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Lemon Squeezy fee calculator
Merchant of record for software and digital products.
Lemon Squeezy acts as merchant of record, which means it takes on sales tax and VAT compliance as part of the fee. That is the trade being made: a higher headline rate than a bare processor, in exchange for not registering and filing tax in dozens of jurisdictions yourself.
The sale
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On a $51.00 sale, Lemon Squeezy takes $3.05 — 6% of what the buyer paid — and $47.95 reaches you. You keep 94% of the order.
Every line of it
| Buyer pays | item + shipping | $51.00 |
Transaction fee | 5% of $51.00 | −$2.55 |
Per-transaction fee | $0.50 flat | −$0.50 |
| Total fees | −$3.05 | |
| Reaches your account | $47.95 | |
On this sale, Lemon Squeezy ranks 7 of 16 for what reaches you.
Compare all platformsWhat this calculator does not cover
- Lemon Squeezy publishes 5% + 50¢ as the headline rate and notes that some payments carry additional fees in edge cases.
Lemon Squeezy fees: common questions
How much does Lemon Squeezy take from a $50 sale?
$3.00 on a $50 sale, leaving you $47.00 — an effective rate of 6%. On $100 it is $5.50, leaving $94.50. The rate differs between the two because Lemon Squeezy charges a fixed amount per transaction as well as a percentage, so the flat part weighs more heavily on smaller orders.
What are Lemon Squeezy's fees, exactly?
On a $50 sale, Lemon Squeezy charges transaction fee of $2.50 (5% of $50.00), per-transaction fee of $0.50 ($0.50 flat). That comes to $3.00 in total. There is no monthly fee.
Does Lemon Squeezy charge fees on shipping?
Yes. Lemon Squeezy calculates its percentage on the order total, which includes the shipping you charged the buyer. A $50 item with free shipping costs $3.00 in fees; the same item with $10 shipping costs $3.50 — $0.50 more, on shipping money that mostly goes to the carrier. Raising your shipping price raises your Lemon Squeezy bill.
What should I charge on Lemon Squeezy to keep $50?
Work it backwards rather than guessing: at Lemon Squeezy's rates you have to charge more than $50 to keep $50, because the fee is taken from what the buyer pays. The what-to-charge calculator solves for the exact price, including the flat per-transaction fee, and rounds up to the cent so you are never left short.
What does this Lemon Squeezy calculator not include?
Lemon Squeezy publishes 5% + 50¢ as the headline rate and notes that some payments carry additional fees in edge cases.
Are these Lemon Squeezy fees up to date?
They were read from Lemon Squeezy's own published fee schedule on August 28, 2026, and the source is linked on this page so you can check it yourself. An automated check re-reads every source page weekly and flags any that have changed. Fee schedules do move without notice, so where this page and Lemon Squeezy disagree, Lemon Squeezy is right.
That is what Lemon Squeezy takes. What the unit actually earns is another question again, once shipping, advertising and the orders that come back are in the picture — work out the true margin.
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