Infographics · October 2026
What FlowLister sellers' eBay numbers look like
Ten charts. Eight come from FlowLister seller data: tens of thousands of eBay listings and more than 11,000 sales, aggregated, no seller named. Two are compiled from public fee pages and resale reports, each checked on the publisher's own page. Every chart lists its sources.
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eBay sell-through rate by categoryHow many eBay listings sold within 30 days, by category, from 33,638 FlowLister sellers' listings: computers, cameras and electronics sold fastest, books and art slowest.
Cheap items sell slowest on eBayeBay listings under $15 sold within 30 days 8.6% of the time. Listings at $100 to $249.99 sold 27.6% of the time. Data from 33,638 listings by FlowLister sellers.
What eBay actually keeps, by sale priceFrom 3,014 eBay sales by FlowLister sellers: eBay's fees came to 30% of the item price on sales under $10 and 14% on sales over $250. The median eBay shipping label was $6.37.
What you keep from a $100 sale on 8 marketplacesSell a $100 item and you keep $100 on Vinted, $96.25 on Depop, $90.05 on Etsy, $90 on Mercari and Facebook, $88.80 on Whatnot, $86 on eBay and $80 on Poshmark. Checked October 15, 2026.
When eBay buyers hit Buy11,247 eBay sales by hour and day. The busiest hour is 5 p.m. Eastern, the quietest is 3 a.m. Sunday is the busiest day and Friday the slowest, but the gap is only 14%.
How long it takes to sell on eBay5.8% of eBay listings sold within a week and 12.2% within 30 days. Median days to sale, among sales within 30 days: 7.5. Data: 33,638 listings by FlowLister sellers.
What eBay items sell for, by categoryMedian eBay sale price by category from 11,223 eBay sales by FlowLister sellers: cameras $68.99, computers $39.99, clothing $20, music $13.99.
Most eBay sales are small. The median is $22.Across 11,221 eBay sales, the median item sold for $22, the middle half sold for $14 to $39.50, and 65% sold for under $30.
The resale economy in 12 numbers12 verified numbers on secondhand shopping and reselling in 2026, each from the publisher's own report: ThredUp, eBay Inc. and the US Census Bureau.
How many item specifics an eBay listing carriesMedian filled item specifics per eBay listing, by category, from 69,151 listings: clothing carries 17, collectibles 6. Item specifics are what eBay's search filters run on.
Want the long version? Read the FlowLister eBay Listing Data Study 2026.