Mercari vs eBay fees
The two obvious homes for second-hand goods, and a genuinely lopsided comparison: Mercari charges one flat 10% and nothing else, while eBay folds card processing into a higher percentage and adds a fee per order. The gap is widest on cheap items, which is most of what gets resold.
On a $50.00 sale, Mercari leaves you $2.20 more — 4.4% of what the buyer paid. Over 100 sales like this one that is $220.00.
| Buyer pays | item + shipping | $50.00 |
Selling fee Charged on the item price plus the shipping the buyer paid. | 10% of $50.00 | −$5.00 |
| Total fees | −$5.00 | |
| Reaches your account | $45.00 | |
| Buyer pays | item + shipping | $50.00 |
Final value fee Card processing is included in this fee. | 13.6% of $50.00 | −$6.80 |
Per-order fee Orders over $10.00. | $0.40 flat | −$0.40 |
| Total fees | −$7.20 | |
| Reaches your account | $42.80 | |
Which is actually cheaper?
They swap places. On a sale with no shipping, Mercari keeps more below $11,034.55 and eBay keeps more above it. That crossing exists because the two charge in different shapes — a flat fee that does not scale against a percentage that does — so which one hurts more depends entirely on the size of the order.
Nothing in the schedules reverses it
Every option either platform publishes was tried against a $50.00 sale, one at a time. None of them put eBay ahead. That is a stronger statement than a worked example, and it is the reason to trust this one.
- Mercari: Created before then, never editedMercari+$7.20
- eBay: Allowance used upMercari+$2.55
What this comparison deliberately will not answer
International buyer: eBay publishes a surcharge for this and Mercari does not publish one that could be sourced. Comparing them here would make Mercari look cheaper on the strength of a gap in its own documentation, so no winner is declared. Check Mercari’s current terms directly if this applies to you.
Payout currency differs: eBay publishes a surcharge for this and Mercari does not publish one that could be sourced. Comparing them here would make Mercari look cheaper on the strength of a gap in its own documentation, so no winner is declared. Check Mercari’s current terms directly if this applies to you.
Cheaper is not the same as better
This page prices a transaction. It cannot price the thing that usually matters more: a marketplace brings you a buyer who was never going to find your own site, and that traffic is worth a percentage that no fee table can put a number on. A platform that takes more and sells more of your stock is the better platform, and no arithmetic here can tell you whether that is the case for you.
So treat the figures as one input. Saufee states what each one charges; where to sell is your call.
What this calculator does not cover
- Mercari no longer charges sellers a payment processing fee on listings created or updated since 6 January 2025, so there is no separate processing line here.
- Buyers pay a 3.6% Buyer Protection fee on top of the price. That is a buyer cost, not a seller one, so it is not deducted here — but it raises what the buyer sees and can affect whether the item sells.
- A pre-2025 listing loses its fee exemption permanently the first time it is edited, including by a price change.
- Shipping label costs, promotions and Mercari Local are priced separately and are not modelled.
What this calculator does not cover
- These are the basic rates for most categories. Trading cards, bullion, motors, real estate and several others are priced on their own schedules.
- Accounts rated Below Standard pay an extra 6% on final value fees; a Very High "item not as described" rate adds a further 5%.
- The international fee does not apply when you use eBay International Shipping on an eligible listing.
Other comparisons
These calculators are free, and they stay free
There is no account, no email wall and nothing for sale here, which is deliberate — it is what lets the site publish what platforms actually charge and link to where each rate came from. Re-reading ten fee schedules every week is the unglamorous part, and it is what keeps the numbers worth trusting. If that saved you a bad listing decision, you are welcome to put a little toward the domain and the hosting. If it did not, please do not.
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