eBay Australia Fee Calculator for Trading Cards
Calculate eBay Australia fees, shipping costs and profit on your trading card sales. Find your break-even price and compare what you'd keep on eBay, Shopify, WooCommerce or Square.
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Your Sale
Your Costs
Marketplace Rates
Order Discount
What You Keep
How eBay Australia Fees Work on Trading Cards
| Fee | What You Pay |
|---|---|
| Final value fee on Pro Starter | 13.4% of the total sale with GST included |
| Above AU$4,000 per item | 2.5% on the part above |
| Per-order fee | AU$0.30 on every order |
| Fee charged on | Card and postage |
On a low-dollar card the per-order fee hurts more than the percentage. A AU$1.00 card with no shipping charge loses about AU$0.43 to eBay fees before postage. Selling several cards in one order spreads that fee, which is why the calculator takes a quantity.
Postage starts at AU$3.70 an order and supplies at AU$0.22, the starting numbers PowerList TCG uses for eBay Australia. Put in your own; nobody's shipping costs are the same.
A Worked Example on eBay Australia
| Line | 1 Card | 3 Cards |
|---|---|---|
| Cost Per Card | AU$1.35 | AU$1.35 |
| Total Sale | AU$1.35 | AU$4.05 |
| Shipping Charged to Buyer | AU$3.70 | AU$3.70 |
| Postage and Supplies | −AU$3.92 | −AU$3.92 |
| eBay Fees | −AU$0.98 | −AU$1.34 |
| Your Card Cost | −AU$0.14 | −AU$0.42 |
| You Keep | AU$0.01 | AU$2.07 |
| Per Card | AU$0.01 | AU$0.69 |
One AU$1.35 card sells with AU$3.70 shipping charged to the buyer, the same as the postage. eBay takes 13.4% of AU$5.05, which is AU$0.68, plus the AU$0.30 per-order fee: AU$0.98 in fees. Take off AU$3.70 postage, AU$0.22 supplies and AU$0.14 for the card, and you keep AU$0.01.
Sell three of those cards to the same buyer and the picture changes. The shipping charge, the postage and the per-order fee each happen once. Fees come to AU$1.34 and you keep AU$2.07, or AU$0.69 a card. Put your own numbers in the calculator above to see your version.
Ways to Keep More of Each Card Sale
- Get more cards into each order. The per-order fee and the postage are paid once per order, so a buyer who takes three cards costs you far less per card than three buyers who take one.
- Know your break-even price. The calculator shows the lowest price that still covers fees, postage and the card. Under it, a sale loses money however good it feels.
- Compare your own store. Shopify, WooCommerce and Square charge card processing instead of a selling fee, from 1.7% to 2.2% at their standard online rates in Australia, against eBay's 13.4%. Your plan and payment method change the real rate. Compare All shows the same sale on each one; the trade-off is finding your own buyers.
eBay Fees on Trading Cards: Common Questions
Straight answers on eBay Australia fees for card sellers.
How much does eBay Australia charge to sell trading cards?
On Pro Starter, where every seller over AU$25,000 a year starts, 13.4% of the total sale (the card and the postage) up to AU$4,000 per item, 2.5% on the part above, plus AU$0.30 on every order. Card games on Pro Basic, Featured and Anchor pay 11.44%, 10.34% and 9.68% plus AU$0.33 an order. eBay charges its fees with GST included.
Does eBay Australia take its fee from postage too?
Yes. The fee is a percentage of what the buyer pays, postage included. eBay adds no tax to a domestic sale, so the sales tax field starts at 0.
What is eBay Australia's per-order fee?
AU$0.30 on every order, whatever its size, once per order however many cards are in it.
Who sells for free on eBay Australia?
eBay Australia charges no final value fee to a seller based in Australia with AU$25,000 or less of sales in 12 months. Pick Free Selling under eBay Pro Plan if that is you. A seller registered for GST who claims it back can lower the rate too.
Does eBay Australia give Top Rated Sellers a fee discount?
No. eBay Australia's fee pages list no Top Rated discount. What lowers the rate there is an eBay Pro plan: since May 2026 Pro Basic, Featured and Anchor charge less per sale than Pro Starter, for a monthly price. Pick yours under eBay Pro Plan.
How do Shopify, WooCommerce and Square compare?
They charge card processing, not a selling fee. The calculator starts with the standard rates in Australia: Shopify Payments 1.7% + AU$0.30, WooPayments 1.75% + AU$0.30 and Square 2.2% + AU$0.00 online. Your plan or gateway may differ, so change them under Marketplace Rates. Compare All lines up the same sale on every one of them.
Does this include Promoted Listings?
No. If you pay for Promoted Listings, add your ad rate to the eBay fee percent under Marketplace Rates for a close estimate.
Is anything I type saved?
No. The calculator runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere or stored.
How is this different from the Fee Calculator in PowerList TCG?
It is the same math. Inside PowerList TCG the Fee Calculator can fill in your real postage, shipping charge and card cost from your last 90 days of sales, and Analytics uses eBay's real fees on every order you sold.
Know What a Card Will Make Before You List It
PowerList TCG scans, prices and lists your cards to eBay, Shopify, WooCommerce and Square from one inventory, and its Fee Calculator runs on your own sales. To see what more listings a day would do to your profit, try the Sell-Through Rate Calculator. 14 days free with 100 scans, and no card needed to start.
