. The problem is real — eBay sellers routinely get surprised by final value fees, per-order fees, and Promoted Listings — and the category presets (media, cards, guitars, jewelry) plus the Promoted Listings field are a specific, useful wedge over eBay's own dense fee tables. But it's a free calculator with no account, no data, and no moat, competing against eBay's official page and a dozen similar tools. The five-calculator suite is a sensible play for cross-linking, but nothing here compounds.

Conclusion

If you sell on eBay and want a fast sanity check before you list or accept an offer, this is a better experience than eBay's own fee page and it loads instantly. The category presets and Promoted Listings field are the reasons to bookmark it over a generic percentage calculator. Just don't expect it to replace your invoice — it's a flat-percent MVP that flags the $7,500 threshold rather than modeling it, and the optional payment-processing line is off by default for good reason. A clean, honest tool with room to grow into something stickier.

Suggestions for improvement

  • Add HSTS, CSP, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, and DMARC — the header checklist is 2/12 and it's cheap to fix.
  • Replace the '100.00' placeholder with a true empty state or a dimmed example so it can't be mistaken for an entered value.
  • Collapse the long explanatory block under the tool behind a 'How fees work' toggle so the FAQ and examples aren't buried.
  • Model the $7,500 high-value tier instead of flagging it — that's the one case where the flat-percent MVP visibly breaks.
How we score

Alternatives comparison

Named competitors, point by point. Nobody paid to appear here or to be left out.

eBay Fee CalculatoreBay's Official Selling Fees HelpeBay Profit Calculator (same site)PayPal Fee Calculator
PriceFreeFreeFreeFree
Primary purposeEstimate eBay fees and take-homeAuthoritative eBay fee tablesNet profit after fees and COGSEstimate PayPal processing fees
Category rate presetsYes — media, cards, guitars, jewelry, store tiersYes — full official tablesInherits fee presets for profit mathNo — PayPal rates only
Promoted Listings supportYes — optional % fieldExplained, not calculatedYes — via fee inputsNo
Cost of goods / net profitNo — fees onlyNoYes — COGS and other costsNo
Live-updating resultsYes — updates as you typeNo — static tablesYesYes

eBay's Official Selling Fees Help

eBay's own fee tables and help pages for exact, authoritative rates, though less convenient for quick take-home estimates.

eBay Profit Calculator (same site)

Companion tool that subtracts fees, cost of goods, and other costs to show net profit.

PayPal Fee Calculator

Estimates PayPal payment processing fees for sellers who want a separate processing line item.

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