If you’re selling on Facebook Marketplace, there’s a fee.
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Facebook Marketplace charges a small fee on all items sold through the platform.
Facebook Marketplace shipments come with a fee of 5% of the payment if it totals more than $8, while shipments of $8 or less come with a flat fee of $0.40.
You don’t need to pay any fees to list an item for sale on Facebook Marketplace, or to buy anything.
Over the past few years, Facebook Marketplace has become one of the most popular online shopping platforms around. But if you’re trying to start a business there, you should be aware of the fees that Facebook will charge you.
Facebook Marketplace charges a fee to sell products
If you’re buying products from Facebook Marketplace, you don’t have to pay any fees. And just listing an item for sale is free too.
The only time you’ll have to pay a fee is when you officially sell an item. After you deliver the product and get paid, Facebook takes a cut of the final payment.
The amount that Facebook takes depends on how much money you received in payment:
If you’re paid $8 or less, Facebook charges a flat selling fee of $0.40.If you’re paid more than $8, Facebook takes 5% of the payment.
In other words, when you sell an item for $5, Facebook will take $0.40, and your final payment will be $4.60.
If you sell an item for $100, they’ll take 5%, making your final payment $95.
Just note that Facebook doesn’t charge this fee per order, but per shipment. So if you’re fulfilling a single order that involves two separate shipments, they’ll charge a fee on each shipment, based on the cost of that individual shipment.
For example, if you ship one item for $5 and another for $100 in the same order, you’ll have to pay $5.40 in fees — $0.40 for one shipment, and 5% for the other.