France eBay Fee Calculator: fees, profit and break-even price

Category	Private seller	Business seller
Most categories (Toutes les catégories restantes)	No selling fee	9%
Electronics devices (Cameras, Phones, Computers, Consoles, Car amplifiers, Metal detectors)	No selling fee	5%
Electronics accessories & parts (Accessoires techniques)	No selling fee	7.5%
Vehicle parts & accessories (Auto, moto - pièces, accessoires)	No selling fee	9%
Wheels & tires (Pneus et jantes)	No selling fee	5% on the first €500, 2% above that
Home, Garden, Appliances, DIY, Pets, Baby, Crafts (Décoration, jardinage et ameublement)	No selling fee	9%
Watches, Women's Bags & Handbags (Montres, sacs, sacs à main)	No selling fee	12% on the first €990, 2% above that
Jewelry & Watches except Watches (Bijoux, montres)	No selling fee	12% on the first €990, 4% above that
Clothing, Suitcases, Health & Beauty (Mode)	No selling fee	12%
Collectibles, Antiques & Art, Toys, Pottery & Glass, Coins, Stamps, CCG (Collection)	No selling fee	9% on the first €990, 2% above that
Musical Instruments, Music, Video Games, Movies, Boats (Autres catégories)	No selling fee	9%

• Per-order fee (business sellers only): €0.35 per order.
• Regulatory operating fee (business sellers only): 0.35% of the total amount of the sale.
• International fee: rest of Europe (non-euro, excl. UK) 1.6%, US / Canada 1.6%, UK 1.2%, elsewhere 3.3%.
• Vendeur Top Fiabilité listing: 10% off the variable final value fee (business sellers only).

eBay.fr seller fees in France: the regulatory charge and the Top Fiabilité discount

A business sale on eBay.fr carries three charges. The first is the final value fee for the category, 9% in most of them. The second is a fixed €0.35 per order. The third is easy to overlook: a regulatory operating fee of 0.35% of the total amount of the sale. Against those, a listing that carries "Vendeur Top Fiabilité" status gets 10% off the variable final value fee.

How the 0.35% regulatory fee works

The regulatory operating fee is a percentage, so it grows with the sale. It applies to business sellers only, in every category, and the category you choose does not change it. The Top Fiabilité discount does not reduce it either, since that discount is limited to the variable final value fee.

It is easy to mix up with the €0.35 order fee because the figures look alike. One is in euros and the other is in percent. They meet at exactly €100, where 0.35% is also €0.35. Below €100 the fixed fee is the larger of the two. Above €100 the regulatory fee takes over.

Sale total	Per-order fee	Regulatory fee at 0.35%	Both together
€20	€0.35	€0.07	€0.42
€60	€0.35	€0.21	€0.56
€100	€0.35	€0.35	€0.70
€200	€0.35	€0.70	€1.05
€400	€0.35	€1.40	€1.75
€1,000	€0.35	€3.50	€3.85

Neither charge is large on its own. Together they add €0.70 to a €100 sale, or 0.7 percentage points on top of the category rate.

What Top Fiabilité is worth

The 10% discount is tied to the listing and covers only the variable final value fee. In practice it trims each category rate by a tenth:

• Most categories, vehicle parts and home and garden: 9% becomes 8.1%.
• Electronics devices: 5% becomes 4.5%.
• Electronics accessories and parts: 7.5% becomes 6.75%.
• Clothing, suitcases and health and beauty: 12% becomes 10.8%.

Take an €80 dress in the fashion category at 12%. The final value fee is €9.60. Top Fiabilité takes off €0.96, so the fee falls to €8.64. The €0.35 order fee and the €0.28 regulatory fee stay exactly as they were.

Example: four wheels with tires for €640

A business seller with Top Fiabilité status sells a set of four alloy wheels fitted with tires for €640, shipped free to a buyer in France. The category is "Pneus et jantes", which charges 5% on the first €500 and 2% above that. The seller paid €480 for the set.

• Final value fee: 5% of €500 is €25.00, and 2% of the remaining €140 is €2.80. Together, €27.80.
• Top Fiabilité: 10% of €27.80 is €2.78, so the final value fee drops to €25.02.
• Fixed order fee: €0.35.
• Regulatory operating fee: 0.35% of €640 is €2.24.
• International fee: none, since the buyer is in France.
• All fees together: €25.02 + €0.35 + €2.24 = €27.61.
• What the seller keeps, before tax and the cost of shipping: €640 - €27.61 - €480 = €132.39.

The fees come to about 4.3% of the sale. Without Top Fiabilité the total would be €27.80 + €0.35 + €2.24 = €30.39, so the discount saved €2.78 on this one order.

Selling as a private individual

Private sellers based in the EEA pay no final value fee, no order fee and no regulatory fee on eBay.fr. They do pay an international fee when the buyer is outside the eurozone and Sweden, at a slightly higher rate than businesses pay:

• Rest of Europe outside the euro, not counting the UK: 1.92% private, 1.6% business.
• US and Canada: 1.92% private, 1.6% business.
• United Kingdom: 1.44% private, 1.2% business.
• Everywhere else: 3.96% private, 3.3% business.

A private seller who sells a €150 vintage lamp to a buyer in the UK pays 1.44% of €150, which is €2.16. A business seller would pay 1.2%, or €1.80, but would also owe the category fee, the order fee and the regulatory fee.

Pricing with the calculator

Choose your seller type and category in the calculator above, enter the price, the shipping you charge and what the item cost you, and pick where the buyer is. Switch on the top-rated option if the listing qualifies for Top Fiabilité. The results list the final value fee, the €0.35 order fee, the regulatory fee and any international fee, followed by your net profit and break-even price. Reverse mode runs the other way. Give it a target profit or margin and it tells you what price to list at.

Questions sellers ask about eBay.fr fees

Is the regulatory operating fee the same thing as the €0.35 per-order fee?

No. The per-order fee is a fixed €0.35 on every business order. The regulatory operating fee is 0.35% of the total amount of the sale, so it moves with the price. A business seller pays both on every sale.

Does having a Boutique change my rates on eBay.fr?

Not in the fee table above. eBay.fr lists one business rate per category, and it applies with or without a Boutique. That is why the calculator has a single business seller type for France.

Can Top Fiabilité keep the total fee on a phone under 5%?

On a €300 phone, yes. Electronics devices such as phones, cameras and consoles pay 5%, which Top Fiabilité turns into 4.5%. The final value fee is €13.50 instead of €15.00. Add €0.35 for the order and €1.05 in regulatory fee and the total is €14.90, just under 5% of the sale.