Whatnot seller fees, explained with current examples

The two fees are charged on two different amounts

Commission is charged on the item price after any seller coupon. Payment processing is charged on the whole amount the buyer paid, which includes buyer-paid shipping and tax. Two sales at the same item price can therefore cost different amounts in fees.

Source: Whatnot seller fees.

The fixed fee is charged per transaction, not per shipment

Payment processing includes a fixed amount on every transaction. If a buyer wins two items in two separate purchases, that fixed amount is charged twice even when the items ship together.

This is why very low-priced auctions are proportionally expensive. The safe auction start calculator solves for the lowest price that still clears your costs.

Qualifying high-value orders stop accruing commission

In qualifying categories, commission applies only up to a threshold. Above it, no further commission accrues, so the effective rate falls as the price rises.

Category eligibility and the threshold are set by Whatnot and can change. Source: Reduced commission on high-value orders.

What these numbers do not include

• Taxes charged on the fees themselves, which depend on where the seller is based.
• Promotional rates, which Whatnot runs from time to time and which are not always documented while active.
• Cross-border orders, refunds and shipping adjustments, which change the final payout after the sale.
• Your own costs — goods, packaging, labor and giveaway shipping — which FeeSift only knows if you enter them.

To see what actually happened rather than what should have happened, run your Weekly Orders Report through the payout analyzer. It reconciles refunds and adjustments per order in your browser.