Here's an Amazon Marketplace Fee Calculator I wrote to help people calculate what their fees and profit would be when using Amazon Marketplace. If you've ever bought anything from Amazon.com before you're probably familar with Amazon Marketplace. Amazon Marketplace allows sellers to offer their new and used goods directly alongside Amazon's own offerings. You can easily recognize it by seeing something like this on a product's details page...

In a way, this is similar to eBay's Half.com. Both systems allow you to list your item for an extended period of time without paying any fees until your item sells.

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Although Amazon Auctions is down now, when I originally wrote this Amazon Auctions Fee Calculator a number of years ago they were alive and well. Now, if you try to visit them it just leads to an blank page and even their fees page has been taken down. Even though they're no longer in operation I think I'll still keep my calculator online if nothing more than to serve as a reference of their old fee rates. Plus the calculator is made in such a way that you are free to change the fee rates the calculator uses at any time. Even if you don't use it for Amazon Auctions, you can still type in the fee rate for any company or service that charges a fee and have your fees calculated. Who knows, maybe they'll come back online somebody, but it's unlikely.
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To make calculating the fees for Amazon Advantage easier, I've written this Amazon Advantage Fee Calculator. According to Amazon.com, "Amazon Advantage is a program that enables authors, musicians, filmmakers, publishers, studios, and other content providers to list and sell their products on Amazon.com right alongside products that have massive marketing and distribution." To learn more, you can read How Amazon Advantage Works. The fees charged to be part of the Advantage program are pretty straightforward and are listed on their FAQ page. They charge an annual fee of $29.95 and then 55% of the list price of every item you sell.
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