Money and profit
Measured from eBay's payment records: what you sold, what eBay kept, what you kept after costs, and what is on its way to your bank.
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Money, measured
Straight from eBay's own payment records. Gross is everything buyers paid on your sales: the item, any shipping they paid, and the sales tax eBay collected from them. eBay charges its fee on that whole amount, so tax is in the base even though the tax itself goes to the state, not to you. eBay fees is what eBay kept from those sales: mostly the final value fee (a percentage of the gross that depends on the category and whether you have a Store) plus $0.40 per order. Fee share is fees divided by gross: out of every $100 buyers paid, how many dollars eBay kept. Ad fees appear only when a listing was promoted, refunds are money returned to buyers, and labels are postage bought through eBay. Open "Fees by type" to see each kind of fee.
Fees by type, last 90 days
Net profit
What you actually kept, for the last 30 and the last 90 days (rolling windows ending today). Read the tiles left to right:
- Net after eBay: what buyers paid for your items, minus everything eBay took or charged: selling fees, the $0.40 per order, labels bought through eBay, refunds, ad fees and other charges such as the Store subscription when eBay deducts it. Sales tax is not in it, because eBay passes that to the state. This is the money eBay has paid you or still owes you for those sales.
- Item costs: what the items you sold cost you, from the lister's "Cost of goods" field or a cost entered per listing on the Listings page. A blank cost counts as $0, which is right for the inherited coins.
- Supplies share: the part of your supplies and equipment purchases (next section) that falls in the window.
- Net profit = net after eBay − item costs − supplies share.
Money movements by type, last 90 days
Supplies and overhead
Envelopes, tape, printer ink, labels stock, scales, a printer: anything bought to run the shop. Each purchase is spread evenly over its months from the purchase date (1 month for consumables; for example 24 for a printer), and each window above takes its share.
| Date | Category | Description | Amount | Months | Per month |
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Payouts
Money eBay has sent to your bank, and money it still holds for you. After a sale, eBay first lists the money as processing (usually until the buyer's payment clears, a few days), then available, and sends the available balance in the next scheduled payout. On hold is money eBay is keeping back for now, for example until tracking shows delivery. Still to be paid out is processing + available + on hold. Read live from eBay; refreshed at most every 15 minutes.
| Date | Status | Amount | Sales and charges |
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Store breakeven
Is the eBay Store paying for itself? The page compares two monthly costs at your actual sales level (your average monthly sales over the last 90 days). Without a Store: every listing beyond 250 a month costs $0.35 to list or renew (your listings renew monthly, so that is "renewals beyond 250" × $0.35), and sales pay the regular final value fee, modelled at 13.25%. With the Basic Store, yearly plan: $21.95 a month, listing renewals covered, and sales modelled at a 9% final value fee. Basic saves per month is the first cost minus the second: above $0 means the Store is cheaper than not having one. These two rows use published rates as a model; the "fee share" in Money, measured is what you actually paid.