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Multi-Marketplace Fee Comparison

Enter sale price, item cost, and shipping. See net proceeds and profit ranked across eBay, Amazon FBM, Etsy, Depop, Poshmark, Mercari, and Facebook Marketplace — with the winner highlighted.

Where this fits

This tool lives inside Seller OS and is most useful for sellers and founders.

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Item Details

Net Profit by Platform

PlatformFee %Fee $Net ProfitMargin %
Ebay12.5%$6.25$23.7547.5%
Amazon15.0%$7.50$22.5045.0%
Etsy6.5%$3.25$26.7553.5%
Mercari10.0%$5.00$25.0050.0%
Poshmark20.0%$10.00$20.0040.0%
Best Platform
Etsy
Best Net Profit
$26.75
Highest Fee
20.0%
Lowest Fee
6.5%
Seller playbook · Channel selection

Etsy is the strongest home for this item right now.

Etsy currently delivers $26.75 of net profit on a $50.00 item after $20.00 of cost basis. The gap between first and second place is $1.75 per sale, which turns marketplace choice into a real inventory-allocation decision.

What To Do Next

Etsy is ahead by $1.75 per sale, so route inventory there first if demand quality is comparable.

Poshmark is the most expensive option on this item. Treat that fee stack as the upper bound when stress-testing new sourcing ideas.

Once you know the best channel, roll the winner into your monthly reseller P&L so marketplace selection and business health stay connected.

Best platform

Etsy

$26.75 net per sale

Winner edge

$1.75

Ahead of Mercari

Worst fee drag

20.0%

Poshmark fee rate

Annual winner upside

$2,100.00

Assumes 100 sales per month

1

Sale price

listed item price

$50.00

= $50.00

This is the same ticket price being tested across each marketplace.

User input

2

Cost basis before fees

item cost + shipping cost

$15.00 + $5.00

= $20.00

Your base cost stack stays constant no matter which platform gets the sale.

Standard contribution margin setup

3

eBay fee amount

sale price × 12.5%

$50.00 × 12.5%

= $6.25

This uses a typical eBay final value fee assumption for general merchandise.

eBay fee schedule

4

Amazon fee amount

sale price × 15.0%

$50.00 × 15.0%

= $7.50

Amazon referral fees vary by category, but 15% is the common baseline used here.

Amazon seller fee baseline

5

Etsy fee amount

sale price × 6.5%

$50.00 × 6.5%

= $3.25

This models Etsy's blended take-rate assumption for a side-by-side comparison.

Etsy seller fee baseline

6

Mercari fee amount

sale price × 10.0%

$50.00 × 10.0%

= $5.00

Mercari seller fees run leaner than Amazon and Poshmark in this simplified comparison.

Mercari seller fee baseline

7

Poshmark fee amount

sale price × 20.0%

$50.00 × 20.0%

= $10.00

Poshmark's fee stack is usually the heaviest in this set, which makes it a useful worst-case fee benchmark.

Poshmark seller fee baseline

8

Winner net profit

sale price − fee amount − cost basis

$50.00 − $3.25 − $20.00

= Etsy · $26.75

This is the marketplace currently leaving the most dollars on the table after fees and fulfillment cost.

Standard net profit formula

9

Winner edge over runner-up

best net profit − second-best net profit

$26.75 − $25.00

= $1.75

A small spread means demand quality might matter more than fees. A wide spread means channel choice is a real profit lever.

Platform comparison delta

10

Annual upside from the winner

(winner edge per sale) × 100 sales/month × 12

$1.75 × 100 × 12

= $2,100.00

This uses a 100-sales-per-month scenario to show how a seemingly small fee advantage compounds over a year.

Annualized profit spread

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