Selling thrift finds on Facebook Marketplace: local vs shipped, and how to check the fee

Short answer: Facebook Marketplace supports local sales and, in some locations, selling with shipping. Meta has changed its checkout products, and we could not verify a current selling-fee figure from Meta’s own documentation. Blogs quote rates that contradict each other. Before pricing a shipped sale, use the fee Facebook shows you in the listing and payout flow.

Every other marketplace guide on this site quotes a verified fee. This one does not, on purpose.

Why this guide has no fee percentage

When we checked on 13 September 2026:

• Facebook’s Sell with Shipping help page told us that selling with shipping was not available in our research location, so it showed no fee terms.
• The Business Help Center article that fee blogs cite now redirects to a notice that, as of September 2025, Shops on Facebook and Instagram use website checkout.
• Popular fee blogs published conflicting rates for the same thing.

Our rule is that fees come from the marketplace itself. If we cannot read a fee from Meta, we will not print one. We will update this page once we can verify it.

How to find your real fee

1. Start a shipped listing and look at the payout estimate before you publish. That is the fee Facebook will actually apply to you.
2. Subtract that fee, your packed-parcel shipping cost and what you paid before deciding the sale is worth it. Our profit calculator does not include Facebook yet, so do this step by hand.
3. Recheck it periodically. Meta changed its checkout products in 2025.

Local sales: where Marketplace is strongest

Practitioner guidance, not Meta data:

• Big, heavy or fragile items: furniture, lamps, mirrors, cast iron, bikes. These are expensive to ship and easy to sell to a buyer who collects.
• Bulk lots. A bag of kids’ clothes or a box of mixed homewares sells locally in a way it never would shipped.
• Fast cash for low-value stock that would lose most of its price to postage elsewhere.

For small branded clothing, buyers searching by brand and size on eBay, Poshmark or Mercari often pay more.

Meeting local buyers sensibly

Practitioner guidance:

• Meet in a busy public place during daylight; some police stations offer designated exchange spots.
• Bring someone with you for large or valuable items, or when a buyer collects from home.
• Take payment you can confirm before handing over the item.
• Keep the conversation in Messenger so there is a record.
• Be wary of buyers who want to pay more than the asking price, send a code to your phone, or move you to another app.

Pricing a local sale

Local buyers expect to haggle. List about 10–20% above the price you would accept, and price from sold comparables rather than other Marketplace asking prices. The pricing guide explains how.

Editorial note

Facebook Marketplace features, shipping availability and fees differ by country and change over time. This page will be updated with a sourced fee figure once Meta’s current terms can be read from a primary source.