Understanding the diverse range of fees charged will surely help assess the suitability of different marketplaces for your e-commerce business. Let\u2019s get into details of Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Walmart, Facebook marketplace seller fees and see how these marketplaces compare in terms of charging their sellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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1. What is a marketplace fee?<\/a><\/p>\n\t 2. Most typical fees a marketplace charges<\/a><\/p>\n\t 3. Amazon seller fees<\/a><\/p>\n 4. eBay seller fees<\/a><\/p>\n 5. Etsy seller fees<\/a><\/p>\n 6. Walmart seller fees<\/a><\/p>\n 7. Facebook marketplace seller fees<\/a><\/p>\n 8. Managing your marketplace fees<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Marketplace fees are typically charged to sellers who use the marketplace to sell their products or services. If we look at marketplace fees from the side of a marketplace, it\u2019s a solid way to generate revenue, cover operating costs like hosting, customer support, and marketing and make sure that sellers are serious about selling on a marketplace. From a seller\u2019s perspective, paying a fee guarantees getting access to a large customer base, which all e-commerce businesses strive for. Additionally, marketplaces can provide sellers with a number of features that can help them sell more products, such as listing tools, shipping integration, and payment processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are some basic need-to-know facts about marketplace fees:<\/p>\n\n\n\n All in all, if you are considering selling on an online marketplace, it\u2019s important to understand the marketplace fees involved, so that you can choose a marketplace that works best for your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, let\u2019s look closer at the fees of different marketplaces with the focus on the basic mandatory categories, having in mind that each marketplace may have slightly different names to these four categories (in the picture below):<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Membership (subscription) fee<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Amazon gives their sellers access to over 300 million active customers<\/a> in about 180 countries worldwide. <\/strong>There are different fees that Amazon charges for this customer base, and the amount of each fee can vary depending on the product, the category in which it\u2019s sold, and the selling plan type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amazon provides two types of selling plans: individual and professional<\/a>. With the Amazon individual selling plan, the seller pays $0.99 per item sold, while the Amazon professional selling plan charges $39.99 per month, regardless of how many items are sold. Choosing an individual account makes sense if you\u2019re not planning to advertise or use advanced selling tools, or if you\u2019re selling less than 40 items per month. Otherwise, opting for a professional account makes sense. Amazon selling plan fees look pretty much similar to the fees for joining Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amazon charges high-volume listing fees when a seller has a high volume of active, non-media listings that haven\u2019t sold in 12 months. There\u2019s a monthly fee of $0.005 per listing, with the first 100,000 listings for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to these fees, Amazon may also charge sellers for other services, such as advertising, inventory refund administration fees, premium account services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The total amount of fees that a seller pays to Amazon<\/a> can vary significantly depending on many factors, so it\u2019s best to consider all the fees involved carefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A referral fee is charged on every sale made on Amazon. It\u2019s a percentage of the total price which varies depending on the product category or a fixed minimum amount, whichever is greater. For example, the referral fee for computers is 8%, while the referral fee for clothing and accessories is 17%. Referral fee minimum is $0.30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A fulfillment fee is charged for storing and shipping products using Amazon’s fulfillment network. The FBA<\/a> fee is a combination of storage fees, pick and pack fees, and shipping fees. The amount of the FBA fee varies depending on the size and weight of the product, as well as the distance it\u2019s being shipped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the fulfillment by seller option is chosen, Amazon charges shipping rates based on the product category and shipping service selected by the customer, and then passes the amount to the seller in the form of a shipping credit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n eBay’s sellers have access to about 138 million active buyers<\/a> worldwide as of the second quarter of 2022. Seller fees on eBay are charged for listing and selling items on the platform. These fees can vary depending on the category of the product, the listing format, and the seller’s subscription level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n eBay offers their seller five different types of stores to open<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Choosing the right option<\/a> depends on how many items per month the business is planning to list, and the perks obviously grow from tier to tier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An insertion fee is charged when a product is first listed on eBay, which may as well be called a listing fee. The insertion fee varies depending on the listing format and the seller’s subscription level. For example, the Starter Store subscription has 250 free auction or fixed-price listings per month and $0.30 per listing for additional items, while Basic Store offers 1000 free fixed-price, 250 free auction listings and $0.25 per additional listings in each category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Final value fee is a percentage of the total amount of sale, adding a flat fee of $0.30. The total amount of sale includes the product price, any handling charges, the shipping service the buyer selected, sales tax, and any other applicable fees. The percentage of the total amount of sale that is charged varies depending on the category of the item sold. For example, the final value fee for most categories is 13.25%, but it\u2019s lower for some categories, such as Musical instruments (6.35%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition, eBay might charge other fees in certain situations (international fee, dispute fee) and for certain features, such as the ability to list items in multiple categories or to have your listings featured on the homepage, so the final price of selling on eBay depends on many factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Etsy is a marketplace that can turn your creativity into a profitable e-commerce business by attracting more than 96 million active buyers<\/a>. Etsy seller fees<\/a> give you access to this impressive customer base. The category of the item, the listing format, the seller’s subscription level are just some of the factors contributing to Etsy seller fees. Let\u2019s look at the most important of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Etsy offers to their sellers two types of subscriptions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Etsy