E-Bay Fee Calculator
We’ve come up with this calculator as a way for Singapore ecommerce sellers to asses their profits and costs. This is not an official eBay tool, but it’s a great way to get an estimate on how to price your items. If you want something tailored for your business, get in touch with our ecommerce accountants.
Margin Calculator
How does margin calculation work?
To grow your business, it’s really important to keep track of your business and measure performance. One metric is your business’s profit margin. Once you know this, you’ll be able to plan profitability for a specific period.
Profit
Profit is the difference between the amount you spend on your products and the amount you make on your products. When you’re working out the profit of your products, you should use gross profit margin. For working out the profitabily of your business, you should use net profit margin. When you intend to measure the profitability of your business, a gross profit margin is fine for determining the profitability of each item you are selling. However, you would need to calculate net profit to measure the overall profitability of your business.
Net Profit Margin
Net profit margin is the amount of net profit you make for every dollar of revenue you spend on things like operating expenses, interest and taxes. Knowing your net profit margin is crucial to understanding how profitable your business is. It will also help you to identify and trim unnecessary expenses.
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Let's explore eBay seller fees
As an eBay seller, you're likely focused on profits. You make money by selling items to customers, while eBay earns through account fees per sale. Misunderstanding these fees can erode your margins, but mastering cost distribution ensures a healthy profit for all involved. Let's explore how to achieve this.
In Singapore you don’t need to pay for Insertion Fees or Final Value Fees on the Auction and Fixed Price formats. However, you will have to pay a Final Value Fee in case your item sells.
So after selling an item, you will pay:
Total Selling Cost = Insertion Fee + Final Value Fee + any other optional Listing Upgrade Fees.
There is an Insertion Fee, though, when you list an item on other eBay paid sites, such as eBay US, UK, or Australia.
Some Optional Features can help increase the odds of a sale. All the features are not subject to GST.
A reserve price shows the minimum price a seller wants to sell an item for. On eBay Singapore the Reserve Fee is S$3.50 for the Reserve Price from S$0.01 to S$349.99. If your Reserve Price is S$350.00 and higher, you will pay 1% of reserve price.
It’s an online selling tool that lets you stay on top of your listings, track sales, and perform post-sales tasks such as handling feedback, email, and shipping.
If you are a medium to high volume seller, you can free manage your listing with the Selling Manager tool. It helps you manage and track your sales.
Selling manager Pro tool will cost you S$6.50 a month, and we suggest you go for it if you are a high volume seller or run your small business. It includes multiple item listing and smart sales management, statistics and reporting. You can also design your listings with HTML templates.
Listing Upgrade is an additional feature designed to improve seller sales by increasing product visibility.
The option to upload photos to the Gallery is free. You can add up to 12 photos to make your listing more appealing and increase sales. The first uploaded picture will be previewed free of charge.
Customise your listing and add themes with a free Listing designer tool.
To list your item in 2 categories, you will have to pay double the amount of all fees.
You can add a Subtitle to your item for S$0.40 to interest the buyer by providing more descriptive information about the subject.
You can Schedule your listing up to 3 weeks beforehand for S$0.10.
You can also upgrade your listing by making it run for 10 days for a price of S$0.30.
Revenue is the money you make by selling your products and services. Here’s how yo calculate it: take the number of items you sell and multiply by the sales price you charge. You can also use average price per item.
Revenue = Sales × Average Price of Service or Sales Price
Profit is what’s left of your revenue once you deduct all the business expenses. The easiest way to calculate profit per each item is to use the following profit formula:
Profit = Price – Cost
Net profit margin is your net income divided by total sales revenue.
Net Profit Margin = Net Income ÷ Total Sales