GOAT looks simple: one commission and one flat fee, both taken from your listing price. The catch is everything around them. The commission depends on a seller rating that cancellations push down. The flat seller fee depends on your country and on how the item reaches GOAT. And a third fee, 2.9% for cashing out, is charged on the full sale price, which some calculators get wrong. The calculator above applies each fee to the amount GOAT names, in US dollars, the only currency GOAT sellers can list in.
Every GOAT fee at a glance
| Fee | Amount | Charged on | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commission, seller rating 90+ | 9.5% (Canada 12.4%) | Listing price or accepted offer | When the item sells; every seller starts at 90source |
| Commission, rating 70–89 | 15% (Canada 17.9%) | Listing price or accepted offer | After cancellations (−10 points each)source |
| Commission, rating 50–69 | 20% (Canada 22.9%) | Listing price or accepted offer | After cancellationssource |
| Commission, rating below 50 | 25% (Canada 27.9%) | Listing price or accepted offer | Account may be reviewed or suspendedsource |
| Seller fee, United States | $0 drop-off / $5 prepaid label | Each item sold | Drop-off rate only for confirmed orders dropped off at GOAT; consigned items pay $5source |
| Seller fee, elsewhere | $0–$35 by country (unlisted: $30) | Each item sold | By the address on your seller accountsource |
| Cash-out fee | 2.9% (3.1% for some sellers) | Selling price of each item | Cashing out to a bank or PayPal; not in Canada; not on balance spent on GOATsource |
| Cross-border fee | 0.6% | The cash-out (base not stated) | Sellers outside the US who cash out in USD instead of local currencysource |
| Cancellation | $10 | Each order | Cancelled after confirming, or not shipped within 3 business dayssource |
| Item issue | $10 | Each item | Buyer rejects the discount after an issue is found, or item doesn’t match the listingsource |
| Replica | $15 | Each item | GOAT deems the item a replicasource |
| Wrong country or drop-off point | $10 | Each item | Shipped or dropped off outside your account’s country, or at the wrong drop-off locationsource |
| Retrieval fee | Varies (not published) | Each item sent back to you | Rejected, replica or withdrawn consigned items you ask to have returnedsource |
| Consigning a rejected item | $10–$15 (may apply) | Each item | You choose consignment instead of having a rejected item sent backsource |
| Storage after a verification issue | $2 a month | Each consigned item | Unsold 60 days after relisting, if the $10 issue fee wasn’t chargedsource |
| Maintenance fee | $1 a month | Account balance | No activity for 2 years, in 33 states and D.C.source |
Four things catch most sellers out:
- The cash-out fee is charged on the sale price. 2.9% of $200 is $5.80, taken from your Cash Out Balance the moment the item sells. Applying it to what’s left after the other fees ($5.10) undercounts it.
- The seller fee depends on where your account is. It is $5 for a US seller using GOAT’s prepaid label, $6 in France, $8 in Australia and $30 in countries GOAT doesn’t list. There is no separate charge for the label itself.
- Drop-off pricing is narrow. The $0 US drop-off rate only applies when you drop off a confirmed order at a GOAT location. Items you consign pay the standard $5.
- Your rate is set when the item sells. If your rating changes between listing and sale, GOAT adjusts your earnings with a credit afterwards.
What you keep at common prices
Each row assumes a US seller with a rating of 90 or more, the prepaid label, and a cash-out to the bank.
| Listing price | Total fees | Fee rate | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| $50.00 | $11.20 | 22.4% | $38.80 |
| $75.00 | $14.31 | 19.1% | $60.69 |
| $100.00 | $17.40 | 17.4% | $82.60 |
| $150.00 | $23.60 | 15.7% | $126.40 |
| $200.00 | $29.80 | 14.9% | $170.20 |
| $250.00 | $36.00 | 14.4% | $214.00 |
| $300.00 | $42.20 | 14.1% | $257.80 |
| $500.00 | $67.00 | 13.4% | $433.00 |
| $1,000.00 | $129.00 | 12.9% | $871.00 |
The $5 seller fee is why cheap pairs lose more: fees take 22.4% of a $50 sale but 12.9% of a $1,000 one. With a drop-off the seller fee disappears and fees come to 12.4% (9.5% plus 2.9%) at any price.
How the fees add up on one order
A $200 pair sold by a US seller with a rating of 90, shipped with the prepaid label, with the money cashed out to a bank:
- Buyer pays$200.00
- Commission (9.5%)9.5% × $200.00−$19.00
- Seller feeUnited States, prepaid label−$5.00
- Cash-out fee (2.9%)2.9% × $200.00−$5.80
- You keep$170.20
The first line is your listing price, not what the buyer pays. GOAT adds the buyer’s shipping ($14.95 in the contiguous US) and any tax on top, and none of it touches your earnings. From the $200, GOAT takes a $19.00 commission and the $5 seller fee, leaving $176.00 in your Spend Balance. The 2.9% cash-out fee comes off the full $200, so $170.20 lands in your bank.
How your seller rating changes the commission
Every seller starts at a rating of 90 and pays 9.5%. Each seller cancellation takes off 10 points, and each completed sale adds 2. On a $200 sale with the prepaid label:
- 90 or higher: 9.5% commission, you keep $170.20.
