Facebook Marketplace · UK
Facebook Marketplace Fee Calculator UK
Local pickup is usually £0. Shipped checkout takes about 10% of what the buyer pays. See take-home either way.
Updated 3 September 2026 · Assumptions
Facebook Marketplace Fee Calculator UK
UK fee model · decision aid
Take-home after fees, cost, postage, ads and returns.
| Sale total (price + postage charged) | £0.00 |
| Platform fees | £0.00 |
| Product + your postage + extras | £0.00 |
| Sales VAT remitted | £0.00 |
| If sale sticks (no return) | £0.00 |
Quick answer
Local pickup: typically no Meta seller fee. Shipped via Marketplace checkout: ~10% of item + postage, with a ~£0.80 minimum. Confirm the live payout preview in your seller tools.
Facebook Marketplace fee calculator UK
Meta’s Marketplace fees depend on how the sale completes:
- Local pickup — typically £0 Meta seller fee when payment happens outside Marketplace checkout. Your costs are product, time and meet-up risk.
- Shipped checkout — about 10% of what the buyer pays (item + postage), with a small minimum around £0.80. Confirm the live payout preview in Meta Commerce.
Toggle local vs shipped above. A £45 item with £3.99 postage is ~£4.90 in shipped fees under the 10% model — suddenly local cash looks very different from “easy postage.”
When shipped Marketplace still wins
If local buyers will not travel, 10% may still beat eBay business or Amazon referral — especially on bulky items. Run the same SKU on the eBay fee calculator before you assume Marketplace shipping is free money.
How to use every field
These fields are the same idea on every platform calculator — only the fee stack behind the scenes changes.
- Selling price — what the buyer pays for the item (before postage).
- Product cost — what you paid for the item, including packaging materials if you want them in the number.
- Shipping charged — postage the buyer pays you. Marketplace fees often apply to item + postage.
- Your shipping cost — the label you actually buy. Charging £3.99 and spending £4.40 is a fee you invent for yourself.
- Ads % — promoted listings, boosts, Meta ads or TikTok spend as a share of the sale. Leave 0 if you never promote.
- Return rate — expected % of sales that come back. Fashion often needs 8–15%; electronics less.
- VAT on platform fees — turn on if you cannot reclaim VAT on marketplace fees (typical for many private / non-VAT sellers).
Same SKU on another platform?
This page only models Facebook Marketplace Fee Calculator UK. To rank eBay, Amazon, Depop, Vinted and the rest on one product, open the compare marketplace fees UK tool.
Other platform calculators
- eBay fees — Private £0 or business FVF — seller take-home after ads and returns.
- Vinted — Fee calculator for private and Pro — usually £0 to sell fashion.
- Amazon FBA / FBM — Amazon FBA fees and FBM referral — paste your fulfilment quote.
- Depop — Processing fees — not the old 10%.
- Etsy — Listing, transaction and payment processing.
- eBay buyer protection — What the buyer pays on a UK private listing.
- Whatnot — UK live-selling fees: commission + processing.
- Shopify — Card fees plus the ads that bring the sale.
- TikTok Shop — 9% commission with ads and returns.
Decision aid only. Category rates, promotions and programme terms change — confirm live rates on the platform before you scale stock.
Frequently asked questions
Does Facebook Marketplace charge fees in the UK?
Local pickup is usually free of a Meta selling fee. Shipped checkout sales typically take about 10% of the buyer-paid total, with a small minimum fee.
Is the fee charged on postage?
For shipped checkout, Meta’s public help describes the selling fee on the amount the buyer pays — so item plus shipping is the safe modelling base.