Creative · official-source review · reviewed 2026-10-11
The listing price is not the number you keep, and the trade-in offer is the comparison that matters.
Turn a listing price, a fee share, and your shipping and packaging into the net and the gap against a trade-in.
Musicians, photographers, and makers selling used equipment online.
Use the source document or official route that applies to your situation. This guide does not contact another person or verify external information.
Use the price you will actually list at, after your own discount.
Take the percentage from the current fee schedule of the platform you use.
Include the box and the padding. Sellers absorb both more often than they expect.
Even a low offer is the comparison that decides where the item goes.
If the net is close to the trade-in, the trade-in wins on time and risk.
A $220 listing at a 13 percent fee with $12 shipping and $4 packaging nets $175.40, which is $85.40 over a $90 trade-in.
Use your own source and details. The example is not a record about a real person or organization.
Two gear sales measured the same way. Both are examples.
Both cases are examples, not records about a real person. The bars show the same numbers the free App computes.
Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Advice · reviewed 2026-10-11
What this source supports: When reselling items online, price after fees, shipping, and condition, and compare your net to trade-in.
Source limit: Marketplace fees change; check the current fee schedule on the platform you use.
These sources support the statements above. They do not show that every person needs this guide. They do not show a specific result.
This guide does arithmetic on your numbers. It does not list an item or check a current fee schedule.
Marketplace fees change; check the current fee schedule on the platform you use.
Use current instructions from the responsible organization. This guide is a planning aid, not an official decision or a substitute for qualified advice.
Turn a listing price, a fee share, and your costs into the net and the gap against a trade-in offer.
This App does arithmetic on your numbers. It does not list an item, hold a fee schedule, or pay you.
You enter every number yourself. The sources support the method and the limits. They do not produce a result for your specific case. Keep the original documents next to the sheet you build.
The App computes the worked example with your own numbers, in your browser.
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Turn a listing price, a fee share, and your costs into the net and the gap against a trade-in offer.
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This guide is edited for clarity and checked against the sources it links. It is not a substitute for official instructions or qualified advice. A linked source does not show that every person needs this guide.