Plus gives you various benefits like discounts on domain customization, packaging and promotional materials, listing and ads credits, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A listing fee is charged when an item is first listed on Etsy. The listing fee is $0.20 per listing, which expires after four months. Auto-renewal for expired listings costs $0.20 per listing that isn\u2019t sold after four months. A multi-quantity fee of $0.20 is added to the listing fee when a customer buys multiple units of the same product that don\u2019t come as a single pack. Private listing fee is the same $0.20 when you want to make a listing visible to some clients, for example, only to your most loyal ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A transaction fee is charged when an item sells on Etsy and since April 2023 equals 6.5% of the sale price, plus $0.25. This fee applies to shipping and gift wrapping in case you charge these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Etsy<\/a> may also charge other fees for certain features, such as advertising and promotion, subscription, in-person selling, shipping fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Walmart is a great choice to expand your business beyond the popular Amazon and eBay. Walmart marketplace had 6.3% of e-commerce market share<\/a> in the US, which is the 2nd<\/sup> place after Amazon with a staggering 37.8% as of June 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s no membership fee on Walmart now, but you need to start off with initial approval, which means that all the sellers are under the same conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Walmart’s sellers aren\u2019t charged any listing fees, which seems to be a significant boost to their businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Referral fee is calculated as a percentage of the sale price of the item. The percentage of the sale price charged varies depending on the category of the item sold. Walmart’s sellers are charged 6-20% of the sale price<\/a>. For example, the referral fee for most categories is 15%, while for personal computers it\u2019s 6% and 20% for jewelry with the cost of under $250.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) allow their e-commerce sellers to ship and store any amount of inventory without minimums or maximums. There\u2019s a handy calculator<\/a> that helps understand fulfillment fees for Walmart. The fee starts at $3.45 per 1 lb., while an item of 51 lb. will be shipped for $17.55 adding $0.40 for every extra lb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Facebook marketplace appeared in 2016 leveraging Facebook\u2019s subscribers as its customer base. Facebook has roughly 2.98 billion monthly active users<\/a> as of the first quarter of 2023, which is an impressive number of potential customers. The strong side of Facebook marketplace is that it helps sell products to targeted audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s no membership fee on Facebook marketplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s no listing fee on Facebook marketplace, but your listings must comply with Facebook\u2019s commerce policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A selling fee isn\u2019t charged for the items sold locally. Initially, Facebook marketplace sellers paid a 5% selling fee on all shipments or a flat fee of $0.40 on shipments of $8 or less. This 5% selling fee is waived through June 30, 2023. Starting June 1, 2023, Meta is replacing this selling fee with a flat rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ultimately, the choice of the best marketplace for you will depend on your specific needs and goals. By considering seller fees mentioned above, you can make an informed decision about where to sell your products. Most likely your e-commerce business isn\u2019t going to be limited to one marketplace, rather a combination of some. That is where a solid accounting integration comes on stage, as managing all the fees of different marketplaces is quite a task. While the initial goal of accounting software is connecting your e-commerce stores to your accounting platform, there are a number of other useful features like tracking all the seller fees and providing business insights that can greatly benefit its users. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Connecting your sales channels and payment platforms to Synder Sync<\/a> will create one common ecosystem and guarantee simplified reconciliation, detailed financial reports and inventory tracking. All your marketplace sales are going to be in order, making financial statement numbers add up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can book office hours<\/a> to unlock Synder\u2019s potential with the help of our specialists, or test Synder by signing up for a free 15-day trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Comparing basic mandatory fees of different marketplaces will help an e-commerce business define which of them it makes…\n","protected":false},"author":2238,"featured_media":14174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[45,70],"tags":[255],"ppma_author":[388],"class_list":["post-14143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business-management","category-ecommerce","tag-business-owner","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\t
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Most typical fees a marketplace charges<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
2. The fee charged when you list an item<\/strong>
3. The fee charged when an item is sold<\/strong>
4. Order fulfillment fee (Amazon and Walmart)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Basic](\"https:\/\/synder.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/06\/basic-mandatory-marketplace-fees.png\")
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nAmazon seller fees<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Membership (subscription) fee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Listing fee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Referral fee <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Fulfillment fee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
eBay seller fees<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Membership (subscription) fee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Insertion fee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Final value fee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Etsy seller fees<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Membership (subscription) fee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Listing fee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Transaction fee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Walmart seller fees<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Membership (subscription) fee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Listing fee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Referral fee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Fulfillment fee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Facebook marketplace seller fees<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Membership (subscription) fee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Listing fee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Selling fee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nManaging your marketplace fees<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n