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Whatnot Fee & Show Profit Calculator

One sale or a whole show. Whatnot takes a commission on the item and a separate processing fee on every order — and the $0.30 per order adds up fast on a show of small sales. US rates, checked September 2026.

Total hammer and buy-now sales ($)

Items sold

Separate orders (buyers × checkouts)

Whatnot bundles a buyer's wins into one order per show — fewer orders, fewer $0.30s.

Average shipping the buyer pays per order ($)

Average sales tax rate (%)

Processing applies to the whole order, tax included.

Category

Cost of everything you sold ($)

Giveaways: count × cost ($)

Giveaways are shipped too — count their postage in supplies if you cover it.

Supplies, toploaders, mailers ($)

Show length incl. packing (hours)

Apply Whatnot's high-value promotion (0% commission on the part of an item's price above $1,500, select categories, time-limited)

—Whatnot's total

—paid out to you

—profit after costs

—per hour

Line	Basis	Amount

Lowest safe starting bid

Add what an item cost you. The floor is the sale price at which fees and your cost are covered on a single-item order with your average shipping — start a $1 auction below it and you are betting on the room.

Item	Your cost ($)	Break-even	+20% margin

How Whatnot's fees work

Commission: 8% of the item's final price in most categories (5% electronics, 4% coins and money), charged on the item only — not shipping or tax. Payment processing: 2.9% of the whole order the buyer pays (items, shipping and tax) plus $0.30 per order. No listing or monthly fees. Payouts start when tracking confirms delivery, so a big show is paid out over the following week, not that night.

Rates change and differ outside the US (UK: 6.67% commission plus VAT). Check the fee line on your Whatnot seller dashboard before pricing a show. Nothing you type leaves this page.

Show Desk keeps every show in one ledger: cost basis per lot, start-bid floors, giveaways, real profit per show and per hour, and which categories actually pay.

See Show Desk