Fee guides
Plain-language guides to what each platform charges, how the fees are applied, and how to keep more of each sale. Every figure matches the verified fee schedule.
- Airbnb host fees explained for 2026
Airbnb charges hosts 3% under the split fee or 15.5% under the single fee, and guests 14.1% to 16.5%. What each structure costs, updated September 2026.
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- Amazon FBA fees explained for 2026
Amazon charges a 15% referral fee in most categories plus a per-unit FBA fulfillment fee from $2.43. Every US rate, worked through, updated September 2026.
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- Amazon Handmade fees explained for 2026
Amazon Handmade charges a 15% referral fee on every sale, with a $1.00 per-item minimum and no other per-sale charge on its schedule. Updated September 2026.
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- Apple App Store fees and commission explained
Apple takes 30% of the price paid by the customer on the App Store, or 15% for small businesses and year-two subscriptions. What that leaves, September 2026.
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- Bandcamp fees explained: what it takes in 2026
Bandcamp takes 15% of a digital sale, 10% on merch and once an artist passes $5,000 in sales, plus 2.2% + $0.30 card processing. Updated September 2026.
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- Buy Me a Coffee fees explained for 2026
Buy Me a Coffee keeps a 5% platform fee and Stripe adds 2.9% + $0.30 to process the card, so a US creator keeps $4.30 of a $5 coffee. Updated September 2026.
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- Cash App fees explained: what it takes in 2026
Cash App charges 2.6% + $0.15 on a Business payment and up to 2.5% to cash out instantly; the free standard transfer takes 1–3 days. Updated September 2026.
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- Depop fees explained: what it takes in 2026
Depop charges UK and US sellers no selling fee, and 2.9% + £0.30 or 3.3% + $0.45 to process a payment. Boosting and marketplace fees explained, September 2026.
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- Discogs fees explained for 2026
Discogs charges sellers 9% of the item price plus shipping, with a $0.10 minimum and a $150 maximum per order, and nothing to list, updated September 2026.
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- eBay fees explained: what sellers pay in 2026
eBay charges 13.6% plus $0.40 per order in most US categories. How the final value fee, per-order fee and international fee work, updated September 2026.
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- Etsy fees explained: what it takes in 2026
Etsy charges 6.5% plus 3% + $0.25 processing on US sales. What sellers pay in six countries, the listing fee, Offsite Ads and FX, updated September 2026.
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- Eventbrite fees in 2026: what a ticket costs
Eventbrite charges US organisers 3.7% + $1.79 per paid ticket plus 2.9% payment processing on the order total. Free events cost nothing. September 2026.
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- Fiverr fees explained: what it takes in 2026
Fiverr keeps 20% of every completed order, so sellers earn 80%, while buyers pay 5.5% plus $3.50 under $200. Rates, payout fees and examples, September 2026.
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- GOAT seller fees explained for 2026
GOAT charges US sellers 9.5% commission at a seller rating of 90 or above plus a flat $5 seller fee, and Canadian sellers 12.4%, updated September 2026.
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- GoFundMe fees explained: what it takes in 2026
GoFundMe charges 2.90% + $0.30 per donation in the US and 2.20% for certified charities, with no fee to start a fundraiser. Four countries, September 2026.
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- Google Play fees explained: 2026 rates
Google Play takes 10% + 5% on US subscriptions and the first $1M a year, and 20% + 5% or 25% + 5% on other purchases. The new US rates, September 2026.
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- Grailed fees explained for 2026
Grailed charges sellers 9% on sales of $120 and up and 6% below that, minimum $1.99, plus payment processing from 3.49% + $0.49, updated September 2026.
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- Gumroad fees explained: what it takes in 2026
Gumroad takes 10% + $0.50 per sale through your own link and 30% through Gumroad Discover. Rates, worked examples and what they leave out, September 2026.
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- itch.io fees explained: what it takes in 2026
itch.io's revenue share is yours to set from 0% to 100% and starts at 10%; PayPal and Stripe each charge 2.9% + $0.30 per sale. Updated September 2026.
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- Kajabi fees explained for 2026
Kajabi charges no platform commission: a US sale costs only Kajabi Payments processing, from 2.9% + $0.30 on Basic down to 2.7% on Pro. Updated September 2026.
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- Kickstarter fees explained: what it takes in 2026
Kickstarter charges a 5% platform fee plus roughly 3-5% processing, and only if the project funds; pledges under $10 pay 5% + $0.05. Updated September 2026.
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- Ko-fi fees explained: what it takes in 2026
Ko-fi charges 5% on shop sales, memberships and commissions, 0% on one-off tips, and 0% on Ko-fi Gold at $12 a month. US rates, updated September 2026.
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- Lemon Squeezy fees explained: 5% + 50¢ in 2026
Lemon Squeezy charges 5% + 50¢ per transaction, plus 1.5% international, 1.5% PayPal and 0.5% subscription surcharges. Payout fees too, September 2026.
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- Mercari fees explained: what it takes in 2026
Mercari charges sellers 10% of the item price plus buyer-paid shipping, and listing is free. Selling fees, the buyer's 3.6% and payouts, September 2026.
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- OnlyFans fees explained: what it takes in 2026
OnlyFans charges a flat 20% of every fan payment — subscriptions, paid messages, tips and livestreams — and pays out the other 80%. Updated September 2026.
