Walmart fees

Walmart Marketplace Fee Calculator

Walmart's referral fee on each marketplace sale — with no monthly subscription to amortize.

Walmart referral fee = sale price × category rate (15% for most categories). Sell an item for $35 and Walmart keeps $5.25, leaving $29.75 before product and fulfillment costs. Unlike Amazon, Walmart Marketplace charges no monthly seller subscription — the referral fee is the whole platform cost unless you opt into Walmart Fulfillment Services. Rates range from 6% (personal computers) to 20% (jewelry), so enter your category's rate for the true per-order number.

Walmart Marketplace Fee Calculator — your numbers

Net proceeds

$29.75

Referral fee

$5.25

Estimate only. Results reflect exactly the numbers you enter — verify against your own accounting before making pricing decisions.

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Worked examples

Standard 15% category

Sale price $35.00
Referral fee rate 15%
Net proceeds $29.75
Referral fee $5.25

Walmart keeps $5.25 of a $35 sale — identical math to Amazon's 15%.

Electronics at 8%

Sale price $22.00
Referral fee rate 8%
Net proceeds $20.24
Referral fee $1.76

Lower-rate categories keep an extra 7 points versus the default.

Frequently asked questions

Does Walmart charge a monthly fee like Amazon's Professional plan?

No — Walmart Marketplace has no setup or monthly subscription fee; you pay the referral fee per sale only. That makes it cheaper than Amazon's $39.99/month Professional account at low volume. The trade-off is admission: Walmart approves sellers selectively based on catalog quality, pricing, and fulfillment performance, so the cost barrier is replaced by an application barrier.

What referral rates do Walmart categories charge?

Most categories pay 15%, mirroring Amazon, but the spread matters: personal computers and camera gear run 6–8%, consumer electronics 8%, apparel and home 15%, and jewelry 20%. A few categories use price-banded rates. Pull your exact category from the Walmart Seller Help fee schedule and enter it here — a 7-point rate difference decides many product choices.

What does Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) add to the cost?

WFS layers per-unit fulfillment and monthly storage fees on top of the referral fee, priced by weight and size much like FBA — typically $3.50–$7 for standard parcels. WFS items get the coveted two-day badge, which lifts conversion. To model a WFS product, subtract the quoted WFS fee from the net proceeds this calculator shows.

Can Walmart referral rates go up?

They can — Walmart updates its category fee schedule periodically and has run promotional rate reductions (notably for new sellers and specific categories) to attract catalog. The 15% default here is the common 2026 rate, but the field is editable: verify your category in Seller Center before committing inventory, especially for price-banded categories.

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