Facebook Marketplace fees are 10% of the total the buyer pays, with a minimum of $0.80 per order, charged only on orders that ship through Facebook checkout. Local pickup listings have no selling fee at all. There is no listing fee, no monthly fee, and no insertion fee, so a Marketplace seller pays nothing until something actually sells and ships.
That is the short answer. The longer one matters, because the fee is calculated on a bigger number than most sellers expect, the payout timing is slower than eBay's, and the tax side has changed twice in three years.
Does Facebook Marketplace Charge Fees?
Only in one situation: a shipped order paid for through Facebook's checkout. Everything else is free.
| What you do | Fee |
|---|---|
| Create a listing | $0 |
| Renew or relist | $0 |
| Sell locally, buyer pays cash or Venmo on pickup | $0 |
| Sell with shipping through Facebook checkout | 10% of the total, minimum $0.80 |
| Monthly account or store fee | $0 |
| Payment processing on a checkout order | Included in the 10% |
| Offer a promotion or discount | $0, but the fee is calculated after the discount |
According to Facebook's Help Center, the shipped-listing selling fee rose from 5% to 10% (or a $0.80 minimum per listing) on April 15, 2024. Meta describes the fee as covering payment processing, customer support, and Purchase Protection. Local listings sold without shipping stayed free.
So if you sell a couch to someone who drives over with cash, Facebook takes nothing. If you sell a $40 lamp and mail it via Facebook checkout, Facebook takes $4.00.
Does Facebook Marketplace Take a Cut? The Worked Examples
Yes, and the base it takes the cut from is the total the buyer pays, which includes shipping. That trips people up. If the item is $50 and shipping is $8, the fee base is $58, not $50.
| Item price | Shipping charged | Buyer total | Facebook fee (10%) | Your payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $20.00 | $0.00 (free shipping) | $20.00 | $2.00 | $18.00 |
| $20.00 | $5.95 | $25.95 | $2.60 | $23.35 |
| $50.00 | $0.00 | $50.00 | $5.00 | $45.00 |
| $50.00 | $8.00 | $58.00 | $5.80 | $52.20 |
| $150.00 | $0.00 | $150.00 | $15.00 | $135.00 |
| $150.00 | $12.00 | $162.00 | $16.20 | $145.80 |
| $6.00 | $0.00 | $6.00 | $0.80 (minimum) | $5.20 |
The $0.80 minimum applies only below an $8.00 buyer total, since 10% of $8.00 is exactly $0.80. On a $6 sale that minimum is an effective 13.3% rate, which is why sub-$10 items are a bad idea on Marketplace.
The practical takeaway for pricing: build free shipping into the item price rather than charging it separately. Both get taxed at 10% either way, but a single higher price converts better on a browsing-led platform than a low price with a shipping surprise at checkout.
How Much Does It Cost to Sell on Facebook Marketplace?
Add up everything a real seller pays on a $50 shipped order:
| Line item | Cost on a $50 sale |
|---|---|
| Facebook selling fee (10% of $50) | $5.00 |
| Payment processing | $0 (inside the 10%) |
| Listing fee | $0 |
| Monthly subscription | $0 |
| Shipping label (if you buy Facebook's prepaid label) | Deducted from payout at the quoted rate |
| Your product cost | Whatever your supplier charges |
If you buy Facebook's prepaid shipping label, that cost comes out of your payout too. If you print your own label and enter the tracking manually, the label cost hits your own account instead. Either way it is a real cost, it just shows up in a different place.
Total platform cost of doing business on Marketplace: 10%. That is it. Compared with almost every other channel, it is cheap.
Facebook Marketplace Fees vs eBay Fees
This is the comparison that actually decides where a product should go.
| Facebook Marketplace | eBay (no store) | |
|---|---|---|
| Selling fee, most categories | 10% of total including shipping | 13.6% of total including shipping |
| Per-order fee | None | $0.40 ($0.30 on orders of $10 or less) |
| Listing fee | $0 | $0 for the first 250 listings a month, then $0.35 each |
| Monthly store fee | $0 | $0 without a store, $4.95+ with |
| Fee on $20 order | $2.00 | $3.12 |
| Fee on $50 order | $5.00 | $7.20 |
| Fee on $150 order | $15.00 | $20.80 |
| International fee | Not applicable, US only | 1.65% on sales to buyers outside the US |
| Payout speed | Held until delivery confirmed, or 15 to 20 business days after tracking entered | Typically 1 to 2 business days after order confirmation |
eBay's rates come from our eBay fee calculator, which is kept current against eBay's published fee pages: 13.6% final value in most categories plus $0.40 per order. Some categories differ, so check yours rather than assuming.
On raw percentage, Facebook wins by 3.6 to 4 points plus the per-order fee. On a $50 order that is $2.20 more in your pocket. Across 100 orders a month, $220.
What eBay buys you for that extra money: buyers who are actively searching rather than browsing, a mature shipping and label system, a real seller support channel, global reach, and a full API that lets software list and sync orders for you. Whether that is worth 4 points depends on how much of your time the manual work eats. Our best eBay dropshipping software comparison covers the tooling side.
The sensible answer is usually both. List the same catalog on both channels and let each one find its own buyers. That is exactly the setup the SuperDS Facebook Marketplace integration is built for.
Does Facebook Marketplace Report to the IRS?
