Live-selling margins move fast. Estimate Whatnot's common 8% seller commission, 2.9% + $0.30 processing, shipping, cost basis, profit, and ROI before a low-start auction eats the flip.
Your numbers
Used for estimating payment processing on the order total. Use 0 if shipping is not part of your payout calculation.
Editable because category and policy details can change.
Packaging, labels, prep, giveaway allocation, mileage, or authentication.
Track COGS, show fees, shipping, sourcing spots, and channel profit beyond one calculator.
Seller fee answer
How much does Whatnot take from sellers?
For many US reseller sales, Whatnot fee planning starts with an 8% commission on the item sale price plus payment processing of 2.9% + $0.30 on the order total. The real payout can move with category rules, shipping, taxes, seller promotions, country, and policy changes, so stokd keeps every fee input editable instead of locking you into a stale answer.
Commission
Use 8% as a common planning default, then adjust the rate if your category, country, or promotion has a different seller commission.
Processing
Payment processing is estimated on the item price plus buyer-paid shipping, because the order total can affect what comes out of your payout.
True profit
Subtract cost of goods, label subsidies, packaging, sourcing mileage, show supplies, giveaways, and refunds before deciding if the stream worked.
Formula
How this Whatnot calculator works
The default estimate applies an editable commission rate to the item sale price, then an editable processing rate plus fixed fee to the item price plus buyer-paid shipping. Profit subtracts seller-paid shipping, purchase cost, and other costs.
01
Estimate fees
Use the default rates for a quick planning number, or adjust the commission and processing inputs to match your latest Whatnot fee details.
02
Subtract true costs
Cost of goods, postage, supplies, prep, authentication, and show-specific costs determine whether the stream actually paid off.
03
Track repeatability
One auction result is noisy. stokd shows which categories, sourcing spots, platforms, and show formats compound profit over time.
Live-selling profit
Whatnot sellers need more than a payout number
Low starts, bundles, giveaways, buyer-paid shipping, and fast sourcing decisions make live-selling hard to manage from payout screenshots alone. stokd helps resellers keep inventory cost, sold price, fees, shipping, and expenses tied to the item so every show improves the next one.
Before the show
Know the minimum hammer price that protects margin on each item or bundle.
After payout
Reconcile fees, shipping, and cost basis instead of guessing whether a stream was profitable.
Next sourcing run
See which categories and sources deserve more cash, and which ones are just moving volume.