Free TikTok Shop tool

TikTok Shop fee calculator

TikTok Shop charges a US seller one fee on a sale, the referral fee: 6% in most categories, 5% for fine jewelry and 5% for pre-owned goods, worked out on what the buyer pays including the shipping they pay, minus tax. TikTok Shop says the referral fee covers all of its fees except shipping and tax, so there is no listing fee and no payment-processing line on top (TikTok Shop Academy, US, fee table revised 8 October 2026, read 2026-10-24).

Pick the category, type your price, the shipping the buyer pays and what the item cost you, and the calculator returns the referral fee and what you keep. Two things it can't see: the commission you agree with a creator who sells the item for you, and any introductory rate on your own account. Both are covered below.

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Item price ($)

Shipping you charge the buyer ($)

Your item cost (materials / COGS) ($)

What the shipping label costs you ($)

Category (sets the referral rate)

TikTok Shop charges the referral fee on the price plus the shipping the buyer pays, minus tax; it covers all of TikTok Shop's fees except shipping and tax, so there is no listing or processing line. A full refund of this sale would cost you $0.36 (20% of the fee, at most $5 per SKU). The creator's commission on an affiliate sale is a rate you set, so it is not in these sums.

Fee breakdown for TikTok Shop

Referral fee (6% of price + buyer-paid shipping): $1.80
Total fees (6.0% of the sale): $1.80
Your costs (item + label): $12.00
Net profit: $16.20
Margin: 54.0%

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TikTok Shop is the only one of these 19 where a used item pays a lower rate than the same item new.

Everything in TikTok Shop's Pre-Owned category pays 5%, while the same kind of item listed new pays 6%. The category covers pre-owned bags, luggage, watches, footwear, fashion accessories, menswear and womenswear, refurbished phones and electronics, and collectible coins, paper money, trading cards, figures and comic books. On every other marketplace here the condition of an item never moves the rate: the fee follows the category or a flat schedule, new or used alike.

A $40.00 item with $6.00 shipping on TikTok Shop

TikTok Shop feesYour materialsWhat is left

The buyer pays ($40.00 item + $6.00 shipping): $46.00
− Referral fee (6% of price + buyer-paid shipping): −$2.76
TikTok Shop keeps (6.0% of the order): $2.76
− Your materials ($12.00): −$12.00
You keep (67.9% margin): $31.24

This is the standard sale used on every calculator here and on the 19-marketplace comparison, so the platforms can be held against each other, which is why it differs from the boxes at the top of the page. Put your own numbers up there and the breakdown follows. TikTok Shop US, an item in a 6% category: 6% of the price and the shipping the buyer pays, with no platform discount. The creator's affiliate commission, a rate you set, is not in this row. The postage label is left out of this example; the calculator above takes it.

Current TikTok Shop rates in this calculator

Referral fee, most categories: 6% of the price + the shipping the buyer pays, minus tax
Fine jewelry (diamond, gold, jade, platinum, ruby, sapphire, emerald): 5%
Pre-Owned: 5%, and 3% on any part of a sale over $10,000
Collectibles: 6%, and 3% on any part of a sale over $10,000
Listing and payment processing: none: the referral fee covers every TikTok Shop fee except shipping and tax
Refunds: the fee comes back minus 20% of it, at most $5 per SKU
Creator commission: a rate you set for affiliate sales, not modelled here

Rates verified 2026-10-24 against the official pages: TikTok Shop Academy (US): Referral Fees by Category (revised 8 October 2026) · TikTok Shop Academy (US): Referral Fee Updates (6% since 1 April 2024; refund administration fee) · TikTok Help: About open collaborations in Seller Center (the creator commission rate the seller sets). If a rate changes upstream, we update the constant and this date together. Estimates, not tax or accounting advice.

The TikTok Shop referral fee in the US, category by category

TikTok Shop has charged 6% on qualified US orders since 1 April 2024, and its fee table by category, revised on 8 October 2026, still shows that rate for almost every category, from beauty and kitchenware to womenswear, toys and pet supplies. Three groups differ, and the calculator has a setting for each.

The rate is set by the category the item is listed in, so list it where it belongs: a sterling silver ring in a precious-jewelry category it doesn't belong to would be a wrong listing, not a cheaper one.

Fine jewelry, 5% since 31 October 2024: Diamond, Gold, Jade, Platinum and Carat Gold, and Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. Silver, pearl, amber, natural and man-made crystal, semiprecious stones and artificial gemstones stay at 6%, and so does costume jewelry, which sits under Fashion Accessories.
Pre-Owned, 5%: every pre-owned subcategory, with 3% on any part of a sale above $10,000.
Collectibles, 6%: cultural items, entertainment and sports collectibles, and trading cards and accessories, also with 3% on any part of a sale above $10,000.
Everything else: 6%.

What the fee is charged on: shipping in, tax out, TikTok's own discounts added back

TikTok Shop publishes the formula: the referral fee is the rate times what the customer pays, plus any platform discount, minus tax. Its fee table adds that the base includes the shipping fee paid by the customer. So on a $40 item with $6 of shipping the buyer pays, the fee is 6% of $46, which is $2.76, and the sales tax the buyer pays on top never enters it.

