TikTok Shop Fee Calculator
Enter the order to see TikTok Shop's US referral fee, with the platform discount and the affiliate commission you offer.
| Fee | Paid by | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Referral fee | You | $6.00 |
| You keep (after platform fees) | $94.00 |
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How to use the TikTok Shop fee calculator
- Enter the Item price, leaving out sales tax.
- Enter Shipping the customer pays, if any.
- Enter the Platform discount (TikTok-funded) if TikTok covers part of the price. Leave it at 0 for none.
- Choose a Category from the four rate groups: most categories, solid-metal and gemstone jewelry, pre-owned, or collectibles.
- Enter Affiliate commission you offer (%) if you pay affiliates. You set this percentage yourself; 0 means none.
- Optional: under “Your costs (for profit)”, fill in What the item cost you, Your own postage or label cost and Packaging and other costs. Profit, margin and return on cost then appear.
- Optional: under “Price you need”, choose A profit amount, A profit margin (%) or A return on cost (ROI %), enter a target, and read the lowest price that reaches it.
- Read You keep (after platform fees) and the fee table with its Fee, Paid by and Amount columns.
Copy link to this result puts your entries in the page address. Download CSV saves the figures, and Add to my ledger (this browser) stores the sale in a ledger kept only in your browser. The table “The same item on other platforms” compares the same item elsewhere. With “Your own postage or label cost” filled in, its last column shows “You keep after your postage”; Poshmark has nothing taken off, because its flat buyer shipping pays the label.
What is the TikTok Shop referral fee for US sellers?
The referral fee is a category rate times (customer payment plus platform discount minus tax). In the US the rate is 6% for nearly all categories and 5% for diamond, gold, jade, platinum and similar jewelry and for pre-owned items. Pre-owned and collectibles drop to 3% on any part of a sale above $10,000.
| Category group in the tool | Rate | Above $10,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Most categories | 6% | 6% |
| Diamond, gold, jade, platinum, ruby/sapphire/emerald jewelry | 5% | 5% |
| Pre-owned | 5% | 3% on the excess |
| Collectibles | 6% | 3% on the excess |
Take a customer who pays $102 including $2 tax, with a $5 platform discount. Entering $100 as the item price and $5 as the platform discount gives a base of $105. At 6% of $105 the fee is $6.30, and you keep $98.70, because the tool counts the TikTok-funded discount as money you receive. TikTok’s own referral-fee page works through this same order.
A pre-owned item at $12,000 pays 5% on the first $10,000 ($500) and 3% on $2,000 ($60). The fee is $560 and you keep $11,440. The same price as a collectible costs $660, so you keep $11,340.
Shipping the customer pays sits inside the base, according to the category page. Whether a seller-funded discount lowers the base is not covered, so enter the price the customer actually pays.
How does the affiliate commission change what I keep?
You choose the affiliate rate, and the tool charges it on the item price as a separate line. On a $100 item at 10%, the referral fee is $6.00 and the commission $10.00, so fees come to $16.00 and you keep $84.00. TikTok’s report formula uses the price excluding tax minus seller discounts; the tool does not subtract seller discounts.
What does the tool leave out?
Nothing for the old $0.30 transaction fee is included, because it applied only to orders placed before 3 April 2023. Also not modelled: the refund administration fee (20% of the referral fee, capped at $5 per SKU, from 15 May 2025), shipping label fees, and other programme charges. Refunds matter most on low-priced items, where a 20% administration fee on a $6 referral fee is $1.20 you do not recover. Treat the result as the fee on a completed, delivered order.
How this tool works and where the numbers come from
TikTok Shop US charges a referral fee equal to a category rate times (customer payment plus platform discount minus tax). The rate is 6% for most categories and 5% for some jewelry and pre-owned items; pre-owned and collectibles drop to 3% on the part of a sale above $10,000. The old $0.30 transaction fee no longer applies. Affiliate commission is set by the seller.
Sources
- TikTok Shop US: referral fee updates (no date shown on the page) · checked
- TikTok Shop US: referral fees by category (page date 10/08/2026) · checked
Frequently asked questions
How much does TikTok Shop take from a sale?
Mostly 6% of the customer payment plus platform discount, minus tax. Some jewelry and pre-owned items take 5%. A $100 item with no discount pays $6.00 before any affiliate commission.
Is there a separate processing or transaction fee?
Not for current US orders. TikTok’s settlement-report page says the old $0.30 transaction fee applied only to orders before 3 April 2023. The referral fee is the platform fee the tool calculates.
Who sets the affiliate commission?
You do. The percentage is yours to choose per product, and the tool applies it to the item price. TikTok’s pages read for this site give no default rate.
How does a platform discount change the fee?
The referral base includes a discount that TikTok funds. A $100 item with a $20 platform discount has a base of $120, so the referral fee is $7.20 instead of $6.00.
What does a 10% affiliate commission add?
On a $100 item it adds $10.00 to the $6.00 referral fee, so fees are $16.00 and you keep $84.00.
Are refunds handled?
No. If an order is refunded, TikTok returns the referral fee minus a refund administration fee of 20% of that fee, capped at $5 per SKU. The tool shows fees on a completed order.
Which countries does the tool cover?
The US only. The UK and other TikTok Shop markets were not read, so check their fee pages separately.
Does shipping count toward the fee?
Yes. The category page puts the shipping fee the customer pays inside the base for the referral fee.
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