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	About Insertion Fees Insertion Fees for different listings and categories

About Insertion Fees

• An Insertion Fee is a listing fee. It is the price eBay charges for listing your item for sale.

• This fee is charged to your seller's account at the time of listing.

• As with a newspaper ad, you need to pay this basic listing fee, even if your item is not sold. If your item sells, a Final Value Fee is charged to your seller's account.

• Insertion Fees are not refundable.

View all eBay Insertion Fees.

Insertion Fees for different listings and categories

The Insertion Fee depends on the listing type, category, and any optional listing upgrades you choose.

Listing types

• Single items: The Insertion Fee is based on the starting price or reserve price. For fixed price listings, the fee is based on the Buy It Now price.

• Listings that have variations: Insertion Fees for listings with variations are $0.35 for the entire listing.

• Multiple item fixed price listings: The insertion fee is $0.35 for the listing.

• eBay Motors, eBay Classified Ads, eBay Real Estate, and eBay Stores have different Insertion Fees.

$0.00 Insertion Fees (Auction-Style listings, single quantity)

Your first five auction-style single-quantity listings to be listed on the site in a 30-day period are eligible for $0.00 Insertion Fees. The 30-day period starts with your first listing eligible for $0.00 Insertion Fees to be listed on the site. You'll have four more opportunities for $0.00 Insertion Fees during those 30 days. After those 30 days pass, the next 30-day period will start with your next listing that's eligible for $0.00 Insertion Fees.

• You can list in two categories, but the $0.00 Insertion Fee only counts for the primary category. You'll be charged for the second category as you would with any listing.

• If your listing is eligible for a $0.00 Insertion Fee, your Insertion Fee will appear as "Free" in the listing form.

• If you're relisting an item, the relist is eligible for $0.00 Insertion Fees under the same guidelines as a new listing (auction-style, single-quantity, eligible category, falls within the limit of five listings in a 30-day period).

• Only single-quantity auction-style listings are eligible.

• Only items listed with the Sell Your Item and Simple forms are eligible. Items listed with tools such as Selling Manager, Selling Manager Pro, TurboLister, FileExchange, Mass Listing Editor, bulk sell/relist/revise flows, API, and third-party listing tools aren't eligible.

• All categories are eligible for $0.00 Insertion Fees except:

  • Motors Vehicles

  • Real Estate

  • The following Business & Industrial subcategories: Tractors & Farm Machinery, Heavy Equipment & Trailers, Concession Trailers & Carts , Imaging & Aesthetics Equipment, Forklifts & Other Lifts, Manufacturing Equipment, Metalworking Equipment, and Commercial Printing Presses.

Item Categories

Insertion Fees can vary by category. These fees are displayed when you list your item.

Optional listing features

See eBay Fees for various optional listing fees including: 

• Reserve Price Auction listings

• Auction listings with a Buy It Now option

• Scheduled listings

• Listing upgrades