eBay Fee Calculator

Selling items on eBay can be a great way to make some extra money. Whether you want to start an online store or you just have a few items that you want to sell for this quick cash, eBay is the perfect place to do this.

However, using eBay, though simple, can be confusing as they do have several different fees that you will be charged for posting your item and also once the item sells. This is why using the eBay fee calculator is a great tool. This tool will simply tell you an estimate of the fees that you may have to pay once your auction is complete.

Using the eBay fee calculator is quite simple. Just enter the required information for your item that you plan to list and then the tool will calculate an estimated fee for that item. There are three simple steps in this process.

The first step is Select A Category. In this step you will choose the category that you item is to be listed into. The listed categories are Clothing, Shoes and Accessories, Media, Motor Parts and Accessories, Technology and Other. If your item is in none of the first four categories then make sure that you choose other.

Once you have choosen your category, you can move on to step two. Step two is where you will enter the store details and price and auction details. You will need to choose options from two drop down lists. The first drop down is to select the type of store you have. There are four options. No store, Basic Store, Premium Store and Anchor Store. Make your selection of these choices then move down to the next drop down box. This box is for the type of listing format you plan to list your auction in. There are two choices: auction style for auctions style bidding and fixed style for buy it now type auctions. Once you have made your selection, there are two text boxes to fill out. The first one is the starting price for your auction. This is what you set the auction to start at. Enter the price in this first box. The second box is for ending price. Enter the price that you estimate that the auction will end at.

Once all of the auction and pricing details have been entered you can move on to the third and final step. This is the step where you will enter the shipping details into the eBay fee calculator. There are check boxes for services that you offer with both domestic and international shipping. Just choose the ones you offer and enter the amounts you offer them at. There are options for economy, standard, expedited, one day service, other and international shipping charges. There is also a discount drop down box if you have the top seller rating discount you can choose it here or leave it set to no discount.

Once all of this information has been entered, just click on calculate. This tool will calculate all the fees for this listing such as insertion fees, final value and shipping fees and a total overall fee price.

Using the eBay fee calculator is a great way to determine the price you want to sell your items at to make the best amount of profit.