How eBay fees work
eBay charges a final value fee that runs around 13.25 percent for clothing and accessories, plus a fixed charge of about 40 cents per order. The important detail is that the percentage applies to the total the buyer paid, including the shipping they covered, not just the item price. That catches a lot of sellers who price around the item alone. Rates vary by category and drop if you have a store subscription, so set the percentage to whatever your category actually charges.
eBay is for anything searchable
If someone can type the exact thing into a search bar, it belongs on eBay. Specific brands, weird pieces, collector items, sports and band merch. The audience is bigger and more literal than on the social platforms, and the sold listings are free pricing research even if you never sell there. The fee is higher than most, but so is the reach, and a piece nobody on Depop recognizes can move in a day here.
Price to comps, not to one comp
One sold listing at $85 is a coincidence, not a market. Pull three to five sold comps, take the average, and run that number through the calculator with the fee and shipping included before you decide what to list at. The difference between listing off a single lucky comp and listing off an average is usually the difference between a piece that sells this week and a piece that sits until spring.
When a calculator stops being enough
A calculator answers one question at a time. Running a reselling business means knowing which stores keep returning, which categories carry your profit, how long each piece has been sitting, and what a whole month actually netted. Hauly does this math automatically across every sale and every platform, flags dead stock before you forget about it, and keeps your numbers on every device.