Does Shopee transaction fee include shipping fee? What is the charging standard?

Shopee is a relatively well-developed cross-border e-commerce platform. We can purchase some overseas products on this platform. If we conduct transactions here, a handling fee may be required. Does this handling fee include shipping costs? This will be introduced in the following content.

Does Shopee transaction fee include shipping cost?

Not included.

Shopee charges sellers a 2% transaction fee, which is actually a fee that needs to be paid to the transaction clearing service provider. Previously, this part of the fee has always been borne by Shopee.

Transaction fee standards:

1. The handling fee is 2%;

2. For completed orders (both cash on delivery and non-cash on delivery orders will be charged);

3. Charge a handling fee based on the order amount (including shipping costs paid by the buyer);

4. This handling fee is independent of the platform commission.

How to calculate?

1. Calculation of transaction fee: commodity transaction price × quantity × 2% = transaction fee (the amount is calculated to the nearest RMB, and any amount below RMB will be rounded off).

Shipping costs are not included in the calculation. However, if the shipping costs are already included in the transaction amount of the goods or the transaction method is free shipping, the transaction fee will still be calculated based on the transaction amount of the goods, and the actual shipping costs will no longer be deducted.

2. The maximum sales amount of a single item is NT$10,000 (i.e. the maximum transaction fee for a single item is NT$200). Note: The sales amount refers to the original price of the item minus the seller's discount coupon.

For example:

1. One item of product A is sold for $400, the shipping fee is $60, and the transaction fee is $400*2%=$8;

2. One item of product B, sold for $10,900, shipping cost $60, transaction fee is $10,000*2%=$200;

3. One item of product A + one item of product B, the sales amount is $11,300, and the shipping fee is $60, then the transaction fee is ($400*2%) + ($10,000*2%) = $208;

4. Two items of product B, sold for $21,800, and the shipping fee is $60, so the transaction fee is ($10,000*2%)+($10,000*2%)=$400;

5. There are two items of product C, each priced at $70, and the sales amount is $140. The shipping fee is $60, so the transaction fee is ($70*2%) + ($70*2%) = $2.8, which is rounded to $3.

All Shopee transactions require a handling fee. As to whether shipping costs are included, this aspect has been introduced above. Sometimes handling fees are unavoidable, and consumers need to pay these fees.

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