eBay Trading Card Profit Calculator

Enter the card’s sale price, buyer-paid shipping and sales tax. Choose the eBay Store or non-Store fee preset, then add any promoted listing rate or additional eBay fees. Finally, enter your card cost, shipping label, packaging, grading and other expenses. The calculator estimates your eBay payout, true profit, profit margin, return on investment and break-even sale price.

The calculator can include:

• eBay final value fees and fee tiers 
• Buyer-paid shipping and sales tax in the eBay fee basis 
• Per-order fees 
• Promoted Listings rates 
• Other eBay or advertising fees 
• Your original card cost 
• Shipping-label cost 
• Packaging and supplies 
• Grading or authentication 
• Any additional seller expenses

Only the costs you enter are included in your result.

Suppose a card sells for $100, the buyer pays $5 shipping and $7 sales tax. The eBay fee basis is $112, although your seller revenue is only $105 because sales tax is not your revenue.

Using an example 13.25% final value rate and a $0.40 order fee:

• Estimated eBay fees: $15.24 
• Estimated payout: $89.76 
• Card cost: $40 
• Shipping label: $5 
• Packaging: $1 
• Estimated true profit: $43.76

Promoted Listings, grading or other expenses would reduce the final profit further.

This calculator provides estimates for planning purposes only. Actual eBay fees can vary by category, account status, Store subscription, promotional rate, international transactions, refunds, discounts, taxes and other factors. Fee schedules can change at any time, so verify your exact fees with eBay before listing. RipYard Cards is not affiliated with or endorsed by eBay.

eBay generally calculates applicable selling fees using the total amount of the sale, which can include the item price, buyer-paid shipping and sales tax. The calculator includes sales tax in the fee basis but does not count it as seller revenue.

Yes. Select the preset that best matches your account. You can also manually change the final value rate, fee threshold and rate above the threshold when your account or category uses different rates.

Yes. Enter your Promoted Listings percentage when the sale was attributed to a general campaign. Flat advertising costs or other charges can be entered under “Other eBay / ad fees.”

Yes. Add your card cost, shipping label, packaging, grading or authentication and any other expenses. Including every out-of-pocket cost gives you a more realistic profit estimate.

The break-even sale price is the estimated minimum price needed to recover your entered costs and applicable fees. At that price, your calculated profit would be approximately zero.

Use RipYard Sports Card Comps to review recent eBay sold listings for similar cards. Compare the same player, year, set, parallel, condition and grade whenever possible, then enter your expected sale price into the profit calculator.