Mercari Fee Calculator
Mercari's selling fee is a flat 10% of the sale (item + any shipping the buyer pays), and there is no payment-processing fee since 2025. Enter your numbers to see your real profit, margin, ROI and breakeven in seconds.
Rates verified 7 May 2026 vs Mercari's official fee schedule
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Mercari · US sellers
Your buyer pays a Buyer Protection fee of about $1.44 on top. It never comes out of your payout.
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How Mercari seller fees work
The 10% selling fee (the only one)
Mercari charges a flat 10% on the total a buyer pays you: the item price plus any shipping the buyer pays. There are no category tiers, no store tiers, and no listing fee. List for free, and you only pay when an item sells.
No payment-processing fee since 2025
Mercari removed the old 2.9% + $0.50 payment-processing fee for listings created or updated on or after 6 January 2025. Many older calculators and guides still stack it, which over-states your fees. This one does not.
Buyer Protection is the buyer's cost
Buyers pay a 3.6% Buyer Protection fee at checkout. It is added on top of your price and never comes out of your payout, so it is shown here for context only. Calculators that subtract it from the seller are wrong.
Payouts
Standard direct deposit is free. Instant Pay costs a flat $3 per cash-out. There is no fee to list, to relist, or to use Promote and Offer to Likers (those are just optional price drops, not paid ads).
Shipping
If you offer free shipping, the prepaid label cost comes out of your payout. If the buyer pays shipping, that amount is added to the sale and the 10% fee applies to it too. Either way, enter your real label cost above and the calculator handles it.
Real Mercari sale examples
$40 item, free shipping
The 10% fee is $4.00. If your label costs $5 and the item cost you $12, you keep $19.00. The buyer separately pays a $1.44 Buyer Protection fee that never touches your payout.
$100 item, free shipping
The 10% fee is $10.00. With a $9 label and a $30 cost, you keep $51.00. Mercari takes 10% flat, with no processing fee on top in 2026.
$100 item, buyer pays $8 shipping
The fee applies to the full $108, so it is $10.80. The $8 covers the label, so you keep about $89.20 before your item cost. Sellers who forget the fee covers shipping under-price by about $0.80 here.
How to pay less in Mercari fees
- ✓Ignore any calculator still adding a 2.9% + $0.50 processing fee. Mercari dropped it in 2025.
- ✓Use standard direct deposit (free) rather than Instant Pay ($3) when you are not in a hurry.
- ✓Promote and Offer to Likers are free, since they only lower your price and do not add an ad fee.
- ✓Build your shipping label cost into your price; on free shipping it comes straight out of your payout.
- ✓Bundle items into one order where you can. The 10% is the same, but you pay one label instead of several.
Mercari fee calculator FAQ
How much does Mercari take?
Mercari takes a flat 10% selling fee on the total sale (item plus any shipping the buyer pays). Since January 2025 there is no separate payment-processing fee, so for most sales 10% is the whole platform cost. The buyer separately pays a 3.6% Buyer Protection fee that does not reduce your payout.
What are Mercari fees in 2026?
A flat 10% selling fee, and nothing else mandatory: no listing fee, no monthly fee, and no payment-processing fee (it was removed in 2025). Optional costs are Instant Pay ($3 per cash-out) and shipping labels you buy through Mercari.
Does Mercari charge a payment-processing fee?
No, not since January 2025. Mercari removed the old 2.9% + $0.50 processing fee. If a calculator adds it, it is using stale rates and over-stating your fees.
How much do I keep on a $100 sale on Mercari?
On a $100 item with free shipping, Mercari's 10% fee is $10, so you net $90 before your own costs (the shipping label you buy and what the item cost you). Subtract those to get your real profit, which the calculator above does.
Who pays the Buyer Protection fee?
The buyer. The 3.6% Buyer Protection fee is added to the buyer's total at checkout and is never deducted from the seller's payout. It is shown here for context so you know your buyer's all-in cost.
How do I calculate my actual profit on Mercari?
Profit = item price + any shipping the buyer pays − the 10% fee − the shipping label you buy − what the item cost you. Enter all of those above and the calculator returns your net profit, margin, ROI and breakeven price.
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