Facebook Marketplace Local Pickup Fees ($0)
Local pickup is the $0 side of Facebook Marketplace’s fee fork: Meta’s published selling-fee help lists no Meta selling fee for in-person sales completed without Meta checkout, and there is no Meta checkout fee when Meta checkout is not used. This page defines the local path, contrasts it with the shipped 10% (min $0.80) option, and traces the same $40 item on each.
Facebook Marketplace local pickup fee data checked against Meta Help, Meta merchant policies, the Meta Onsite Checkout Payments Features Terms and Meta shipping terms; Meta shipping terms page last updated . Figures are for US individual sellers. United States, USD.
Feebrief is not affiliated with Meta or Facebook Marketplace and is not an official calculator. Rates, minimums and payout timing change; confirm on the linked Meta pages before pricing.
Quick answer: $0 from Meta on local pickup
Local pickup is Facebook Marketplace’s $0 fork: Meta’s published selling-fee help lists no Meta selling fee for local, in-person sales completed without Meta checkout — and no Meta checkout fee when Meta checkout is not used. Ship instead and the fee is 10% (min $0.80). US individual sellers, as of 2026-10-31.
What counts as local pickup
A local pickup sale is one where the listing is fulfilled in person: you and the buyer agree on a time and place, the item is handed over, and payment is settled directly between the two of you — cash or a person-to-person payment. Nothing ships. There is no shipping label, no delivery confirmation, and no money passing through Meta’s onsite checkout. That last point is what drives the fee treatment on this page: Meta’s selling fee is attached to the shipped, onsite-checkout path, and a sale that never enters that path never triggers it.
The local pickup fee: $0 from Meta, worded carefully
Meta’s published selling-fee help — the same article that sets the 10% shipped fee — does not list a Meta selling fee for local, in-person sales completed without Meta checkout. Because onsite checkout is not used, there is no Meta checkout fee either. Feebrief therefore reports the local path as a $0 Meta seller selling fee: no percentage, no minimum, nothing deducted from a payout, because there is no Meta payout on a handover sale — you keep whatever the buyer pays you. We word it as “$0, none listed” rather than as a quoted Meta rate, because Meta’s help does not dedicate a sentence to the local path; the figure rests on the selling-fee article’s coverage of the shipped path. Check the linked Meta page before relying on it.
The same listing, shipped: 10% with a $0.80 minimum
Flip the listing to shipping and the fee picture changes. When the buyer pays through Meta’s onsite checkout, Meta charges a selling fee of 10% of the total transaction value — item price plus shipping plus applicable taxes — with a $0.80 minimum per order, per Meta Help. The prepaid label is a separate deduction, and payout timing belongs to the shipped path. Label purchase, where the floor binds and when payouts land are unpacked in the shipped selling fee: 10%, min $0.80 deep dive; this page stays on the local fork.
Local pickup vs shipped: side by side
| Selling path | Meta selling fee | Fee base | Checkout | Label & payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local pickup, paid in person | $0 — none listed for sales completed without Meta checkout | None: there is no Meta fee base | None: the buyer pays you directly | No label, no Meta payout; money changes hands at handover |
| Shipped, paid through Meta onsite checkout | 10%, minimum $0.80 per order | Total transaction value: item + shipping + applicable taxes | Meta onsite checkout | Prepaid label deducted from payout; payout follows the shipped schedule (see the shipping fee guide) |
Sources: Meta Help: selling fees, Meta merchant policies and Meta shipping terms, checked 2026-10-31 (shipping terms page last updated 2026-08-31); the full list is below. We could not tie the local $0 row to a dedicated Meta sentence, so it is worded as “none listed” and rests on the selling-fee article. Figures are for US individual sellers.
Worked contrast: the same $40 item, local vs shipped
Assumptions: US individual seller, tax $0, buyer-paid shipping inside the fee base, prepaid label shown as a separate line with no invented dollar. See how Feebrief estimates seller fees.
| Line | Local pickup | Shipped with onsite checkout |
|---|---|---|
| Item price | $40.00 | $40.00 |
| Shipping | None | $8.00 buyer-paid |
| Total transaction value | $40.00 (no Meta fee base) | $48.00 |
| Meta selling fee | $0.00 — none listed | $4.80 (10% of $48, above the $0.80 floor) |
| Prepaid Meta label | None | Deducted from payout; no public fixed dollar |
| When you have the money | $40.00 at handover | $43.20 before label, paid on the shipped payout schedule |
Sold locally, the $40 item puts $40.00 in your hand at handover, with no Meta label to buy and no payout wait. Shipped with $8 buyer-paid shipping, the order posts a $48 total transaction value, a $4.80 fee, and $43.20 before the label — $3.20 more than local on paper, and that margin is exactly what the label has to cost less than for shipped to come out ahead. Feebrief does not invent a label dollar; treat the label as a line you check when Meta shows you the carrier quote.
Cash at the meetup, off-platform payment, and what $0 means
$0 means Meta takes no selling fee and no checkout fee on the sale — it does not mean selling is free of every cost. Your time and travel, and any income-tax obligation on what you earn, sit outside marketplace fees. The fee trigger is the fulfillment path, not the payment instrument: cash at the meetup, or a person-to-person payment app used between buyer and seller, still completes a local sale with no Meta selling fee listed, because onsite checkout is never involved. The reverse holds too — paying cash does not strip the 10% off a shipped order that ran through onsite checkout.
