Brands search this after Open House leftovers come back, or after a boutique asks to return a first order. Taking the label looks like “getting your inventory back” until you price the payout Faire claws and the outbound shipping you already spent.
This is not Open House and not Faire Direct. Those pages price listing and the channel. This page starts after a completed first marketplace order, when the retailer wants goods back.
On the calculator defaults — $20 × 10, $8 cost, $15 shipping both ways, 15% + $10, 60-day processing, already booked $75.90 — a 20% keep-it credit leaves $41.90 after reversing $6.00 of commission. Denying at 50% they'll-drop-it leaves $37.95. Taking all 10 units back with an $18.00 label and 80% restockable leaves −$49.00. Denying matches the credit at about 55.2% they'll-drop-it.
Returning 2 of 10 with an $8 label flips taking the return to $46.52. Denying at 70% flips ahead to $53.13.
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The first-order fee and outbound label are already sunk on the completed order. Taking the return claws back that slice of payout and recovers only restockable COGS. The keep-it credit reverses commission on the credited merchandise, not the $10 new-customer fee. Complementary to Should I list during Faire Open House? and Faire Direct vs marketplace. Open the Faire seller fee calculator to change the wholesale price.
On the calculator defaults — a completed $20 × 10 first marketplace order that booked $75.90, a 20% keep-it credit, 50% they'll-drop-it if you deny, an $18 return label, and 80% restockable — the keep-it credit leaves $41.90. Denying leaves $37.95. Taking the full return leaves −$49.00 because outbound shipping and the $10 new-customer fee are already sunk. This is not a recommendation to take, credit, or fight the return.
When only some units come back. Returning 2 of 10 with an $8 label leaves $46.52 and flips ahead of the $41.90 keep-it credit. A full return at these costs does not. Denying at 70% they'll-drop-it leaves $53.13 and flips ahead of the credit.
No. Open House is whether to list during a 0% commission window. Faire Direct is 0% commission when you bring the retailer. This page starts after a completed first order, when the retailer wants goods back.