eBay Germany (eBay.de) Fees for Resellers

Private sellers: free domestic selling and who qualifies

eBay.de's private-seller page says selling "ist innerhalb Deutschlands kostenlos": free within Germany. eBay Inc.'s press release dates the rule from 1 March 2023; before that, private sellers paid 11% plus up to €0.35. A sale is free only when all three conditions hold:

• You sell from a private account, not a business (gewerblich) account
• You are resident in a country on eBay.de's EEA list, which includes Germany and Poland
• The item is listed on ebay.de and delivered to an address in Germany

Private sellers resident outside the EEA, the UK for example, pay 11% of the sale up to €1,990 and 2% above, plus €0.05 on orders under €10 and €0.35 on the rest.

Account type is your choice on eBay, but whether buying to resell makes you a business in law is a tax and legal question. This is general information, not tax advice: ask an adviser in your country. Platform reporting is covered in DAC7 for resellers.

Listing allowances and extra auctions

Free selling and free listing are separate. On the private page:

Upgrades cost extra, for example Galerie Plus €0.75 and a subtitle €0.50; up to 24 photos are free.

Example: you list 400 fixed-price items in a month. The 80 beyond the allowance cost €40, whether or not anything sells.

Decision rule: near 320, let unsold items renew automatically instead of ending and relisting by hand, because manual relists use the allowance.

Fees when a private sale ships outside Germany

When an item listed on ebay.de is delivered outside Germany, private sellers pay an international fee of 5% of the total transaction. eBay.de also lists a 3% currency conversion charge.

The fee follows the delivery address. For a seller in Poland, a buyer in Germany means no selling fee and a buyer in Austria means 5%, though both parcels leave Poland. The page doesn't mention the dispatch country, so check the fee line on your first cross-border invoice.

Decision rule: if most buyers are outside Germany, compare the 5% before you list. eBay.pl charges private sellers 11% up to 9,990 zł, as eBay Poland fees sets out, and eBay vs Allegro weighs the Polish options.

Business sellers: per-order fee and category rates

Current rates without a shop:

Not every general category is 14%: the June 2026 news sets Garten & Terrasse and Heimwerker at 13% and Musikinstrumente at 11% for new items. For sneakers, where to sell sneakers in Europe compares the €100 line with other platforms.

Sellers rated "Unterdurchschnittlich" (below average) pay a separate rate, which since 1 July 2026 rises one more percentage point after four consecutive months at that status. Unlike eBay UK business fees, which add a 0.35% regulatory operating fee, the German business page doesn't mention one.

The July 2026 change: flat rates and 5% for used items

On 1 July 2026 eBay.de dropped the tiers in selected categories. Until 30 June, sellers without a shop paid 6.5% on devices, 11% on accessories and 12% in general categories such as Sport, each up to €990 and 3% above. Now new items pay the flat rates in the table above, and items listed as "Neu: Sonstige", refurbished, "Vom Verkäufer generalüberholt" or "Gebraucht" pay 5%.

Decision rule: the rate follows the condition field, so the condition must be true. A new item listed as used to get 5% invites not-as-described claims.

Shops and international fees

Example: without a shop, 115 fixed-price listings cost €40.25, more than Basis. One side effect: with a shop, the 16% band for Uhren & Schmuck ends at €500, not €990.

The business international fee, for sellers registered in Germany not using eBay International Shipping, is free to the eurozone and Sweden. We couldn't match the other regional rates to their regions reliably, so check them on the business page.

Worked examples: eBay Germany fees on three sales

All three are examples with round numbers; business fees exclude VAT.

Example 2 shows who the July change hurts: expensive new items lost the 3% band above €990. Example 3 is the cost of switching accounts on a cheap item.

The eBay.de private preset in the marketplace fee calculator is 0% + €0 and leaves out the 5% and listing fees; for business sales, choose Custom and enter your category rate and €0.45.