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Insertion Fees

About Insertion Fees

  • An Insertion Fee is a listing fee. It is the price eBay charges for listing your item for sale.

  • This fee is charged to your seller's account at the time of listing.

  • As with a newspaper ad, you need to pay this basic listing fee, even if your item is not sold. (If your item sells, a Final Value Fee is charged to your seller's account.)

  • Insertion Fees are not refundable.

Factors that affect Insertion Fees

  1. Type of listing. Examples include the following:

    • Single Items - Insertion Fee is based on the starting price of the item.

    • Multiple Item Listings (Auction-type listings) - Insertion Fee is the starting or fixed item price multiplied by the quantity of items you offer.

    • eBay Motors, Classfied Ads, Property and Multiple-Item Buy It Now listings have their own Insertion Fees

  2. Item Category

    Insertion fees may vary by category. Fees are displayed when you list your item.

  3. Optional listing features. Examples include the following:

    • Reserve Fees

    • Buy It Now

    • Scheduled Listings

    • Format enhancements (Including Bold, Item Subtitle, Highlight)
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