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eBay for Charity Fee Donation Policy

If your item sells, you’re eligible for an eBay fee credit. This means that eBay’s basic selling fees (basic insertion and final value fees) will be credited back to you according to the level of your donation.

For example, if you donate 50% of your item’s sale price to charity, you will receive a 50% credit on your fees. For charities selling items, eBay will credit back 100% of your basic selling fees.

The fee credit will appear automatically on your first eBay invoice after the item sells.

MissionFish UK is eBay.co.uk’s partner for the eBay for Charity programme. It’s a registered charity (No 1110538) that helps charities to raise funds from online commerce. MissionFish UK vets charities, processes donations and advises charities on how to make the most of the eBay marketplace. MissionFish UK takes a small administrative fee from sellers’ donations to cover core processing costs.

Example #1

In this example a seller’s donation of £2 means £2.16 for the charity.

The seller has:

Agreed to donate 20% of the sale price
Sold an item for £10.00
Completed a Gift Aid declaration

eBay credits 20% of its basic selling fees back to the seller.

Donation

Final sale price £10.00

Donation percent 20%

Original donation due £2.00

Gift Aid £0.56

Total donation £2.56

MissionFish deduction -£0.40

Charity receives: £2.16

Seller Fee Credit

Final value fee £0.52

Basic Insertion Fee £0.15

Seller fee credits (20%) £ 0.14

Example #2

In this example a seller’s donation of £5.00 means £5.40 for the charity.

The seller has:

Agreed to donate 100% of the sale price
Sold an item for £5.00
Completed a Gift Aid declaration

eBay credits 100% of its basic selling fees back to the seller.

Donation

Final sale price £5.00

Donation percent 100%

Original donation due £5.00

Gift Aid £1.40

Total donation £6.40

MissionFish deduction -£1.00

Charity receives: £5.40

Seller Fee Credit

Insertion fee £0.15

Final Value Fee £0.26

Seller fee credit (100%) £0.41

Example #3

In this example the Charity selling their item directly earns £20.00

on the sale of a £20 item. The charity has:

Sold an item for £20.00
100% is automatically donated

This is a Charity Direct Seller, so there is no MissionFish deduction.

eBay donates 100% of their final value fee to the charity.

*Assumes a £0.35 Insertion Fee for a starting price of £5.00.

**The charity may need to pay additional fees not calculated in

this example such as PayPal, credit card fees, third-party auction

houses, etc.

Sample transaction

Basic insertion fee £0.35*

Final sale price £20.00

Final value fee £1.05

Donation percent 100%

MissionFish deduction -£0.00

Seller fee credit £1.40

Charity receives: £20.00**

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