Platform Fees and What You Actually Keep

The sale price is gross, not net

When a product sells, the price shown is not what you keep. Selling platforms and payment processors take their cut first, and what remains is your actual revenue on that sale.

Small percentages, real impact

Each fee is a modest percentage, which makes it easy to shrug off. But across every order, and stacked together, they take a meaningful bite out of margins that were already thin.

Factor them into pricing

The right response is to include expected fees when you price, so your target margin survives them. A price set as if fees did not exist quietly delivers less profit than you planned.

Compare channels honestly

Different channels charge differently. Knowing what you actually keep on each lets you compare them honestly, and decide where it is worth selling, rather than being swayed by the headline price alone.