The fee calculator works out what a sale would leave you, on any page: open it from the calculator in the top bar (More, on a phone). A listing's page, the listing form and the order form open it on their own figures, and a form's Use as the price writes the price back. Nothing in it is saved, so anyone who works on the store can use it, on every plan.
Anyone can try it before they sign up, on its own page or from the home page. With no store to start from, it asks what a store would say: where you sell (a marketplace whose rate card StoreDeck keeps), whether you sell as a business or a private seller, and whether you are VAT registered.
What you tell it
The item price, the quantity and the postage charged, then what the item and its postage cost you and any packaging. For eBay UK it also asks what decides the fees: the category, the delivery country, the ad rate, your seller level and Premium Service. It starts from your store's own settings.
VAT follows the store: registered on the standard scheme or cash accounting, the VAT on the fees is reclaimed and the VAT on the sale comes off at the item's rate (zero for a sale sent abroad); on the Flat Rate Scheme, its percentage comes off the whole sale and nothing is reclaimed. A Shop subscription and listing fees can be shared over the month's sales, which start as your store's last 30 days.
What it tells you
- What eBay takes
- Every fee line by the sales channel's own name: the final value fee, the per-order fee, the regulatory fee, the international fee, the ad fee and their VAT.
- What the sale leaves you
- The sale less the fees, what the goods cost and the tax, with your margin and ROI.
- Break-even price
- The lowest price that loses nothing, and the price that makes the gross margin you aim for.
For a private seller on eBay UK it also shows what the buyer pays, Buyer Protection fee included, which never touches your take.
Other sales channels
StoreDeck holds eBay UK's current rate card. For a channel without one, or a store kept in another currency, type the fees from your invoice: the calculator works through them. You can also choose eBay UK's card for reference, in pounds.
Common questions
Why does an order's fee differ from the calculator?
Your invoice is the record: an order keeps what the sales channel charged. The calculator, like the order form's estimate, works from the rate card, which StoreDeck checks against the sales channel's published fees and dates.
Related: A listing, Adding an order.
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