- 70–89: 15%, you keep $159.20.
- 50–69: 20%, you keep $149.20.
- Below 50: 25%, you keep $139.20, and GOAT may review or suspend the account.
One cancellation costs more than the $10 fee: it can move a 90 to an 80, and each sale until you’re back at 90 then pays 5.5 points more commission. That takes five completed sales.
Selling from Canada, the UK and elsewhere
Selling from outside the US is open to select sellers, and every price and fee is in US dollars. Pick your country in the calculator to load its seller fee.
- Canada pays 12.4% at the top rating instead of 9.5%, but no cash-out fee. A $200 sale nets $170.20, the same as a US seller.
- UK and Germany pay $2 for a drop-off and $5 with the prepaid label; the Netherlands $3 and $6. A $200 UK drop-off sale leaves $173.20.
- Mainland China and Hong Kong pay $5 for a drop-off and $10 with a prepaid label. Sellers in Mainland China cash out to a US bank account or PayPal, so the cross-border fee below doesn’t apply to them.
- Cashing out: most sellers outside the US can be paid in local currency, at an exchange rate that includes an unpublished conversion fee. Choosing US dollars instead may add a 0.6% cross-border fee: $1.04 on that UK sale. GOAT also says some sellers in select locations pay 3.1% instead of 2.9%; the calculator has that option under “More options”.
Consignment, Instant and fees after a problem
Consigning doesn’t add a separate commission. When a consigned item sells you pay the normal commission and seller fee, at the prepaid rate ($5 in the US) rather than the drop-off rate. The costs come later: GOAT reserves the right to charge storage on consigned items, with notice first. An item you consign after a verification issue (when GOAT didn’t charge the $10 issue fee) costs $2 a month once it has sat unsold for 60 days, and withdrawing an item can add the Retrieval Fee. If GOAT rejects an item for not matching your listing and you choose to consign it instead of having it sent back, a $15 processing fee may apply. “Instant” listings may carry a processing fee of up to 8%, but the buyer pays it and it doesn’t reduce your earnings.
Ways to keep more of each sale
- Use a GOAT drop-off location if one is near you. It saves the $5 seller fee on every US order.
- Spend the balance on GOAT if you were going to buy there anyway. The Spend Balance skips the 2.9% cash-out fee: $5.80 on a $200 sale.
- Only list what you can ship within 3 business days. A cancellation costs $10 and can push your commission up for several sales.
- Cash out in local currency outside the US unless you need dollars, to avoid the 0.6% fee.
- Work backwards from what you need. To keep $150 after every fee, a US seller has to list at $176.94; the “What to charge” tab finds that price for any setup.
Recent GOAT fee changes
- August 1, 2026New $1-a-month Maintenance Fee on seller accounts with no activity for two years, for return addresses in 33 states and Washington, D.C. It is never charged on a zero balance (announced June 12, 2026).source
- March 6, 2026The fee for shipping or dropping off an item from a different country than the one on your account dropped from $30 to $10. The $10 now also applies to items dropped off at the wrong drop-off location.source
- December 10, 2025Canadian sellers stopped paying the 2.9% cash-out fee, and sellers outside the US can cash out to a bank account in their local currency (before: US dollars to PayPal).source
- August 22, 2025Separate commission rates for Canadian sellers: 12.4%, 17.9%, 22.9% and 27.9% by seller rating, against 9.5%, 15%, 20% and 25% for everyone else.source
- June 27, 2025A $15 processing fee may apply if you choose to consign an item GOAT rejected for not matching your listing, instead of having it sent back.source
- December 13, 2024alias spelled out that the 2.9% cash-out fee applies to the selling price of each item, and added a 0.6% Cross-Border Fee for sellers outside the US who cash out in US dollars instead of their local currency.source
- September 3, 2024Cheaper drop-off seller fees in four more countries: Germany and the UK $5 → $2, the Netherlands $6 → $3, Malaysia $10 → $8. The prepaid-label rates stayed the same.source
- June 3, 2024Selling with GOAT added a $10 charge for cancelling a confirmed order or shipping it late, $10 for an item issue the buyer won’t accept at a discount or an item that doesn’t match the listing, $15 for a replica, and a $2 monthly storage fee on some consigned items. It also cut the cash-out minimum from $25 to $10 and added a 3.1% cash-out fee (instead of 2.9%) for certain sellers in select locations.source
- May 10, 2024Mainland China seller fees cut: drop-off $10 → $5, prepaid shipping $15 → $10. Mexico added at $5.source
- February 28, 2024A $0 seller fee for US and Canadian sellers who drop off a confirmed order at a GOAT drop-off location. With the prepaid label it stayed $5.source
- February 20, 2024Seller fees cut: Mainland China $25 → $15 with a prepaid label or $10 at drop-off, Italy and Spain $12 → $8, Poland $12 → $6.source
We re-check GOAT’s fee pages regularly and update this calculator when they change. Compare the same sale on other sneaker platforms with the StockX fee calculator or the eBay fee calculator.