How to Use the Auction House Fee Net Calculator
When selling items or currency through an MMO or mobile-game auction house, the listing price and the amount you actually pocket can differ wildly. Sales fees run 5%, 10%, even 15% depending on the game, and many games add a flat listing fee on top. This calculator takes the sale price, fee rate, listing fee, and optionally your cost basis to produce total fees, net received, and profit-versus-cost in one view.
For example, a 1,000,000 gold listing at 5% fee with a 1,000 listing fee deducts 50,000 + 1,000 = 51,000 gold, netting 949,000 gold. If your cost basis was 700,000, your profit lands at +249,000 gold.
The reverse-calculation field answers "What should I list at to actually net 1,000,000 gold?" — at a 5% fee, you need to list at roughly 1,053,000 gold to recover the full target after fees.
Frequently Asked Questions
Developers tune fees to prevent inflation and recycle currency. Common rates are 5%, 10%, and 15%, and seasonal adjustments do happen — check the in-game tooltip.
Listing fees are usually non-refundable whether the item sells or not. Unsold expirations cost you the listing fee outright, so verify market price before posting.
Most games return the item to your mailbox but keep the listing fee. Factor that risk into your pricing strategy.