The Facebook Marketplace Shipping Fee: 10% of Item + Shipping + Taxes, $0.80 Minimum
When a listing sells as a shipped order through Meta’s onsite checkout, Facebook Marketplace charges a selling fee of 10% of the total transaction value — item price, shipping and applicable taxes — with a $0.80 minimum per order. This guide unpacks that fee: what it is charged on, when the $0.80 floor binds, and how the prepaid label and payout timing stack on top.
Facebook Marketplace shipping fee data checked against Meta Help, Meta merchant policies and the Meta Onsite Checkout Payments Features 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.
Short answer: three costs hide behind “Facebook Marketplace shipping fee”
The phrase points at three different things, and only the first is this page:
- The 10% selling fee (this page). Charged when an order ships and the buyer pays through Meta’s onsite checkout: 10% of item price + shipping + applicable taxes, $0.80 minimum per order.
- The prepaid Meta shipping label. A separate dollar deduction from your payout; there is no public fixed dollar amount without a carrier quote.
- Buyer-side shipping. Anything on the delivery charge is the buyer’s side of the checkout; this page covers seller costs only and does not assert buyer charges.
Sell a $40 item with $8 buyer-paid shipping and the fee is $4.80 — 10% of the $48 total — leaving $43.20 before the label.
What the 10% is and when it applies
The selling fee applies to shipped orders paid through Meta’s onsite checkout, per Meta Help and Meta’s merchant policies. It is 10% of the total transaction value with a $0.80 minimum per order, deducted from your payout rather than billed separately. For local pickup paid in person, no Meta selling fee is listed — that side of the fork, along with payout setup and the rest of the fee picture, is in the full Facebook Marketplace seller fees guide.
| Trigger | Rate | Minimum | Charged on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Order ships, buyer pays through Meta onsite checkout | 10% of total transaction value | $0.80 per order | Item price + shipping + applicable taxes |
The fee base: item + shipping + applicable taxes
Meta describes the base as the total transaction value, and each component adds fee at 10%:
| Component | In the base? | Amount | Adds to the fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Item price | Yes | $40.00 | $4.00 |
| Shipping | Yes | $8.00 | $0.80 |
| Applicable taxes | Yes, when present | $0.00 in this example | 10% of the tax amount (hypothetical $3.00 tax adds $0.30) |
| Total | — | $48.00 | $4.80 |
Two consequences. Every $1 of shipping adds $0.10 to the fee, so a higher delivery charge raises the fee even though the item price is unchanged. And the item-only comparison — 10% of $40 is $4.00 versus $4.80 with shipping included — is illustrative only: fee bases differ from platform to platform, and the cross-platform side-by-side is covered in Facebook Marketplace vs eBay fees.
The $0.80 minimum: where the floor binds
Ten percent of a small total falls below $0.80, and Meta charges the minimum instead. The crossover line is $8.00, because 10% of $8.00 is exactly $0.80. Below it, the effective rate exceeds 10%; at $8.00 and above, the flat 10% applies.
| Total transaction value | 10% | Fee charged | Effective rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| $5.00 | $0.50 | $0.80 (minimum) | 16.0% |
| $6.50 | $0.65 | $0.80 (minimum) | 12.3% |
| $8.00 | $0.80 | $0.80 | 10.0% |
| $12.00 | $1.20 | $1.20 | 10.0% |
| $48.00 | $4.80 | $4.80 | 10.0% (the worked example) |
Cheap shipped items are where the floor bites: a $5.00 order pays $0.80, or 16% of the sale. Price small items with the floor in mind, not the headline 10%.
Worked example: $40 item + $8 shipping, tax $0
Assumptions: US individual seller, buyer-paid shipping inside the fee base, no sales tax, prepaid label shown as a separate deduction rather than a dollar figure. See how Feebrief estimates seller fees.
| Line | Charged on | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buyer pays | Item + shipping + tax | — | $48.00 |
| Selling fee | $48.00 (total transaction value) | 10%, minimum $0.80 | $4.80 (above the floor) |
| Seller keeps before label | $43.20 | ||
| Prepaid Meta shipping label | Deducted from payout | Carrier quote | Not publicly available as a fixed dollar; a separate line |
| Payout | $43.20 minus label cost, initiated per the timing below |
The shipping-in-base effect is the part sellers miss: an item-only 10% would be $4.00, and including shipping adds $0.80 — exactly 10% of the $8 shipping charge. That is illustrative only, since fee bases vary across platforms; the platform-by-platform comparison lives in Facebook Marketplace vs eBay fees.
The prepaid Meta label: a separate deduction, not a percentage
When you ship through Meta’s flow, you buy a prepaid label and its cost is deducted from your payout as a separate dollar line, on top of the 10% selling fee. Meta does not publish a fixed label price: it depends on the carrier quote at the time, so Feebrief does not invent one. Per Meta shipping terms (page last updated 2026-08-31), the label is its own term of the sale — do not conflate it with the percentage fee, and check the quote Meta shows you before confirming the label.
When the money arrives
Per Meta Help, checked 2026-10-31, the payout for a shipped order is:
- often initiated 15 days after you mark the item shipped,
- or 5 days after delivery is confirmed, whichever applies,
- with up to about 20 days in total before the money reaches your bank.
The selling fee and the label cost are both deducted before the payout lands. We quote the triggers as worded and do not compute an average.
Related fee guides
- Full Facebook Marketplace seller fees: the local-pickup fork, payouts and everything beyond the shipped sale.
- Facebook Marketplace vs eBay fees: how fee bases and rates differ across the two platforms.
- eBay fee details and the take-home estimator, for sellers who cross-list.
- Resale marketplace fee landscape: where Facebook Marketplace sits among the major US platforms.
- Facebook Marketplace local pickup fees: the $0 local fork contrasted with this shipped 10% path.
Facebook Marketplace shipping fee FAQ
What is the Facebook Marketplace shipping fee?
It is Meta’s selling fee on shipped orders paid through onsite checkout: 10% of the total transaction value — item price plus shipping plus applicable taxes — with a $0.80 minimum per order. On a $40 item with $8 shipping and no tax, the fee is $4.80, which is 10% of the $48 total. It is separate from the prepaid Meta shipping label cost, which is deducted from your payout as its own line.
Does the 10% fee include shipping and taxes in its base?
Yes. The base is the total transaction value: item price, shipping and applicable taxes. Every $1 of shipping adds $0.10 to the fee, and applicable taxes add 10% of the tax amount — a hypothetical $3.00 tax line on the $40 + $8 order would raise the fee from $4.80 to $5.10. An item-only 10% on the same order would be $4.00, but that comparison is illustrative; fee bases differ by platform.
How much does the prepaid Meta shipping label cost?
Not publicly available as a fixed dollar amount. The label is a separate deduction from your payout, priced from the carrier quote when you buy it through Meta, per Meta’s shipping terms (page last updated 2026-08-31). Feebrief does not estimate a label dollar figure.
How long does Facebook Marketplace take to pay out a shipped order?
Per Meta Help, payouts are often initiated 15 days after the item is marked shipped, or 5 days after delivery is confirmed, and it can take up to about 20 days in total for funds to reach your bank. The selling fee and label cost are deducted before payout. Confirm the current wording on the live Meta page.
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 the figures on this page are static worked examples from Meta’s published help and legal pages, not a live Feebrief calculator. See how Feebrief estimates seller fees and the Feebrief disclosure. Not covered here: buyer-side shipping charges, Business/Shops/Commerce Manager fee schedules, 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 or Facebook Marketplace, 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.