[ 01 ] profit check · eBay dropshipping

Know the profit before you list.

Every eBay fee, tax, duty and parcel charge, counted line by line, for the market you sell on.

[ 02 ] first question

Where do you sell?

Every eBay site has its own fees, tax and border rules. Pick one.

eBay.com.au

    Business-seller rules as published by eBay and tax offices, read October 2026.

    [ 03 ] follow one sale

    Where does the money go?

    A bench power supply, bought for USD 22 from a supplier in China and sold on eBay.com.au. Scroll, and watch each cost take its share.

    Example numbers · checked by Meridian on 20 Oct 2026

    Buyer pays A$107.05

      Makes A$28.52 per sale (26.6%). Pay the supplier at most A$40.36, delivered. List it at A$63.04 or more to break even.

      Not counted: eBay's 5.5% extra fee if late deliveries put the account below standard.

      [ 04 ] four things, every time

      What it checks

      the marketplace

      Every eBay fee

      Final value fee for the product's category, the per-order fee, the fee for a buyer abroad, promoted-listing ads, regulatory fees and eBay's currency conversion.

      • 13.09% category fee
      • 5% ads
      • 3.25% conversion

      the border

      Every tax and parcel charge

      VAT or GST inside the price, the EU's EUR 3 duty per parcel since July 2026, Italy's own EUR 2 since October, and the import limits above which buyers pay at the door.

      • VAT/GST
      • EUR 3 EU duty
      • EUR 2 Italy

      the walk-away price

      What to pay, what to ask

      The most you can pay your supplier and still make EUR 10 and 25% a sale, the price above which every sale loses money, and the lowest price to list at.

      • pay at most
      • break-even
      • list from

      the honest part

      "No answer" when it does not know

      A cost nobody can price yet is never counted as zero. US tariffs on Chinese goods, a customs rule not sourced, a parcel above the import limit: the check says so, by name.

      • refuses, never guesses
      • names the reason

      [ 05 ] before anyone pays

      Tested like it's your money

      Six sellers in four countries ran real products through it. Every result was worked out again by hand from the official rates.

      checks run
      33
      countries
      4
      off by more than 2 cents
      0
      false "go"s left
      0

      The test found three costs that were missing or wrong. All three are fixed, and each has its own test.

      "A seller must never lose money by following a verdict."

      the one rule Meridian is built on

      [ 06 ] almost there

      Launching soon

      Three free checks to start. Then about EUR 9 a month for every product and market you want to check.

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