The discount line is the one sellers miss. When TikTok Shop itself pays for a discount, a voucher or a price cut TikTok Shop pays for, the amount is added back, so your fee is the same as if the buyer had paid full price. A discount you fund yourself is different: it lowers what the customer pays and is not added back, so it lowers the fee along with your price.

In the base: the item price the buyer pays, the shipping the buyer pays, and any discount funded by TikTok Shop.
Not in the base: sales tax, and any discount you fund yourself.
Not a TikTok Shop fee at all: the shipping label, which you pay for out of the buyer's shipping or out of your price.

Refunds: the fee comes back, minus a fifth of it

When you refund an order, TikTok Shop returns the referral fee minus a Refund Administration Fee of 20% of that referral fee. Since 15 May 2025 it is capped at $5.00 for each SKU type in the order. On the reference sale below, a full refund costs you $0.55 of the $2.76 fee.

TikTok Shop names two cases that carry no administration fee: refunds of free samples sent to creators, and certain orders cancelled automatically before they ship. The calculator models a completed sale, so it leaves refunds out; if your return rate is high, set a little aside per order for this line.

Creator commission: the second cut, and you set it

TikTok Shop's affiliate program lets creators sell your item in their videos and LIVE for a commission. That commission is yours to set, not TikTok Shop's: in an open collaboration you choose a rate between 1 and 80 per cent of the order's value, per product, for a group of products or for all of them, according to TikTok's help on open collaborations (updated August 2025).

It is not part of the referral fee and it is not in the calculator's math, because no two sellers pay the same rate. To see it, work it out in dollars and add it to your costs: a creator rate of 15 per cent on a $40 item is $6. Price for it before you open the item to creators, not after the first video sells.

Worked example: the reference sale on TikTok Shop

The waterfall above runs the reference sale used across all 19 calculators: a $40 item in a 6% category, $6 of shipping charged and $12 of materials. The referral fee is $2.76, so $43.24 reaches you before the materials. Like every row on the hub, it leaves the label at zero so the rows stay comparable.

In real life the buyer's $6 goes on the label, and a creator's commission, if one sold it, comes out too. Held against the other rows on the hub, TikTok Shop sits with the marketplaces that charge one percentage on the price and the buyer's shipping, with nothing added for listing or for processing the payment.

If your statement shows a different rate

Some articles published in 2026 report a higher US rate. TikTok Shop's own fee table, revised on 8 October 2026, still shows 6%, 5% and 5%, and we found no TikTok Shop page announcing a change, so this calculator keeps to the table. TikTok Shop also says sellers on a promotional plan stay on it until that promotion ends, so a new shop can pay less for a while.

Either way, your settlement report in Seller Center is the final word for your own shop: if the rate on it differs from the one here, trust the report, and tell us, so we can check the table again.

Free on this page, and what the TikTok Shop generator writes

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Your payout after the referral fee on the price and buyer-paid shipping, for the category you pick, and after your own costs
The 3% rate on the part of a pre-owned or collectible sale above $10,000
The date each rate was verified, with TikTok Shop's own fee table linked
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In the TikTok Shop generator

A product title of about 100 characters, the item first, with no promotions, stock or colour lists
15 hidden search terms that fit TikTok Shop's 250 characters
Five key product features and a plain-text description of at least 300 characters
A 0–100 score on the text before you paste it into TikTok Shop
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Questions, answered

How much does TikTok Shop take from a sale in the US?

A referral fee of 6% in most categories, 5% for fine jewelry such as gold and diamond, and 5% for pre-owned goods, charged on what the buyer pays including shipping, minus tax. TikTok Shop says the referral fee covers all its fees except shipping and tax, so there is no separate listing or payment fee.

Does TikTok Shop charge its fee on shipping?

Yes, on the shipping the buyer pays: TikTok Shop's fee table says the calculation base includes the shipping fee paid by the customer. If you ship free, the fee is on the price alone and the label is your cost.

Do I get the TikTok Shop fee back on a refund?

Most of it. TikTok Shop returns the referral fee minus a Refund Administration Fee of 20% of it, capped at $5.00 per SKU type since 15 May 2025. Refunds of creator samples and some automatic cancellations before shipping carry no administration fee.

Is the creator affiliate commission included in the TikTok Shop fee?

No. You set the affiliate commission yourself, between 1 and 80 per cent of the order in an open collaboration, and it comes out on top of the referral fee. Add it to your costs in dollars to see it in the calculator.

Is the TikTok Shop fee going up to 8%?

Some 2026 articles say so, but TikTok Shop's own US fee table, revised on 8 October 2026, still shows 6% for most categories, and we found no TikTok Shop page announcing a change. If your settlement report shows another rate, the report is right for your shop.

Which rates does this calculator use?

6% for most categories, 5% for fine jewelry, 5% for pre-owned, and 3% on the part of a pre-owned or collectible sale above $10,000, all from TikTok Shop's US fee table, verified on the date shown below.

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