eBay Store Fees & Break-Even Calculator

Starter is not the lower Store fee profile

Starter uses the standard final value percentage in the 15 supported fee groups. Basic and higher plans use the Store profile. Paying for Starter does not, by itself, reduce the category percentage in this model. Basic, Premium, Anchor and Enterprise share that profile, so their different subscription prices alone do not establish which is best.

Three examples show why your category matters

With a yearly-renewal Basic subscription of $21.95 per month, the $80 clothing example below saves $0.83 per order and needs 27 identical monthly orders to cover the subscription from those fee savings alone. The $100 card example saves $1.03 and needs 22. The $400 phone example saves $18.02 and needs 2. With monthly renewal at $27.95, the respective counts are 34, 28 and 2. These are arithmetic thresholds, not sales forecasts.

What this comparison leaves out

Insertion-fee allowances, category exclusions, subscription taxes, early termination costs, selling tools, account-specific discounts and different order mixes can change the decision. Entered insertion and extra fees are held the same across plans: this tool does not automatically apply listing allowances. Advertising and seller costs remain your inputs. The monthly total is fees plus the subscription, not a profit-and-loss report.

Check commitment and billing separately

The official Store subscription table lists both monthly and yearly renewal prices. Both are charged monthly; yearly renewal carries an annual commitment. Enterprise has no monthly-renewal price in that table. Read the current subscription terms before choosing a plan.

Compare a clothing sale, physical trading card or supported phone, computer or camera. For every supported rate, see selling fees by category.