How this compares with OfferUp
Unlike OfferUp — where local sales are also free but the paid-shipping path has been retired — Facebook Marketplace’s $0 local pickup sits beside an active shipped path charging 10% (min $0.80), so your fee depends on the fulfillment option you choose. On Facebook Marketplace that choice is live on every listing; cross-list the same item on both apps and the shipped option exists on only one of them.
When local stops being $0
Local stops being $0 when the order moves onto the shipped path: you or the buyer switch the listing to shipping, the buyer pays through Meta’s onsite checkout, and the 10% (min $0.80) selling fee applies, along with the label deduction and shipped payout timing. The fork is chosen per listing and fulfillment option, not per account — one seller can run both paths at once, paying $0 on handovers and 10% on shipped orders. Local sales completed through onsite checkout, such as locally delivered orders that still run through checkout, are outside this page’s scope; see the full Facebook Marketplace seller fees guide.
Out of scope: meetup safety
- Meetup safety and scam avoidance are not covered here. Facebook publishes its own guidance — start from the Meta Help Center — and Feebrief does not summarize it; follow Meta’s safety resources rather than this page.
Related fee guides
- Facebook Marketplace seller fees: the full overview — both forks, payout timing and the exclusions list.
- Facebook Marketplace shipping fee: label cost, the $0.80 floor and the payout schedule on the shipped path.
- Facebook Marketplace vs eBay fees: how the $0 local fork plays against eBay’s structure.
- OfferUp seller fees: free local sales with the paid-shipping path retired.
- Resale marketplace fees compared: the hub for the platforms Feebrief tracks.
- How much does Facebook Marketplace take: local $0 vs shipped $4.80 take contrast.
- Facebook Marketplace vs OfferUp fees: local $0 on both platforms.
Facebook Marketplace local pickup fees FAQ
Does Facebook Marketplace charge a fee for local pickup?
No Meta selling fee is listed. Meta’s published selling-fee help covers the shipped path — 10% of the total transaction value with a $0.80 minimum — and does not list a Meta selling fee for local, in-person sales completed without Meta checkout; because onsite checkout is not used, there is no Meta checkout fee either. Feebrief reports that as a $0 Meta seller selling fee for US individual sellers as of 2026-10-31. Confirm on the linked Meta page before relying on it.
Local pickup vs shipping: what’s the Meta fee difference?
Local pickup paid in person is $0: no Meta selling fee listed, no checkout fee, no label, no payout wait — you keep what the buyer hands you. Shipped through onsite checkout is 10% of item price plus shipping plus applicable taxes, with a $0.80 minimum, plus the prepaid label deducted from the payout. On a $40 item, local keeps $40.00; the same item shipped with $8 buyer-paid shipping pays a $4.80 fee and keeps $43.20 before the label. Label and payout mechanics are detailed in the Facebook Marketplace shipping fee guide.
Does cash at meetup change the Meta fee?
No. The fee trigger is the fulfillment path, not the payment instrument. Cash — or any person-to-person payment outside onsite checkout — completes a local sale with no Meta selling fee listed, and there is no Meta checkout fee when Meta checkout is not used. Paying cash does not remove the 10% selling fee from a shipped order that ran through onsite checkout.
When does the 10% shipping fee apply instead?
When the item ships and the buyer pays through Meta’s onsite checkout. The fee is then 10% of the total transaction value — item price plus shipping plus applicable taxes — with a $0.80 minimum per order, and the shipped path’s label deduction and payout timing apply. A handover completed in person without onsite checkout stays at $0. The Facebook Marketplace shipping fee page has the full mechanics.
Official Meta pages and as-of dates
Open Meta’s own pages before you price. Figures here were checked on 2026-10-31.
- Meta Help: selling fees: Facebook Marketplace selling fees and payouts (checked 2026-10-31)
- Meta merchant policies: Merchant policies (checked 2026-10-31)
- Meta Onsite Checkout Payments Features Terms (checked 2026-10-31)
- Meta shipping terms: Shipping terms (page last updated 2026-08-31)
Informational page: not a Feebrief calculator
Feebrief’s interactive fee comparer currently covers eBay, Poshmark, Mercari, Depop, Vinted and Whatnot only (fee data last reviewed 2026-10-26). Facebook Marketplace is not in that data set, so there is no live Facebook Marketplace calculator here: the figures on this page are static worked examples built from Meta’s published help and legal pages. See how Feebrief estimates seller fees and the Feebrief disclosure. Not covered here: buyer-side charges, Business/Shops/Commerce Manager fee schedules, local sales completed through onsite checkout, refund and cancellation fee treatment, and boosted listing costs.
Disclaimer
Fee rates, minimums and payout timing change and can vary by account type, location and promotions. Feebrief is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by Meta, Facebook Marketplace or OfferUp, and this page is not an official calculator. Always check Meta’s official pages and your own payout statement for the amount that will actually be deducted. Examples exclude the prepaid label cost (no public fixed dollar), sales tax rates, boosted listing costs and one-off penalties unless stated. Figures are for US individual sellers in USD.