Seller fee guides
Short, practical guides on what marketplaces and payment companies take from a sale. Each one has a worked example and tells you where to check the official rate. I'm Saqib, I build PayoutCalc, and I haven't sold on these platforms myself, so I stick to the published rules and the arithmetic.
Daraz seller fees explained: what you actually keep from a sale
What Daraz takes from an order, where to find your own commission rate, and a worked example in rupees. A Rs 2,500 sale that looks like Rs 1,150 profit turns into about Rs 805 once the deductions come off, and the guide shows each step so you can repeat it with your own numbers. Daraz does not publish a rate table, so I say plainly which figures are examples.
Read the guideHow much does TikTok Shop take from each sale?
The referral fee, creator commission and refund charge, worked through on a $25 sale. The surprise is the creator: at a 15% commission, one creator costs you more than TikTok's own fee. The guide also covers the lowest price you can charge before you lose money, and what a return costs.
Read the guideStripe vs PayPal fees: which costs less on a $10, $40 and $500 sale?
What each costs on a $10, $40 and $500 sale, and how overseas cards and currency conversion change the answer. On standard US rates Stripe was cheaper every time, but the fixed fee means a $10 sale loses 5.9% on Stripe and 8.4% on PayPal. The guide shows where the gap is largest and how to price around it.
Read the guideHow to price a product to keep a 30% margin
The formula for the price that keeps 30% of each sale after fees. A $10 product with $5 shipping needs $26.84, not the $19.50 you get by adding 30%. The guide shows the sums, a table for other margins, and what to do when buyers will not pay that much.
Read the guideMargin vs markup: the mix-up that costs sellers money
Markup is measured on your cost and margin on the price, so a 30% markup is only a 23.1% margin. On 200 sales that mix-up is $1,800 of profit you thought you had. The guide has a conversion table and a one-line test for telling them apart.
Read the guideHow much to charge so you receive exactly $100 after Stripe fees
To receive exactly $100 you charge $103.30, because adding the fee to the price leaves you 9 cents short. The guide has the formula, a table from $20 to $500, and the numbers for overseas cards and PayPal.
Read the guideHow to calculate your break-even price (and how big a discount you can afford)
The lowest price where a sale stops losing money. For a $10 product with $5 shipping it is $17.59. A 20% discount sounds mild but cuts the profit by 58%, and the guide shows the most you can take off.
Read the guideROI vs margin: which number should a seller trust?
Margin is profit divided by the price and ROI is profit divided by what you spent. The same two products score a 36.7% and a 26.7% margin but a 73.4% and a 44.5% ROI, and the guide shows when each number is the one to use.
Read the guideHow fixed fees eat small orders: Stripe, PayPal and eBay compared
A $5 sale loses 8.9% to Stripe and 13.3% to PayPal, but a $100 sale only 3.2% and 4.0%. The guide has the table by order size, the smallest order that stays under 5%, and what to do about it.
Read the guideA pricing checklist before you list a product
Eleven costs to include before you set a price. Add $2 of ads and $1 for returns to a price built for a 30% margin and you are really at 18.8%. The guide has the checklist and the sums.
Read the guideeBay seller fees explained: what you actually keep from a sale
eBay takes 13.6% on most categories plus $0.30 or $0.40 per order, and it works the fee out on the shipping you collect too. On a $40 item with $6 shipping that is $6.66, not $5.84. The guide covers the category exceptions and the extras.
Read the guideEtsy seller fees explained: listing, transaction and processing
Four separate charges: $0.20 per listing, 6.5% transaction, 3% + $0.25 processing and 15% if an order comes from offsite ads. A $40 order costs $4.25 in fees, or $10.25 when it comes from an offsite ad.
Read the guidePayPal merchant fees explained: rates, refunds and international sales
A $100 PayPal Checkout sale costs $3.98, a card sale through PayPal $3.48, and an overseas sale at least $5.48 before currency conversion. PayPal also keeps its fees when you refund. The guide has every rate I could confirm.
Read the guideStripe fees explained: cards, bank debits, payouts and disputes
A $100 card payment costs $3.20 and a $1,000 bank debit costs only $5.00 because the fee is capped. The guide covers instant payouts, refunds and disputes, and says what I could not confirm.
Read the guideHow these guides are written
Every fee figure comes from the platform's own pages, and I write down the date I read it. When a platform does not publish a number, I say so instead of guessing. Daraz is the main example: it shows commission rates only inside the seller account, so my Daraz numbers are examples you can replace with your own.
Each guide runs its numbers through the same formulas the calculators use, so what you read matches what you get when you try it. The pricing guides use example fees, and the fee guides say where each rate was read and when. I am a developer, not a full-time marketplace seller, so you will not find stories about my own shop here. You will find the arithmetic, the sources and the places to check before you set a price.
If a rate has changed or I have got something wrong, send me a message and I will fix it. If you would rather skip the reading, the calculators are one click away: multi-platform, Daraz, TikTok Shop and Stripe and PayPal.