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Agent fee comparison with editable rates

Fee comparison tables are usually hard-coded, which makes them useless the moment your quote differs. Every rate here is an input, and fields we cannot verify are excluded rather than counted as free.

Rows marked unverified are excluded from every total on this page. A row with no published fee data is not the same thing as a row with zero fees, and this instrument will not present it as one.

Order and rate inputs

The sum of item prices before any agent fee. Checked 2026-W40.

Used for per-item fixed charges and domestic shipping. Checked 2026-W40.

What the seller charges to move an item to the agent warehouse. Checked 2026-W40.

The rate applied when a marketplace price is quoted in CNY. Editable, because your checkout rate is your own. Checked 2026-W40.

Fee rows (editable)

Every rate is an input. Rows we cannot verify stay marked and contribute nothing to any total until you fill them in.

Standard tier agent

Platform commission on the item subtotal, plus the card or PayPal surcharge most agents pass through. Checked 2026-W40.

Low-commission agent

Commission band reported by buyers; verify against your own checkout before relying on it. Checked 2026-W40.

Fixed-fee per item agent

No commission, but a flat charge per purchased item — the shape matters more than the headline rate. Checked 2026-W40.

Agent with unpublished feesunverified

Fee fields are not published. This row is marked unverified and is excluded from every total. Checked 2026-W40.

Totals by agent

Totals for a 3-item order with a $120.00 subtotal
Fee rowCommissionFixedPaymentDomesticTotalChecked
Standard tier agent$6.00$0.00$3.60$4.20$133.802026-W40
Low-commission agent$3.60$0.00$3.60$4.20$131.402026-W40
Fixed-fee per item agent$0.00$4.50$3.60$4.20$132.302026-W40
Agent with unpublished feesunverified$0.00$0.00$0.00$4.20$124.202026-W40
3 fee fields excluded from these totals because they are not published. An excluded field is not a zero fee — enter your own figure to include it.

Parameters and when they were checked

Every input this instrument reads, with its basis and checked week
ParameterDefaultRangeBasisChecked
Item subtotal120 USD1–5000The sum of item prices before any agent fee.2026-W40
Number of items31–50Used for per-item fixed charges and domestic shipping.2026-W40
Domestic shipping per item1.4 USD0–50What the seller charges to move an item to the agent warehouse.2026-W40
Exchange rate7.2 CNY/USD5–12The rate applied when a marketplace price is quoted in CNY. Editable, because your checkout rate is your own.2026-W40
Source:
Defaults are our starting figures; every one of them is editable on this page.
Sample:
Parameter rows carry no sample count of their own. Where a row depends on data, the sample is stated on the page that publishes it.
Recorded:
2026-W40
Known gap:
These defaults are planning figures. Your own quote or invoice is the authority.

How to read the result

Using it

  1. Open the instrument above. It calculates with the defaults immediately, so there is nothing to set up before you see a result.
  2. Replace the defaults with your own figures. Each field names what it expects and which week its default was checked.
  3. Read the result panel. If a field falls outside its expected range, the page says so and pauses the calculation rather than returning a figure built on bad input.
  4. Use Reset to return every field to its default. Nothing you type is sent anywhere or stored after you leave the page, except the QC checklist, which stays in your browser.

Questions that come up

Why does a row show a lower total than others?

Usually because its published fee is lower, but check the excluded-fields count. A row with unpublished fees will look cheap until you add the real charge yourself.

Can I add my own agent?

Enter your own rate in the editable fields and use the per-item and per-subtotal shapes as a template. The arithmetic is the same for any agent.

Does the exchange rate change the total?

It changes the CNY-to-USD translation of any CNY-quoted cost. If everything in your order is already quoted in USD, the rate has no effect.

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