UK sellers · GBP · Private or business
eBay UK fee and profit calculator
Choose the correct seller identity before entering a price, then separate seller deductions from buyer-paid protection.
Choose the account identity before entering sale values.
Not seller revenue; included only in fee bases specified by eBay.
The per-order fee is charged once. Enter the combined order amounts above; use one calculation per item when different item prices or category thresholds apply. For eBay UK private listings, quantity splits the Buyer Protection variable fee across equal item prices while charging its flat portion once.
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Only enter a rate when this sale was attributed to the ad.
You keep: £108.00. Completed-sale profit: £61.75.
You keep£108.00View detailsYou keep
£108.00
- Completed-sale profit
- £61.75
- Margin
- 57.2%
- ROI
- 133.5%
- UK-based private sellers pay no final value or regulatory operating fee for domestic non-vehicle sales.
- Buyer Protection is paid by the buyer, is included in buyer total and is not deducted from the seller. The displayed rates include UK VAT at 20%.
- Buyer Protection uses the item price only: £0.10 per order, plus 7% to £20, 4% from £20 to £300 and 2% from £300 to £4,000; no variable fee is added above £4,000.
- For multiple identical items, eBay charges the flat Buyer Protection portion once. Use one calculation per item when different item prices cross a Buyer Protection tier.
- Listing allowance overages, optional upgrades and conversion charges are included only when entered.
- Choose Overseas delivery to apply the published 3% international fee. Domestic delivery applies 0%.
- The Promoted Listings input estimates the attributed ad fee; add any separately charged ad VAT as an exact custom seller fee.
- Use a Business seller profile when trading as a business; private status is not a fee-avoidance setting.
Why this may differ from a platform statement
Check the selected seller profile and category, account-specific or experimental pricing, tax on fees, currency conversion, shipping labels, promotions, refunds and the platform’s per-line rounding. FeeTrail shows user overrides in the warnings above.
Profit waterfall
From checkout to profit
- Buyer pays
- £121.34
- Seller revenue
- £108.00
- eBay marketplace fees
- −£0.00
- Payment processing
- included
- Buyer-paid platform fee
- £4.70 added at checkout
- Postage, packaging, labour and other costs
- −£11.25
- Item cost
- −£35.00
- Completed-sale profit
- £61.75
Fee proof
Seller deductions and buyer fees
| Fee | Charged by | Fee base | Formula | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buyer Protection variable fee | eBayPer item | £100.00 | 7.00% of tier base + 4.00% of tier base applied per item across 1 equal items | £4.60 |
| Buyer Protection flat fee | eBayPer order | £0.01 | 10 minor units × 1 | £0.10 |
Buyer Protection variable feeeBay£4.60
- Fee base
- £100.00
- Formula
- 7.00% of tier base + 4.00% of tier base applied per item across 1 equal items
- Applied per
- item
Buyer Protection flat feeeBay£0.10
- Fee base
- £0.01
- Formula
- 10 minor units × 1
- Applied per
- order
Buyer pays
£121.34
Includes £8.64 tax collected from the buyer. It is not counted as seller revenue.
- Item price
- £100.00
- Postage charged
- £8.00
- Buyer tax / VAT
- £8.64
- Buyer-only fees
- £4.70
Rule provenance
Versioned schedules, not a hidden percentage
5 seller profiles · 56 fee categories · 221 current schedule combinations · version 1.2.0 · effective 2025-07-17.
Published change: FeeTrail corrected the private-seller buyer total to include the published Buyer Protection tiers; seller payout remains unchanged. Review the dated fee timeline and corrections →
UK-based private sellers pay no final value or regulatory operating fee for domestic non-vehicle sales.
Buyer Protection is paid by the buyer, is included in buyer total and is not deducted from the seller. The displayed rates include UK VAT at 20%.
Buyer Protection uses the item price only: £0.10 per order, plus 7% to £20, 4% from £20 to £300 and 2% from £300 to £4,000; no variable fee is added above £4,000.
For multiple identical items, eBay charges the flat Buyer Protection portion once. Use one calculation per item when different item prices cross a Buyer Protection tier.
Listing allowance overages, optional upgrades and conversion charges are included only when entered.
eBay UK fees for private sellers ↗eBay UK Buyer Protection information for sellers ↗eBay UK July 2025 Buyer Protection update ↗eBay UK fees for business sellers ↗GOV.UK VAT rates ↗Reproducible examples
Check the fee trail against simple inputs
An eligible £100 domestic non-vehicle sale by a UK private seller has no final value or regulatory seller fee. Buyer Protection is £4.70, so the buyer sees £104.70 before postage and the seller receives £100 before optional fees.
For the business Antiques schedule, a £132 fee base produces £14.39 final value fee, £0.40 per-order fee and £0.46 regulatory fee, plus £3.05 VAT.
Common questions
Assumptions that change the answer
Is private selling always free?
The zero-fee base case is for eligible UK-based private sellers, domestic delivery and non-vehicle categories. Allowance overages, upgrades and international delivery can cost extra.
Who pays Buyer Protection?
On applicable UK private listings the buyer pays the VAT-inclusive Buyer Protection fee to eBay; it is added to buyer total and is not a seller deduction. The current formula is £0.10 plus marginal 7%, 4% and 2% tiers on item price.
Are business fees VAT-inclusive?
eBay publishes the business fee table exclusive of VAT, so FeeTrail displays standard-rate VAT as separate fee lines.
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