eBay vs Allegro for Sellers in Poland

Fee models: eBay.pl, eBay.de and Allegro

Decision rule: don't set 11% against 11.5% and stop there. eBay.pl says its amounts include Polish VAT, while Allegro quotes net rates, so check what each invoice actually charges you.

eBay.pl private seller fees

A private sale on eBay.pl has three parts, per its help page:

The 0.43% comes from the help page. eBay.pl's Strefa Sprzedawcy page gives 0.35% plus VAT, introduced on 8 April 2024. Use the higher figure until your invoice shows which one applies.

Listing is free for 150 listings a month, then 1.50 zł each. The 50 zł trap, Mały sklep maths and a full example are in eBay Poland fees for private sellers.

eBay.de: free private selling for EEA residents, 5% outside Germany

eBay.de's private-seller page says selling "ist innerhalb Deutschlands kostenlos", free within Germany, for private sellers resident in the EEA. Poland is on its list. eBay Inc.'s press release dates the rule from 1 March 2023.

The fee follows the delivery address, not where you post from. A private seller in Poland pays €0 when the buyer is in Germany. When the buyer is in Austria, France or Poland, the fee is 5% of the total transaction. Private accounts get 320 free listings a month, then €0.50 each.

Decision rule: if your likely buyers for an item are in Germany, list it on eBay.de; if they're in Poland, eBay.de still costs you 5%.

Whether regular reselling from a private account makes you a business in law is a question for a doradca podatkowy (tax adviser); this is general information, not tax advice. The conditions are in eBay Germany fees.

Allegro and Allegro Lokalnie: account types and commissions

Listing on allegro.pl is free in general. Allegro's fee calculator says commission is charged on item price plus delivery, at a net rate set by subcategory; every department's range is in Allegro fees by category.

Accounts matter as much as rates:

• Regular account: for private individuals. Official pages don't confirm a selling limit on allegro.pl.
• Business account: for entrepreneurs. It can buy on Allegro Lokalnie but not sell there.
• Allegro Lokalnie: for regular accounts only. It charges 7.9% of item value on Kup teraz and auctions, 4.9% in Elektronika and 0 zł on local listings.

Returns and protection on the two Allegro sites are compared in Allegro vs Allegro Lokalnie.

International fees and currency conversion

Both eBay.pl and eBay.de list a 3% currency conversion charge. Our research didn't capture exactly when it's triggered, so look for it on your first euro payout from eBay.de.

Worked example: one item on eBay.pl, eBay.de and Allegro

Say you sell a used jacket for 200 zł, with postage built into the price. For eBay.de, say €50: an example price, not a conversion.

The allegro.pl line is Allegro's own Moda example. The same price list also names a threshold "ze 115 zł", which would make it 19.60 zł, so price with the higher figure. On this jacket eBay.pl costs 4.81 zł more, before VAT on Allegro's invoice is known.

Decision rule: for electronics, eBay.pl's 11% sits above the top of Allegro's Elektronika range; for fashion around 200 zł, the gap is a few złoty. For Vinted, OLX and Lokalnie side by side, see marketplace fees in Poland.

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