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Charge enough to cover any US buyer's label, and not a cent more.

Example values, change them. The answer updates as you type.

How far the buyer is
Box size in inches (optional)

Add your box size: big boxes and small heavy ones are priced by size.

Measure it packed and round each side up to the whole inch, as eBay asks.

Boxes over 1 cubic foot or 22 inches long: USPS adds $3.00 if the size is missing or wrong.

$11.22 Full breakdown below
Label cost, far-away buyer (zone 8)
$11.22
Ground Advantage, 1 lb, zone 8, to a rural ZIP code: the most this label can cost. Charge at least $12.99 for shipping to cover it and eBay's fee.
$1.09 eBay's fee
$4.31 You lose
$12.99 Charge at least

Checked by JunaydMethod and sources

Price news: USPS prices from to (Notice 123). All fee changes

Your $8.00 charge against what it costs

  • eBay's fee on shipping $1.09
  • Label $11.22
  • You lose $4.31

This is the most this label can cost you: eBay charges this price when the buyer's ZIP code is rural. Most buyers' labels cost less.

You lose $4.31 on this label. Charge at least $12.99.

How do I figure out shipping costs on eBay?

To figure out eBay shipping costs, price the USPS label by weight, box size and how far the buyer is. A 1 lb Ground Advantage label to a rural ZIP code costs $8.01 nearby and $11.22 far away; most eBay labels cost less. eBay also takes 13.6% of your shipping charge in most categories.

Far-away buyers cost the most

BuyerLabelOn your $8.00
Zone 1$8.01lose $1.10
Zone 2$8.08lose $1.17
Zone 3$8.40lose $1.49
Zone 4$8.55lose $1.64
Zone 5$9.29lose $2.38
Zone 6$10.18lose $3.27
Zone 7$10.53lose $3.62
Zone 8$11.22lose $4.31

How we worked it out

  1. Priced for ordinary contents in a plain box. Tubes, rolls, cans, large amounts of liquid, live animals and hazardous items cost more.
  2. 1 lb 0 oz: priced at 1 lb (any fraction of a pound counts as a whole pound)
  3. Ground Advantage, 1 lb, zone 8: $11.22 (USPS Notice 123)
  4. 13.6% of $8.00 shipping (most categories) = $1.09 eBay fee
  5. $8.00 − $1.09 − $11.22: you lose $4.31
  6. Charge at least $12.99: $12.99 − $1.77 eBay fee = $11.22, the label
  7. Weigh and measure it packed. If USPS finds more, eBay charges you the difference later.

A box over 1 cubic foot can be priced by size

Over 1 cubic foot, USPS prices a box by its size if that comes to more than its weight. A 12 x 12 x 12 inch box with 8 oz inside costs $8.95 to zone 8. One inch more on one side and it is priced as 14 lb: $33.28.

USPS calls this dimensional weight: length x width x height in inches, divided by 139, rounded up to the next pound.

Small heavy boxes can cost less

USPS's cubic price, set by size, covers boxes up to 1 cubic foot and 20 lb, with no side over 22 inches. A 5 lb item in a 10 x 8 x 4 inch box costs $12.39 to zone 8, not $20.24 by weight. eBay labels use the lower price.

Crossing 1 lb adds up to $2.27

To a rural ZIP code, a 1 lb parcel costs $0.68 more than one under 1 lb nearby, and $2.27 more far away. In our test of eBay's own calculator, the same step to a buyer who isn't rural cost $0.01.

Worked examples

A 1 lb parcel with $8 flat shipping

USPS Ground Advantage1 lb 0 ozZone 8Shipping you charge $8.00Most categories

You lose $4.31 on this label. Charge at least $12.99.

Label
$11.22
eBay's fee
$1.09
You lose
$4.31
Charge at least
$12.99

Free shipping on a 2 lb parcel

USPS Ground Advantage2 lb 0 ozZone 8Shipping you charge $0.00Most categories

You pay $13.42 for this label. Raise your item price by $15.53 to cover it and eBay's $2.11 fee on the raise.

Label
$13.42
eBay's fee on the raise
$2.11
You pay
$13.42
Raise item price by
$15.53

Common questions

How much does an eBay shipping label cost?

Up to 20 lb, a rural buyer's Ground Advantage label costs USPS's business price: $7.33 under 1 lb nearby, $42.14 at 20 lb far away. Most labels cost less: in our far-away test, eBay's price was 74% to 93% of USPS's business price.

Why is shipping so expensive on eBay?

A label is priced by weight, box size and distance, and eBay takes its fee on the shipping too. To a rural ZIP code, a 2 lb parcel costs $8.39 nearby and $13.42 far away.

How much are eBay shipping fees?

eBay's final value fee is charged on the shipping you charge and its sales tax: 13.6% in most categories. On an $8.00 shipping charge with no sales tax, that is $1.09.

What is the cheapest way to ship items on eBay?

To a rural buyer, Ground Advantage beats Priority Mail, but 10 lb in a Medium Flat Rate box costs $22.02, not $26.39 far away. Cards, coins and stamps up to 3 oz, selling for $20 or less, can use eBay Standard Envelope; books and discs can go Media Mail.

What do you keep after eBay's fees?

See what you keep on the whole sale, with the label filled in.

Shipping you charge $8.00Shipping label $11.22

Work out your eBay fees

Method and sources

Each calculator applies the platform's published fees to the whole amount the platform charges them on, works in whole cents or pence and rounds each fee to the nearest one. Every step is shown, and every fee links to the platform's own page with the date we checked it. Spot something wrong? Tell us and we will fix it and note the change.