Marketplace fees · calculator
For orders you ship yourself: Amazon’s referral fee by category on the item, the shipping and any gift wrap (not the tax), the closing fee on media and the per-item fee of the Individual plan. Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) isn’t in this calculator.What Amazon keeps on an order you ship.
Example · $50 sale
This sale on Amazon
$40.14
net payout · $9.86 fees + $8.00 label
Key: profit item cost commission label sales tax
Estimate · fee ratesrates as of Nov 4, 2026 · not tax or financial advice · not advice.
Drawn to scale: the full width is $62.64. Each line cuts its piece off the right end; what’s left is yours.
Referral fee base: $58.00 — item + shipping, not the tax
The buyer pays
$62.64Sales tax → the statenot in any fee base here
−$4.64Label you buyyou pay it
−$8.00Referral fee17% × $58.00
−$9.86= Net payout
$40.14− Item costwhat you paid for it
−$12.00= Profit
$28.14on Amazon · drawn to scale
No fee here is charged on the sales tax: it tears off at the top and goes to the state.
Estimate by Seller Fee Desk · fee rates as of November 4, 2026 · not a platform statement
Orders you ship yourself. Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) fees aren’t in this calculator.
| From the buyer | |
|---|---|
| Item price | $50.00 |
| Shipping charged | $8.00 |
| Sales taxpasses to the state — not your money | $4.64 |
| What the buyer paysitem + shipping + sales tax | $62.64 |
| Cut from it | |
| Sales tax → the state | −$4.64 |
| Referral fee17% × $58.00On item + shipping + gift wrap, not sales tax. | −$9.86 |
| Total fees19.7% of the item price | −$9.86 |
| Shipping label (you buy it) | −$8.00 |
| Net payoutwhat lands in your Amazon balance | $40.14 |
| Item cost | −$12.00 |
| Profit | $28.14 |
Drawn to scale: the full width is $62.64. Each line cuts its piece off the right end; what’s left is yours.
Referral fee base: $58.00 — item + shipping, not the tax
The buyer pays
$62.64Sales tax → the statenot in any fee base here
−$4.64Label you buyyou pay it
−$8.00Referral fee17% × $58.00
−$9.86= Net payout
$40.14− Item costwhat you paid for it
−$12.00= Profit
$28.14Individual adds $0.99 to every item sold; Professional costs $39.99 a month whatever you sell. From 41 items a month, Professional costs no more than Individual.
Fee rates as of · verified · Fee change log → · Platforms may round differently by a cent.
For orders you ship yourself: Amazon’s referral fee by category on the item, the shipping and any gift wrap (not the tax), the closing fee on media and the per-item fee of the Individual plan. Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) isn’t in this calculator.What Amazon keeps on an order you ship.
Read from Amazon’s selling-fees page on the date shown; each fee is rounded to the cent.
| Category | Referral fee | Minimum |
|---|---|---|
| Clothing & Accessories | 5% if $15 or less; 10% over $15 to $20; 17% over $20 — one rate on the whole amount | $0.30 |
| Footwear | 15% | $0.30 |
| Books, DVD, Music, Software, Video | 15% + $1.80 closing fee | none |
| Toys & Games | 15% | $0.30 |
| Consumer Electronics | 8% | $0.30 |
| Computers | 8% | $0.30 |
| Electronics Accessories | 15% up to $100 + 8% over $100 | $0.30 |
| Backpacks, Handbags & Luggage | 15% | $0.30 |
| Jewelry | 20% up to $250 + 5% over $250 | $0.30 |
| Watches | 16% up to $1,500 + 3% over $1,500 | $0.30 |
| Home & Kitchen | 15% | $0.30 |
| Sports & Outdoors | 15% | $0.30 |
| Everything Else | 15% | $0.30 |
| Baby Products | 8% if $10 or less; 15% over $10 — one rate on the whole amount | $0.30 |
| Beauty, Health and Personal Care | 8% if $10 or less; 15% over $10 — one rate on the whole amount | $0.30 |
| Furniture | 15% up to $200 + 10% over $200 | $0.30 |
| Office Products | 15% | $0.30 |
| Pet Supplies (not veterinary diets) | 15% | $0.30 |
| Tools and Home Improvement (not Base Equipment Power Tools) | 15% | $0.30 |
| Musical Instruments and AV Production | 15% | $0.30 |
| Lawn and Garden (not Lawn Mowers and Snow Throwers) | 15% | $0.30 |
| Eyewear | 15% | $0.30 |
| Automotive and Powersports | 12% | $0.30 |
| Business, Industrial, and Scientific Supplies | 12% | $0.30 |
Fee rates as of · verified · Fee change log → · Platforms may round differently by a cent.
Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA): Not modeled — This site covers sellers who ship their own orders (checked October 28, 2026).
Video Games and Gaming Accessories, Video Game Consoles: Not modeled — their closing-fee scope is set out on an Amazon Seller Central page we couldn’t read on October 28, 2026, so this calculator leaves them out.
Other categories on Amazon’s page: Not modeled — Fine Art, Gift Cards, Grocery, Amazon Device Accessories and a few others aren’t offered here (checked October 28, 2026).
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