eBay fees on trading cards in the US are a 13.25% final value fee on the total sale (card price, shipping and sales tax) plus $0.40 per order, or $0.30 if the order total is $10 or less. A $20 Pokémon card with free shipping and no tax costs you $3.05 in fees, so you keep $16.95.
This eBay fee calculator for trading cards is already set to the card rate. Add the shipping you charge and the buyer's sales tax for a payout that matches your eBay statement.
Which cards get the 13.25% rate?
eBay's fee page puts these categories on 13.25% for the first $7,500 of each item, then 2.35% on anything above that:
- Sports Trading Cards (baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer)
- Non-Sport Trading Cards
- Collectible Card Games, which covers Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering and other TCGs, so TCG fees on eBay match sports cards
- Comic Books and Memorabilia
- Coins and Paper Money (bullion is excluded and uses its own rate)
Because they share one rate, you can use the page as an eBay fee calculator for Pokémon cards or for sports cards without changing anything. A graded baseball card and a Magic single are charged the same way.
| Fee | How it is charged (US) |
|---|---|
| Final value fee | 13.25% up to $7,500, then 2.35% above $7,500, charged on the full order total (item, shipping and tax) |
| Per-order fee | $0.30 per order. Orders of $10 or less. |
| Per-order fee | $0.40 per order. Orders over $10. |
| International fee | 1.65% of the full order total (item, shipping and tax). Only when the buyer is outside the US and you don't use eBay International Shipping. |
| Promoted Listings ad fee | your chosen rate, charged on the full order total (item, shipping and tax). Only charged when the sale comes from a click on your promoted listing. |
13.25% vs 13.6%: why cards are cheaper
On 14 February 2025, eBay raised the final value fee for most categories from 13.25% to 13.6%. Trading cards, coins and paper money were left at 13.25%. The gap is small: on a $100 card it's $13.25 instead of $13.60, a 35 cent difference. Across a few hundred sales a year it adds up, and it means card fees on eBay are a touch lower than for the clothes and electronics many card sellers also flip.
Those standard rates are on the main eBay fee calculator if you sell other categories too.
eBay fees on cheap cards
The per-order fee is fixed, so on low-value singles it can cost more than the percentage. The table shows payouts with free shipping and no tax:
| Sale price | Total fees | Fees as % of price | You receive |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1.00 | $0.43 | 43.2% | $0.57 |
| $2.00 | $0.57 | 28.2% | $1.44 |
| $5.00 | $0.96 | 19.3% | $4.04 |
| $10.00 | $1.63 | 16.3% | $8.38 |
| $20.00 | $3.05 | 15.3% | $16.95 |
| $50.00 | $7.03 | 14.1% | $42.98 |
| $100.00 | $13.65 | 13.7% | $86.35 |
Default settings, no sales tax, no optional fees.
At $1, fees take over 40% of the sale. At $5, about 19%. By $50 the fixed part barely registers. That's why bulk commons and $1 to $3 singles rarely make sense on eBay as individual listings.
A few ways to bring the per-order fee down legitimately:
- Sell lots and bundles. One listing of 20 cards pays one per-order fee instead of 20.
- Encourage combined checkouts. eBay counts an order as everything one buyer pays for in a single checkout with the same shipping method, so several cards bought together share one per-order fee.
- Keep low-value orders at or under $10. The fee is $0.30 rather than $0.40 when the whole order total is $10 or less.
The $10 line includes tax and shipping
The $0.30 per-order fee depends on the order total, not your card price. A $10 card shipped free to a buyer who pays 8% sales tax has a total of $10.80, so the fee is $0.40. The final value fee is also charged on that $10.80: 13.25% comes to about $1.43. Add the $0.40 and you pay $1.83 in fees, not the $1.63 you'd pay with no tax.
The same thing happens when you charge postage. A $9 card with $1.50 shipping is a $10.50 order, so it pays $0.40.
Shipping cards on eBay
eBay takes its 13.25% on whatever shipping you charge the buyer, just as it does on the card price. If you charge $1.50 for a plain envelope, 20 cents of that goes to eBay.
Put what the buyer pays for shipping in the shipping box and what the envelope or label costs you in "Your postage cost". The calculator keeps them apart, because eBay only charges its fee on the first.
Fees on graded and high-value cards
For big sales, the 2.35% tier matters. The 13.25% rate stops at $7,500 per item, and only the part above that is charged 2.35%. On a $10,000 graded card with free shipping and no tax:
- 13.25% of the first $7,500 = $993.75
- 2.35% of the remaining $2,500 = $58.75
- Per-order fee = $0.40
- Total fees: $1,052.90, so you keep $8,947.10.
Sales tax on a sale that size is large, and eBay charges its percentage on that tax too, so expect real fees to come in higher than this.
Promoted Listings and Top Rated Plus for card sellers
Many card listings compete on search placement, so sellers lean on Promoted Listings. With General (cost-per-sale) ads, your chosen rate is charged on the full total, including shipping and tax, but only if the buyer clicked your ad and bought within 30 days. A 5% rate on a $20 card adds $1.
If you're a US Top Rated seller and the listing offers same-day or one-business-day handling plus 30-day free returns, the Top Rated Plus discount takes 10% off the final value fee. For cards, that's 11.925% instead of 13.25%. It doesn't reduce the per-order fee.
Other fees to know
- Insertion fees: 250 free listings a month, then $0.35 each. An eBay Store raises that allowance if you list hundreds of singles a month.
- International fee: 1.65% of the total for buyers outside the US unless you ship with eBay International Shipping.
Common questions
What percentage does eBay take on Pokémon cards?
13.25% of the total sale plus $0.30 or $0.40 per order. Pokémon sits in Collectible Card Games, which gets the trading card rate.
Are eBay fees the same for sports cards and TCG cards?
Yes. Sports trading cards, non-sport cards and collectible card games all pay 13.25% up to $7,500 per item, plus the same $0.30 or $0.40 per-order fee.
Is eBay or Whatnot cheaper for selling cards?
It depends on your prices. eBay charges cards 13.25% plus $0.30 or $0.40 per order, while Whatnot changed to tiered commissions in September 2026; compare on the Whatnot fee calculator.
Do card sellers in the UK pay the same?
No. UK private sellers pay £0 final value fee, and UK business sellers pay 10.9% on collectables. See the eBay UK fee calculator.
Sources
eBay trading cards (US) fees last checked against these official pages on 2026-10-11. We re-check every source daily and update the calculator when a platform changes its fees.