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Facebook Marketplace fees: what it really takes

Selling to someone nearby costs nothing in fees. For shipped orders, guides give 10% with a $0.80 minimum, or 5%, so check the fee shown to you.

✓ Checked 8 Nov 2026 against seller guides · Next check 5 Feb 2027
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A buyer who collects the item means no selling fee. Shipping through Facebook’s checkout brings a fee. We could not read Meta’s own fee page, and the guides we did read disagree on the shipped rate, so we show both.

What do you need for Facebook Marketplace?

  1. Things to sellStart with what you already own.
  2. A Facebook accountListings run through it.
  3. Care when you meetChoose a public place.

What Facebook Marketplace really pays

ItemFigureWhat it means
Local pickup$0No selling fee, and all the guides we read agree
Shipped order10%, at least $0.80Since 15 April 2024, up from 5%. One guide adds 2.9% processing; others say the 10% includes it
$50 shipped sale$5 feeOur sum, at 10%

What it adds up to

Sales of $50Local pickup, you keepShipped at 10%, you keep
10 sales$500$450
20 sales$1,000$900
50 sales$2,500$2,250

Guides differ on the shipped fee, so check the fee shown to you. Our sums: an example, not a promise.

When does Facebook Marketplace pay you?

QuestionAnswer
Local salePaid by the buyer when you meet
Shipped orderNot read: Meta’s page could not be read when we checked

What is the catch with Facebook Marketplace?

  • Meta’s fee pages could not be read when we checked, so this rests on guides.
  • Guides disagree on the shipped rate, so check the fee shown before you sell.
  • If a buyer pays by cheque, the FTC says it can take weeks for a bank to find out one is fake.
  • Fees have changed before: the fee on shipped sales rose to 10% in April 2024.

How to start with Facebook Marketplace

  1. List one itemUse clear photos and a fair price.
  2. Prefer local pickupIt carries no selling fee.
  3. Check the fee shownBefore you agree to ship.

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