This spreadsheet helps you calculate how much it would cost to sell on eBay. You simply enter the price of your item and you can see what your fees and profit would be in any of eBay's listing formats including Auction Format, "List 5 Free" Format, Fixed Price Format, Store Inventory Format, and Classified Ad Format. For advanced users, there is a way for you to reverse calculate your fees to determine what amount to charge for your item (or what to charge for S&H) to receive the amount you want after fees. You can keep a record of your sales using the included Sales Log worksheet or print out a chart showing what your fees would be for common amounts using the included Fees Chart worksheet. You can also reverse calculate price or S&H for a large number of items at once using bonus "Markup" worksheet. If eBay ever changes their fees in the future (or you want to calculate the fees for another service) you can edit all of the fee rates used by the spreadsheet using the included "Edit Fee Rates" worksheet.
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I updated my eBay Motors Fee Calculator today. As I was looking over the fees page for eBay Motors I noticed that the fees you pay for vehicle listings are always fixed amounts and not percentages like on eBay.com, it's only in the Parts & Accessories category that percentages come into play. Since I get the feeling that most of the people who use my eBay Motors calculator use it for Parts & Accessories and not for vehicles, I changed it so that "Parts & Accessories" is now selected by default when you first load up the calculator.

I also made a few other minor changes to the calculator. I made sure my fee rates were up-to-date, I disabled the appropriate listing upgrades for Parts & Accessories (for example Motors Pro Pack and Listing Icon are for vehicles only, so they'll get greyed out if you select Parts & Accessories as your category), and I changed my "For Deposit Only" Paypal sub-option to become un-checked when you select Parts & Accessories. I also made it so that whatever price you type as your "Buy It Now" price gets mirrored into your Opening and Closing Price fields so you can more easily see the difference in fees between a Fixed Price Format listing and an Auction Style listing.

Here's my newest online tool, an eBay Motors Fee Calculator. If you've ever wondered how much it would cost to sell a vehicle or vehicle parts and accessories on eBay Motors, then this tool is for you. This calculator supports all of the different vehicle and listing types available on eBay Motors and includes a special option just for Parts & Accessories. You simply enter the price of your item and the calculator figures out what your fees would be and what you would receive after fees if you were to sell an item on eBay Motors for that amount. It includes options for all of the different eBay Motors listing upgrades, has a built-in series of editable fee rate tables, and can optionally include your PayPal fees as well. It also comes with a reverse fee calculator that can tell you what price to charge for your item or what amount to charge for shipping & handling to receive the amount you want after fees.

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