How much does Facebook Marketplace take?
For an item shipped through Facebook checkout, Meta deducts a selling fee of 10% from your payout, or $0.80 if 10% would come to less. For a local sale where the buyer hands you cash or pays you directly, Facebook takes nothing.
The catch is what the 10% is measured against. It isn't the item price alone. Facebook's help page says the fee is calculated on the "total transaction value," which includes the item price, shipping and any sales tax. Choose shipped or local pickup in this Facebook Marketplace fee calculator, add shipping and tax if you know them, and it shows what you'll receive. The "Buyer pays" figure shows the total your buyer sees at checkout.
The fee rule in table form:
| Fee | How it is charged (US) |
|---|---|
| Selling fee | 10% of the full order total (item, shipping and tax) (minimum $0.80). Shipped orders only. Local pickup paid in person has no fee. |
The Facebook Marketplace selling fee on shipped orders
With no shipping or tax added, the fee is a flat tenth of the price above $8, and $0.80 below it:
| Sale price | Total fees | Fees as % of price | You receive |
|---|---|---|---|
| $5.00 | $0.80 | 16.0% | $4.20 |
| $10.00 | $1.00 | 10.0% | $9.00 |
| $25.00 | $2.50 | 10.0% | $22.50 |
| $50.00 | $5.00 | 10.0% | $45.00 |
| $100.00 | $10.00 | 10.0% | $90.00 |
| $250.00 | $25.00 | 10.0% | $225.00 |
Default settings, no sales tax, no optional fees.
In real orders you'll almost always have shipping, and often tax, so your fee will be a little higher than these rows. That's the next section.
Why shipping and tax raise the fee
Because the fee base is the whole order, every dollar the buyer pays counts, even dollars that never stay with you. Here's an order worked through step by step:
- Item price: $20.00
- Shipping the buyer pays: $5.00
- Sales tax: $1.60
- Total transaction value: $26.60
- Selling fee: 10% of $26.60 = $2.66
You receive the item price and shipping, $25.00, minus the $2.66 fee, which is $22.34. The sales tax isn't paid out to you. If you bought a prepaid label through Facebook, its cost comes off separately, and that's what the buyer's $5 shipping was for.
So on this sale the effective fee is 13.3% of your $20 price. If you set prices assuming a flat 10% of the item, you'll come up a little short every time. The "What price to list at" mode avoids that: enter the payout or profit you want and it works out a price with shipping and tax in the fee base.
The $0.80 minimum
Any shipped order where the total, shipping and tax included, is under $8 pays the $0.80 minimum. A $5 item with $2 shipping and no tax has a total of $7. Ten percent would be $0.70, so Facebook charges $0.80 instead.
For small items, that minimum plus a shipping label can eat most of the sale. Cheap things usually make more sense as local pickups or as part of a bundle.
Local pickup has no Marketplace fee
Facebook only describes a selling fee for orders that go through its checkout with shipping. When you meet a buyer and they pay in person, the money never passes through Meta, so there's nothing to deduct. Set the calculator to local pickup and your payout equals your price.
OfferUp works the same way for local sales, with no fee at all, but it ended shipping in 2025. The OfferUp fees page has the details.
That makes Marketplace unusual among the platforms on this site, where nearly every sale runs through the app's own checkout. The trade-off is that a cash deal happens outside Facebook's payment and payout process, so it's down to you and the buyer to settle it.
Facebook Marketplace shipping fee and labels
"Shipping fee" can mean two things here. The first is the shipping charge the buyer pays, which, as above, raises your 10% fee. The second is the label. If you use a prepaid label, its cost is deducted from your payout separately, and the price depends on the package. Facebook's label cost isn't part of the fee, so the payout figure leaves it out. Put the label in the "Your postage cost" box, along with what you paid for the item, and the calculator shows profit, margin and ROI after both.
Facebook's help page also notes that some shipping features are not available to all eligible sellers. If you don't see the option to ship an item, that may be why.
When Facebook pays you
According to Facebook's help page, shipped-order payouts are released 15 days after you mark the item as shipped, or 5 days after it's delivered. Add tracking promptly so the clock starts. The page also says the selling fee doesn't include any charges your payment provider may add on its own; for a normal bank payout there usually aren't any, but Facebook doesn't list amounts.
Did Facebook Marketplace fees go up?
Yes. Older guides often quote 5% with a $0.40 minimum, and some say the fee is on the item price only. Facebook's current US help page states 10% with a $0.80 minimum, charged on item, shipping and tax together. Third-party reports date the change to April 15, 2024. Meta also says it may offer promotional rates to eligible sellers, so you might occasionally see a lower fee on your own orders.
Keeping more on Facebook Marketplace
- Sell bulky or heavy items locally. No fee and no label is hard to beat.
- Price shipped items for the real rate. Budget for 10% of the full total, not 10% of your price.
- Avoid shipping very cheap items. The $0.80 minimum and the label cost don't shrink with the price.
- Treat boosting as an ad cost. Boosted listings run on a budget you set. It isn't a percentage of the sale, but it still comes out of your profit.
Common questions
Does Facebook Marketplace charge a fee for local pickup?
No. A sale arranged locally and paid in person doesn't go through Facebook checkout, so there's no selling fee.
What does Facebook take from a $100 shipped sale?
$10.00 if there's no shipping or tax. With $10 shipping and no tax, the fee is $11.00 and you receive $99.00 before your label cost.
Is the Facebook Marketplace fee charged on sales tax?
Yes. Facebook includes applicable taxes in the total transaction value the 10% is based on.
Is Facebook cheaper than Mercari for shipped items?
Both take 10%, but Facebook counts sales tax in the base and Mercari doesn't, so Facebook usually costs slightly more on a shipped order. The Mercari calculator and the platform comparison show the numbers.
Sources
Facebook Marketplace (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.