Yes, for checkout sales. Facebook processes the payment, which makes Meta a third-party settlement organization under US tax law, and those are required to file Form 1099-K when a seller crosses the reporting threshold.
Local cash sales are not processed by Facebook, so they do not appear on a 1099-K. That does not make them untaxed. Income is income whether a form documents it or not.
What Is the $600 Rule?
It was repealed. Here is the sequence, because the confusion is understandable:
- The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 lowered the 1099-K reporting threshold to $600 with no transaction minimum.
- The IRS delayed the rollout three times, running transition thresholds instead.
- The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed July 4, 2025, repealed the $600 rule and restored the original test.
- The IRS confirmed the change applies retroactively in Fact Sheet 2025-08, issued October 23, 2025.
For tax year 2026, the federal 1099-K threshold is more than $20,000 in gross payments and more than 200 transactions on a single platform. Both conditions must be met before a platform is required to send the form.
A handful of states set lower thresholds and require the form regardless of the federal rule. Massachusetts, Vermont, Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC, Montana and North Carolina use $600. New Jersey and Illinois use $1,000. Missouri uses $1,200. If you sell from one of those states, expect a form much earlier. Our eBay 1099-K guide works through the same thresholds in detail, including gross versus net and how to handle it on Schedule C. The mechanics are identical on Facebook.
Two things worth knowing:
- The 1099-K reports gross, not profit. It shows the total the buyers paid, before Facebook's 10%, before your shipping label, before your product cost. Your taxable profit is much lower, but you have to document the difference.
- No form does not mean no tax. If you make $8,000 of profit on Marketplace and never receive a 1099-K, you still owe tax on $8,000.
Keep the supplier invoices, the label receipts, and a monthly export of your Marketplace orders. Reconstructing a year of costs in April is miserable.
What Does $1234 Mean on Facebook Marketplace?
Nothing official. It is a seller shorthand, not a Facebook feature.
When a listing shows a price like $1234, $1,234 or $12345, it almost always means the seller does not want to state a price publicly. Common reasons:
- It is a placeholder. Facebook requires a price field. Sellers who want offers only type a nonsense number.
- It signals "message me." Especially common on car, property and bulk listings where the real price depends on details.
- It dodges price-based search filters. A seller who wants the listing seen by everyone browsing, not just people filtering under $100, sets an absurd price so no filter excludes it.
- It is a scam signal. Sometimes. A listing with a nonsense price, stock photos, and a seller who immediately moves the conversation off Facebook is a pattern worth walking away from.
As a seller, do not do this. Marketplace buyers filter by price constantly, and a fake price gets you messages from people who were never going to buy. Price honestly and let the filter work for you.
Is It Worth Selling on Facebook Marketplace?
For the right products, yes. Here is the balanced version.
What makes it worth it:
- 10% is the cheapest real fee among the major marketplaces with built-in traffic.
- Zero fixed cost. No subscription, no listing fee, nothing to lose by testing.
- Enormous casual browsing audience that no other channel gives you for free.
- Local pickup is completely free, which is unbeatable for bulky or fragile items.
What makes it hard:
- Shipped checkout is US only. Everywhere else, Marketplace is a classifieds board.
- Payouts are slow. Facebook releases funds within 5 business days after the buyer confirms delivery, or 15 to 20 business days after you enter tracking if confirmation never comes. On eBay you are typically paid in 1 to 2 days.
- No listing API. Every listing is a manual form, which is the real bottleneck once you go past a handful of products.
- Account restrictions arrive with little explanation and no support line.
- Buyers negotiate. A lot. Budget for it or price with room.
The economics work when your margin can absorb 10% plus a three-week cash flow gap. On a $50 item sourced at $22, that is $5.00 to Facebook, $23 gross margin, and money that arrives two or three weeks after you paid the supplier. Fine. On a $12 item sourced at $8, it is not a business.
Pricing Checklist for Marketplace Sellers
- Start from the buyer total, not the item price. The 10% applies to price plus shipping, so calculate on the full number.
- Avoid anything under $10. The $0.80 minimum pushes the effective rate above 13%, and margins that thin do not survive one return.
- Bake shipping into the price. Same fee either way, better conversion.
- Target $25 to $120. That is where Marketplace browsers convert best.
- Compare against eBay per product. Run both numbers with the eBay fee calculator and the shipping cost from our shipping calculator before you decide where a product goes.
- Hold 3 to 5 orders of working capital. You pay your supplier before Facebook pays you.
- Track gross separately from profit. Your 1099-K will report gross. Keep the receipts that prove the rest.
- Recheck the fee before each season. Facebook changed it once already, from 5% to 10%, and gave limited notice.
Bottom Line
Facebook Marketplace fees are simple in a way few platforms manage: 10% on shipped orders with a $0.80 floor, zero on local pickup, nothing else. That is cheaper than eBay by roughly four points and cheaper than a Shopify store once you count the subscription and apps.
The costs that do not appear on the fee table are the ones to plan for: slow payouts, US-only shipped checkout, and the manual listing work.
SuperDS now supports Facebook Marketplace as a selling channel in beta. Our Chrome extension prefills the Facebook create-listing form from your supplier drafts, including photos, title, price, condition and description, with pricing rules that already account for the 10% cut. You pick the category and publish. See how it works, check the plans, or create a free account and try it on your next batch of products.