AliExpress Fee Calculator

AliExpress keeps its headline fee simple but the total cost is not just the commission. Every sale pays a category commission between 5% and 8% on the sale price, and every seller also pays an annual technical service fee of roughly 1,000 to 10,000 RMB depending on the category. That annual fee can be refunded when you hit sales and service targets, but until then it is a real cost that has to be spread across your orders. A seller doing 2,000 orders a year on a 4,000 RMB fee is paying about 30 cents per order just on the annual fee, which is exactly the kind of hidden cost this calculator makes visible.

This calculator models the commission for six representative categories (electronics around 6%, fashion and home around 7%, beauty and automotive around 8%) or any custom rate your full category path dictates, then amortizes your annual technical service fee across the order volume you expect. Add your item cost and per-order shipping to get a net profit and margin figure per sale. If you are one of the new US sellers on AliExpressDirect, flip the seller-type toggle to model the promotional 0% commission and $0 onboarding that AliExpress is using to recruit American merchants.

The calculator is a planning tool, not a quote: AliExpress rate cards are published by full category path and change over time, and the 0% AliExpressDirect offer is promotional with an end date set in your Seller Center. Always check your exact category rate before finalizing prices. Advertising, currency conversion, Cainiao shipping, and returns are costs you add on top, and this calculator intentionally keeps them separate so you can see the platform take on its own.

For a global marketplace with no dedicated seller fee tool ranking in English, an accurate calculator is genuinely useful rather than a commodity. Everything runs in your browser; nothing you type is sent anywhere.