← Whatnot Seller Payout Calculator
A seller who runs more than one Whatnot show usually ends up with a spreadsheet: a cell for the commission rate, one for the $1,500 category cap, a processing formula on the checkout total, and a new row whenever the show mixes categories — a TCG lot at 8% up to the cap, a coin roll at 4%, a pallet at 4% with no cap at all. Each formula is ordinary arithmetic. Remembering which cap applies to which lot, and re-deriving the free-shipping tradeoff every time a buyer asks, is the part that gets skipped when the next lot is already live.
A spreadsheet can reproduce every formula this calculator runs — commission on the hammer, the $1,500 cap by category, processing on item plus buyer-paid shipping and tax plus $0.30, and the charge-it / bake-it-in / eat-it free-shipping comparison. Building it means typing Whatnot's published rates into the right cells and adding a cap check for every category the show touches, then updating it whenever Whatnot's published rates change.
This calculator keeps the four category presets, the cap, and the free-shipping comparison on one screen, so a TCG lot near $1,500 and a no-cap pallet in the same show use the same worksheet instead of two. A shareable link carries the full scenario in the URL, so a number checked on a phone mid-show is the same link opened on a laptop afterward.
| Question | Where to answer it |
|---|---|
| What's left after commission and processing on this lot? | This calculator's payout panel — one screen, the right cap applied. |
| Does charging for shipping or baking it into the price leave more? | This calculator's free-shipping comparison, not a third spreadsheet tab. |
| My situation has a wrinkle this calculator doesn't model (a bundled lot, a promo credit). | A spreadsheet you build yourself — it can represent any rule you can describe. |
| I want the hammer bid a resale lot needs to hit a target payout. | This calculator's target-leftover mode, solved for you instead of goal-seeked by hand. |
| Is my data uploaded anywhere? | No. Everything runs in your browser; your figures stay on this device. |
Yes. Commission on the hammer, the $1,500 cap on TCG/comics/sports/coins, processing on the checkout total (item plus buyer-paid shipping and tax) plus $0.30, and the free-shipping comparison are all ordinary arithmetic you can put in a spreadsheet. Building it means copying Whatnot's published rates into the right cells and remembering to re-check the cap on every lot near $1,500, category by category.
Apply the category cap for you. A spreadsheet formula that charges commission on the full hammer keeps overstating the fee on every graded card, coin roll, or sports lot over $1,500 until someone notices and patches the cell — this calculator applies the cap by category preset, so a $2,400 graded lot is never charged as if the cap didn't exist. It also runs the charge-it / bake-it-in / eat-it free-shipping comparison in one view and produces a shareable link that carries the whole lot instead of a file to keep in sync between a phone during a live show and a laptop afterward.
Yes, when your situation has a wrinkle this calculator does not model — a bundled multi-item lot, a promo credit, or a fee structure from a plan this tool's inputs cannot represent. A spreadsheet you build yourself can represent any rule you can describe. This calculator trades that flexibility for a form that already has the right fields and the right cap for a single lot moving through a standard Whatnot sale.
No. The calculator runs entirely in your browser. A shareable link carries your numbers in the URL itself rather than sending them to a server, and the optional usage counter records only which features were used and the day, never your prices or costs.
This page names no specific product — it compares against the generic method of tracking these payouts in a spreadsheet, not a competing calculator. Open the Whatnot Seller Payout Calculator, or see how much does Whatnot take per sale for a worked example.