Mercari Fees on a $500 Sale
Mercari charges no fixed per-item fee, so $500 is charged the same percentage as any other price: 10.0% of the sale. The $50.00 in fees is entirely proportional — nothing is rounded up, nothing is charged once per order — and this page runs that exact sale line by line.
Short answer
On a $500 sale, Mercari takes $50.00 — $50.00 (commission) = $50.00 in total. That is a 10.0% effective rate and $450.00 reaches your account.
Your numbers
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Net payout
$450.00
- Total fees
- $50.00
- Effective fee rate
- 10.0%
- Net profit
- $242.00
- Buyer pays
- $518.00
Fee breakdown
- Marketplace commission
10% × $500.00−$50.00
Paid by the buyer, not deducted from you
- Buyer protection fee
3.60% × $500.00$18.00
Shown for context. These charges are added at the buyer's checkout and never reduce your payout.
What Mercari charges on $500
At this price the fees break down as $50.00 (commission) = $50.00 in total. The payout is $450.00, which is 10.0% of the sale going to the platform.
Mercari charges 10% of the item price plus buyer-paid shipping, with no listing or per-order fee.
Across the other marketplaces at $500, the same sale costs Poshmark $100.00 and Amazon (US) $75.99, a spread of $100.00 to $75.99. The platform choice moves more money than most sellers expect at this price.
The same platform across four price points
Fixed per-order fees matter more the cheaper the item is, because they are a flat charge rather than a percentage. Read the effective rate column, not the headline rate.
eBay (US): $20 → 15.6%, $50 → 14.4%, $100 → 14.0%, $500 → 13.7%.
Etsy: $20 → 11.8%, $50 → 10.4%, $100 → 9.9%, $500 → 9.6%.
Rate table
| Selling fee | 10% of item price plus buyer-paid shipping |
|---|---|
| Payment processingremoved for new and updated listings | None charged to the seller |
| Listing fee | None |
| Buyer Protection feepaid by the buyer; never deducted from you | about 3.6% of the item price |
| Instant Paystandard bank transfers are free | flat fee per cash-out |
| Shipping weight correction | applies if the parcel exceeds the label bought |
- Rates last verified
Formula
10% applied to the $500 sale, plus any fixed per-order feeWhat each term means
commission- 10.0% × $500.00
Assumptions
- US marketplace, USD, a $500 sale, buyer pays no shipping.
- Rates are the current published rates; the verification date is shown at the bottom of this page.
- Postage, item cost and packaging are excluded from the fee calculation and shown only in the profit line.
- Advertising is a budget you set, not a published fee, so it is not included here.
Worked examples
The same item listed at $20
- Buyer pays
- $20.00
- Total fees
- $2.00
- Effective rate
- 10.0%
- Net profit
- $3.50
Fee breakdown
- Marketplace commission
10% × $20.00−$2.00
Paid by the buyer
- Buyer protection fee
3.60% × $20.00$0.72
Not deducted from the seller's payout.
$2.00 in fees — a 10.0% effective rate, the same rate as at $500, because Mercari has no fixed per-order fee to spread.
The same item listed at $50
- Buyer pays
- $50.00
- Total fees
- $5.00
- Effective rate
- 10.0%
- Net profit
- $18.50
Fee breakdown
- Marketplace commission
10% × $50.00−$5.00
Paid by the buyer
- Buyer protection fee
3.60% × $50.00$1.80
Not deducted from the seller's payout.
$5.00 in fees — a 10.0% effective rate, the same rate as at $500, because Mercari has no fixed per-order fee to spread.
The same item listed at $100
- Buyer pays
- $100.00
- Total fees
- $10.00
- Effective rate
- 10.0%
- Net profit
- $42.00
Fee breakdown
- Marketplace commission
10% × $100.00−$10.00
Paid by the buyer
- Buyer protection fee
3.60% × $100.00$3.60
Not deducted from the seller's payout.
$10.00 in fees — a 10.0% effective rate, the same rate as at $500, because Mercari has no fixed per-order fee to spread.
Every figure above is computed from the rate schedule on this page for Mercari, using the same engine as the calculator — not typed in by hand.
Common mistakes
Pricing from the $500 headline rate
Mercari has no fixed component, so the percentage is the whole charge: 10.0% of the sale, $50.00 on $500. There is nothing else to subtract — but the item cost and postage still come off the payout before you are in profit.
Assuming the fee rate is the same at every price
On Mercari it genuinely is. There is no fixed per-order or per-listing charge, so every sale pays the same percentage and the effective rate does not move between price points. That makes cross-price comparison unusually simple here, and it is why the rate on this page matches the one on the $20 page.
Questions
- How much does Mercari charge on a $500 sale?
- $50.00, which is 10.0% of the sale. It is made up of $50.00 (commission) = $50.00 in total.
- How do Mercari fees change with the sale price?
- They fall as a percentage. Here is the same item at four price points: $20 → 10.0%, $50 → 10.0%, $100 → 10.0%, $500 → 10.0%. The fixed part of the fee is the same amount on every one of them.
- Is selling a $500 item on Mercari worth it?
- That depends on your costs, not the fee rate. Subtract $50.00 from $500 and you have $450.00 to cover postage, packaging and what you paid for the item. The calculator above shows that split.
Related calculators
These calculators apply published marketplace fee schedules. They are general information tools, not tax, legal, accounting or financial advice — check your own payout statement and speak to a qualified professional where it matters.
Mercari — 10%. Rates last verified: . the marketplace's own fee page.