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eBay UK Fee Calculator

Choose private or business seller and enter the sale to see eBay UK's fees in pounds.

eBay (UK): default example (£53.50 sale)
FeePaid byAmount
Final value feeYou£0.00
You keep (after platform fees)£53.50

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This eBay fee calculator for UK sellers works out the fees on a sale in pounds and what you keep afterwards. Choose between a UK-based private seller, a private seller based abroad and a business seller, then enter the price, the postage you charge and any tax. UK-based private sellers pay no final value fee on ebay.co.uk and get 300 free listings a month, so their result often shows no fees at all. Business sellers see a category percentage, a fixed fee per order, a 0.35% regulatory operating fee and, below standard, an extra percentage. The figures come from eBay UK’s help pages, which are dated 30 September 2026 and were read on 2026-10-28. The result is an estimate, not tax or legal advice.

How to use the eBay UK Fee Calculator

  1. Pick Seller type: Private seller living in the UK, Private seller living outside the UK or Business seller.
  2. Enter the Item price.
  3. Enter the Postage you charge the buyer. Use 0 if you ship for free.
  4. Enter Tax on the order (%) if the order carries tax.
  5. Choose the buyer’s country in Delivery address. Anything other than United Kingdom adds an international fee for a UK-based seller.
  6. For a business seller, or a private seller living outside the UK, pick Category (business sellers). Business sellers also set Seller level (business sellers), and can tick Add 20% VAT to business fees (not VAT-registered).
  7. Tick Beyond my free listings this month (35p each) only if this listing is past your free allowance.
  8. To see profit, fill in What the item cost you, Your own postage or label cost and Packaging and other costs under Your costs (for profit).
  9. In Price you need, choose a goal and a target to find the lowest price, to the penny, that reaches it.
  10. Read You keep (after platform fees) and the fee table.

Copy link to this result stores your entries in the page address. Download CSV saves the result, and Add to my ledger (this browser) keeps the sale in the ledger held in this browser.

Do private sellers pay eBay fees in the UK?

A UK-based private seller pays no final value fee on ebay.co.uk and gets 300 free listings a month, or 400 with an eBay Shop subscription. Each extra listing costs 35p. The one percentage fee left is the 3% international fee, charged when the buyer’s delivery address is outside the UK.

A £50 item with £5 postage sent to the United States has a £55 total, so the international fee is £1.65 and you keep £53.35. The same sale to a UK address costs nothing. The tool leaves out the currency conversion charge that eBay lists for UK-registered sellers (2.5%, rising to 2.75% on 1 December 2026).

How much does eBay UK take from a business seller?

A business seller pays a category percentage of the total amount of the sale (item, postage and tax), a fixed fee per order and a 0.35% regulatory operating fee. The fixed fee is £0.30 when the total is £10.00 or less and £0.40 above that. The percentage is 11.9% for Clothes, Shoes & Accessories and 12.9% for Pet Supplies.

A £55 item with £5 postage in Clothes, Shoes & Accessories has a £60 total. The final value fee is £7.14, the fixed fee £0.40 and the regulatory fee £0.21, so fees are £7.75 and you keep £52.25.

Change to that saleFeesYou keep
None£7.75£52.25
Below Standard (6 percentage points more)£11.35£48.65
Add 20% VAT to business fees£9.30£50.70

Some categories change rate part-way up. Mobile & smart phones pay 6.9% on the first £1,000 of a sale and 3% on the rest, so a £1,200 phone has a £75.00 final value fee. Business fees on eBay’s page are shown without VAT, which is why the VAT box exists. Two categories on one listing are charged at the higher fee.

What are the fees for a private seller who lives abroad?

Someone who sells on ebay.co.uk as a private seller but lives abroad pays 12.8% of the total amount of the sale up to £5,000 and 3% on the part above, plus a 30p fixed fee and a regulatory fee of 0.42%. Men’s and women’s trainers pay 8% once the item price reaches £100.

For a £6,000 total, the final value fee is £670.00 (£640.00 plus £30.00), the fixed fee is £0.30 and the regulatory fee £25.20. Fees are £695.50 and you keep £5,304.50. eBay’s page sends these sellers to their home-country page for the international fee, so the tool does not add one.

How this tool works and where the numbers come from

Private sellers living in the UK pay no final value fee on ebay.co.uk and get 300 free listings a month. Private sellers living outside the UK pay 12.8% plus 30p per order. Business sellers pay a category percentage on the total amount of the sale, 30p or 40p per order, a 0.35% regulatory operating fee and, below standard, six or seven percentage points more. The pages read are dated 30 September 2026.

Sources

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage does eBay UK take?

It depends on the seller type. A UK-based private seller pays no final value fee. A business seller pays the percentage for the category, from 6.9% to 14.9% in the tool, plus the fixed fee and the 0.35% regulatory fee.

Does eBay UK charge fees on postage?

For business sellers and private sellers living outside the UK, yes: the percentage is worked on the total amount of the sale, which includes postage and tax. A UK private seller has no percentage fee on a UK delivery.

How much is the eBay UK international fee?

A UK private seller pays 3% of the total when the delivery address is abroad. A UK business seller pays 1.05% for the Eurozone and Northern Europe, 1.8% for the United States and Canada, and 2% elsewhere.

Do eBay UK fees include VAT?

The private seller page shows fees including 20% VAT. The business page shows them without VAT. Tick the VAT box if you are a business seller who cannot reclaim it.

How many free listings do private sellers get?

UK-based private sellers get 300 a month, or 400 with a Shop subscription. A manual relist counts, an automatic renewal does not. Past the allowance the tool adds 35p.