Steam Market Fee Calculator

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Steam Market minimum fee on cheap items

Open the Price table tab, choose "Cheap items (1 cent)" and read the percent-in-fees column. It shows the 1-cent floor at work, row by row.

The 1-cent floor makes the math crueler the lower the price gets

In Steam's script each fee is the floor (rounding down) of the percentage on the net amount, then raised to the 1-cent minimum. With 5% and 10%, a sale with 0.01 net pays 1 cent to Steam and 1 to the game, and the buyer sees 0.03: two thirds of the price, 66.67%, becomes fees. It improves slowly. With 0.02 net the buyer price is 0.04 (50.00% in fees), with 0.03 it becomes 0.05 (40.00%) and with 0.05 it becomes 0.07 (28.57%). Only at 0.10 net, with a price of 0.12, does the share drop to 16.67%.
There is a curiosity in the table: from 0.10 to 0.19 net, both fees stay locked at 1 cent each, because 5% of 0.19 is still under 1 cent and 10% of 0.19 is still under 2. The result: 0.19 net at a price of 0.21 pays only 9.52% in fees. At 0.20 the game fee jumps to 2 cents and the price goes to 0.23, with 13.04%. The pattern repeats as a sawtooth every 10 cents of net: within the 1 to 30 cent table the best point is 0.29 (price 0.32, with 9.38%), and the cheapest of the whole scale is 0.39 (price 0.43, with 9.30%). If an item sits near one of those corners, check the table before listing.
In practice this means selling many cheap items in a single listing does not exist: each listing is charged per unit. Anyone who sells 100 items at a 0.10 buyer price loses well over 13% in total, and the tool's bulk list adds that up per item. The minimum fee also depends on the currency: the floor and increment of each wallet were not confirmed and can be adjusted in the tool.

Net amount and buyer price

Smallest possible sale

Input: 0.01
Expected output: 0.03

66.67% of the price becomes fees.

Two cents

Input: 0.02
Expected output: 0.04

50.00% in fees.

Five cents

Input: 0.05
Expected output: 0.07

28.57% in fees.

Ten cents

Input: 0.10
Expected output: 0.12

16.67% in fees.

End of the first step

Input: 0.19
Expected output: 0.21

9.52% in fees.

The 0.20 corner

Input: 0.20
Expected output: 0.23

The game fee rises to 2 cents.

The cheapest point on the scale

Input: 0.39
Expected output: 0.43

9.30% in fees, the lowest possible with 5% and 10%.

Full tool FAQ

How much does Steam charge to sell on the Community Market?

Two fees are added to the price you want to receive: a 5% Steam Transaction Fee and the game fee, which is 10% by default in Steam's script. Together they come to about 15% on top of your net, or 13.04% of what the buyer pays. Each fee has a 1-cent minimum.

Why does the buyer pay 1.15 if I want to receive 1.00?

What price should I list to receive an exact amount?

Why does a 0.03 item net me only 0.01?

Why did Steam change the price I typed?

Is the game fee the same on every item?

Does the sale money go to my bank account?

Does the calculator convert currencies?

How do I calculate the profit on a resale?

Can I trust the values as official?

Frequently asked questions

What is the lowest price for an item on the Steam Market?

With 1 cent net and two 1-cent floors, the lowest buyer price is 0.03. No listing at 0.01 or 0.02 exists, and the tool shows a warning when the typed price is below that.

Is it worth selling 0.03 items?

You receive 0.01 per unit, so 100 units net 1.00. If the item is just a by-product of a game it may be worth it; as income, the math is weak, and the time spent listing one by one usually costs more.

Without the game fee, does the minimum change?

It does: with a 0% game fee only the Steam fee remains, and the lowest buyer price drops to 0.02. A price of 0.10 nets 0.09 instead of 0.08, because the 5% fee on 0.09 is lifted to the 1-cent floor.

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The 1-cent floor makes the math crueler the lower the price gets