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- Paddle fees explained for 2026
Paddle charges 5% + $0.50 per checkout transaction as the merchant of record, with no monthly fee and no cap on the percentage, updated September 2026.
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- Patreon fees explained: what it takes in 2026
Patreon charges 10% on the standard plan plus 2.9% + $0.30 processing. The legacy 5%, 8% and 11% plans, iOS memberships and payout costs, September 2026.
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- Payoneer fees explained: what you pay in 2026
Payoneer charges 1% (minimum $1.00) to receive in another currency, nothing in your local currency, and $1.50 to withdraw to your bank. September 2026.
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- PayPal fees explained: what it takes in 2026
PayPal charges 3.49% + $0.49 on US sales. What sellers pay in 12 countries, the international surcharge, micropayments and conversion, updated September 2026.
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- Podia fees explained: what it takes in 2026
Podia charges 5% on the Mover plan and no platform fee on Shaker or Earthquaker; Stripe or PayPal takes about 2.9% + $0.30 either way. Updated September 2026.
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- Poshmark fees explained: what it takes in 2026
Poshmark takes a flat $2.95 under $15 and 20% at $15 or more. What US and Canadian sellers pay, the threshold trap, shipping and tax, updated September 2026.
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- Reverb fees explained for 2026
Reverb charges a 5% selling fee on the total sale including shipping, capped at $500, plus payment processing of 3.19% + $0.49, updated September 2026.
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- Roblox DevEx fees and the Robux exchange rate, 2026
Roblox keeps 70% of an avatar-item sale and DevEx pays $114.00 per 30,000 Earned Robux, with a 30,000 minimum cash-out. Quoted from Roblox, September 2026.
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- Shopify fees explained: what it takes in 2026
Shopify charges 2.9% + $0.30 on a US online order on Basic. What Basic, Grow and Advanced cost, the gateway surcharge and 13 markets, updated September 2026.
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- Square fees explained: what it takes in 2026
Square charges 2.6% + $0.15 in person, 3.3% + $0.30 online and 3.5% + $0.15 keyed on the US Free plan. UK, Canada and Australia rates, September 2026.
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- Steam Community Market fees explained
The Steam Market adds 5% for Steam, plus 10% on CS2, Dota 2, TF2 and Artifact, to the seller's price. What a sale really leaves you, updated September 2026.
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- StockX fees explained: what sellers pay
StockX takes a 9% to 7% Seller Level transaction fee plus a 3% payment processing fee, minimum $5.00. Seller levels, minimums and shipping, September 2026.
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- Stripe fees explained: what it takes in 2026
Stripe charges 2.9% + $0.30 on US cards and 5.99% + $0.30 on Klarna. What six markets pay on cards, bank rails and 26 more methods, updated September 2026.
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- Substack fees explained: what it takes in 2026
Substack takes 10% of every paid subscription and Stripe adds 2.9% + $0.30 + 0.7% on a web checkout. Apple's in-app cut and worked examples, September 2026.
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- Teachable fees explained for 2026
Teachable charges 7.5% per sale on Starter and 0% on Builder, Growth and Custom, but processing from 2.9% + $0.30 applies on every plan. Updated September 2026.
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- TikTok Shop fees explained: 2026 rates
TikTok Shop charges US sellers a 6% referral fee and UK sellers a 9% commission fee, with reduced rates from 5%. Rates, worked examples, September 2026.
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- Turo host fees explained for 2026
Turo hosts earn 70%, 80% or 90% of the trip price and Turo keeps the remaining 30%, 20% or 10%. What each earnings plan costs, updated September 2026.
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- Twitch sub revenue: what Twitch keeps in 2026
Twitch keeps 50% of a channel subscription, 40% at Plus Program Level 1 and 30% at Level 2, and pays a flat $2.25 for a Prime sub. US splits, September 2026.
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- Upwork fees explained: what it takes in 2026
Upwork's Freelancer Service Fee is 0% to 15% per contract, 10% in its own worked examples, and clients pay 5% on top. Every rate, verified September 2026.
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- Venmo fees explained: what it takes in 2026
Venmo charges 2.99% on goods-and-services payments and 1.9% + $0.10 on a business profile. Seller fees, instant transfers and the 3% card fee, September 2026.
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- Vinted fees in 2026: what selling really costs
Vinted charges sellers nothing: no listing fee, no commission. Buyers pay 3% to 8% + £0.30 to £0.80 Buyer Protection in the UK. Updated September 2026.
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- Vrbo host fees explained for 2026
Vrbo charges hosts 5% commission plus a 3% payment processing fee on a pay-per-booking stay, so a US booking costs 8% of the total. Updated September 2026.
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- Walmart Marketplace fees explained (2026)
Walmart Marketplace charges a referral fee of 15% in most categories, 6% to 20% in the rest, and no setup or monthly fee. Rates and examples, September 2026.
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- Whatnot fees explained for 2026
Whatnot charges 8% of the final sale price in most categories, 4% on Coins & Money and Pallets, plus 2.9% + $0.30 payment processing, updated September 2026.
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- Whop fees explained: what it takes in 2026
Whop charges 2.7% + $0.30 a card sale, 1.5% capped at $5 on ACH and 15% on financing, and takes no platform fee or commission. Updated September 2026.
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- Wise fees explained: what a transfer costs
Wise publishes a starting rate of 0.24% on a UK transfer, and receiving locally is free. Card, ATM and wire fees in four countries, updated September 2026.
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