You receive	Steam fee	Game fee	Buyer pays	% in fees
$0.01	$0.01	$0.01	$0.03	66.7%
$0.02	$0.01	$0.01	$0.04	50.0%
$0.03	$0.01	$0.01	$0.05	40.0%
$0.04	$0.01	$0.01	$0.06	33.3%
$0.05	$0.01	$0.01	$0.07	28.6%
$0.06	$0.01	$0.01	$0.08	25.0%
$0.07	$0.01	$0.01	$0.09	22.2%
$0.08	$0.01	$0.01	$0.10	20.0%
$0.09	$0.01	$0.01	$0.11	18.2%
$0.10	$0.01	$0.01	$0.12	16.7%
$0.11	$0.01	$0.01	$0.13	15.4%
$0.12	$0.01	$0.01	$0.14	14.3%
$0.13	$0.01	$0.01	$0.15	13.3%
$0.14	$0.01	$0.01	$0.16	12.5%
$0.15	$0.01	$0.01	$0.17	11.8%
$0.16	$0.01	$0.01	$0.18	11.1%
$0.17	$0.01	$0.01	$0.19	10.5%
$0.18	$0.01	$0.01	$0.20	10.0%
$0.19	$0.01	$0.01	$0.21	9.5%
$0.20	$0.01	$0.02	$0.23	13.0%
$0.21	$0.01	$0.02	$0.24	12.5%
$0.22	$0.01	$0.02	$0.25	12.0%
$0.23	$0.01	$0.02	$0.26	11.5%
$0.24	$0.01	$0.02	$0.27	11.1%
$0.25	$0.01	$0.02	$0.28	10.7%
$0.26	$0.01	$0.02	$0.29	10.3%
$0.27	$0.01	$0.02	$0.30	10.0%
$0.28	$0.01	$0.02	$0.31	9.7%
$0.29	$0.01	$0.02	$0.32	9.4%
$0.30	$0.01	$0.03	$0.34	11.8%

Item	Qty	Buyer pays	You receive	Total fees	Profit
AK-47 \| Redline (Field-Tested)	1	$12.50	$10.88	$1.62	$1.08
Fracture Case	20	$0.43 *	$0.39	$0.04	$0.09
Sticker \| Example	1	$0.03	$0.01	$0.02

In Steam's script each fee is the floor (rounding down) of the percentage on the net amount, then raised to the 1-cent minimum. With 5% and 10%, a sale with 0.01 net pays 1 cent to Steam and 1 to the game, and the buyer sees 0.03: two thirds of the price, 66.67%, becomes fees. It improves slowly. With 0.02 net the buyer price is 0.04 (50.00% in fees), with 0.03 it becomes 0.05 (40.00%) and with 0.05 it becomes 0.07 (28.57%). Only at 0.10 net, with a price of 0.12, does the share drop to 16.67%.

There is a curiosity in the table: from 0.10 to 0.19 net, both fees stay locked at 1 cent each, because 5% of 0.19 is still under 1 cent and 10% of 0.19 is still under 2. The result: 0.19 net at a price of 0.21 pays only 9.52% in fees. At 0.20 the game fee jumps to 2 cents and the price goes to 0.23, with 13.04%. The pattern repeats as a sawtooth every 10 cents of net: within the 1 to 30 cent table the best point is 0.29 (price 0.32, with 9.38%), and the cheapest of the whole scale is 0.39 (price 0.43, with 9.30%). If an item sits near one of those corners, check the table before listing.

In practice this means selling many cheap items in a single listing does not exist: each listing is charged per unit. Anyone who sells 100 items at a 0.10 buyer price loses well over 13% in total, and the tool's bulk list adds that up per item. The minimum fee also depends on the currency: the floor and increment of each wallet were not confirmed and can be adjusted in the tool.

Net amount and buyer price

Smallest possible sale

Input: 0.01
Expected output: 0.03

66.67% of the price becomes fees.

Two cents

Input: 0.02
Expected output: 0.04

50.00% in fees.

Five cents

Input: 0.05
Expected output: 0.07

28.57% in fees.

Ten cents

Input: 0.10
Expected output: 0.12

16.67% in fees.

End of the first step

Input: 0.19
Expected output: 0.21

9.52% in fees.

The 0.20 corner

Input: 0.20
Expected output: 0.23

The game fee rises to 2 cents.

The cheapest point on the scale

Input: 0.39
Expected output: 0.43

9.30% in fees, the lowest possible with 5% and 10%.

Full tool FAQ

How much does Steam charge to sell on the Community Market?

Why does the buyer pay 1.15 if I want to receive 1.00?

What price should I list to receive an exact amount?

Why does a 0.03 item net me only 0.01?

Why did Steam change the price I typed?

Is the game fee the same on every item?

Does the sale money go to my bank account?

Does the calculator convert currencies?

How do I calculate the profit on a resale?

Can I trust the values as official?

Frequently asked questions

What is the lowest price for an item on the Steam Market?

With 1 cent net and two 1-cent floors, the lowest buyer price is 0.03. No listing at 0.01 or 0.02 exists, and the tool shows a warning when the typed price is below that.

Is it worth selling 0.03 items?

You receive 0.01 per unit, so 100 units net 1.00. If the item is just a by-product of a game it may be worth it; as income, the math is weak, and the time spent listing one by one usually costs more.

Without the game fee, does the minimum change?

It does: with a 0% game fee only the Steam fee remains, and the lowest buyer price drops to 0.02. A price of 0.10 nets 0.09 instead of 0.08, because the 5% fee on 0.09 is lifted to the 1-cent floor.