Bonanza does not currently charge fees per item listed. New sellers who activate a booth on Bonanza will be charged a non-refundable $14.99 account set-up fee. This fee covers the administrative costs associated with creating an account.
Bonanza charges a $0.25 transaction fee on all sales made from a Bonanza booth for sellers who do not have an active membership subscription.
In addition to the transaction fee, sales made on Bonanza are subject to a Final Value Fee. The Final Value Fee (FVF) is based on the Final Offer Value (FOV).
FOV is the amount that the buyer paid to you for the item sold, plus any portion of the shipping fee that exceeds $10.
For example, if your product sold for $15 and you charged $12 for shipping, your Final Value Fee (FVF) charge would be calculated based on an FOV of $17.
$15 (cost of item) + $2 (portion of shipping fee that exceeded $10) = $17 FOV.
Effective May 1, 2025
- Final Value Fee will increase to a minimum of 11%. No action is needed on your part—this update will be applied automatically.
- For orders over $4,000 a 1.5% flat fee applies to the portion above $4,000
- If you drive a sale through your own referral link (or via your referral website), you’ll earn 100% of your final value fee back as Bonanza Ads credit.
If you have more than 50 active listings, a listing fee of $0.03 per item/month will apply to the listings above that count. The maximum you can be charged is $20/month. If you hit the $20 listing fee cap in a given month, you'll receive a $5 Bonanza Ads credit—our way of saying thanks for keeping your booth thriving!
*When your booth is in Vacation mode, your listings are not "active". When listings are set to reserve - the listings are not "active".
See additional examples below if you have questions. Or, learn how to pay your fees.
Bonanza Fee Table (effective May 1, 2025)
See above for a definition of FOV.
| FOV under $4000 USD | $0.25 + 11% of FOV for standard booths (or whatever advertising percentage you have selected; i.e, 9%, 13%, etc) |
| FOV greater than $4000 USD* | $0.25 + 11% of FOV for standard booths (or whatever advertising percentage you have selected; i.e, 9%, 13%, etc) + a flat 1.5% of the amount over $4000 |
Minimum final value fee: $0.50
*Please note this structure applies to all advertising levels. The 11% is used as an example.
Advertising Fees
All sellers can use Bonanza Advertising to drive extra buyers to their items. If you opt into advertising, the fees you pay will vary depending on the settings you have chosen and the source of the buyer that purchases your items. Advertising fees range from 11%-30% of the FOV, depending on which advertising options you choose. You can review and adjust your advertising settings at any time from your "Selling > Advertise items" page. Please see the advertising page for more details.
*Sellers who opt into the Bonanza Promotions advertising program will always have their FVF calculated on the full base price of the offer, even if the base price is greater than $4000. Since the discount provided to the buyer is calculated based on the full base price, the full base price must also be used to calculate the final value fees on Bonanza Promotions transactions.
Pricing Example
- Example: On a $5,000 sale, fees would include:
- 11% on the first $4,000 = $440
- 1.5% on the remaining $1,000 = $15
- Total fee: $455
*The examples above include the base rate of 11% for a seller that has not opted into advertising. Sellers who opt into advertising will be charged fees based on the percentage chosen on the "Selling > Advertise items" page.
The "Fine Print"
- The $0.25 transaction fee applies to all booth sales for non-members and is in addition to the calculated final value fee.
- We may choose to offer optional advanced selling features (for example, the ability to view advanced statistics on your items) at a price in the future. However, any non-free features that we choose to add will be purely optional; that is, you won't have to pay for them to be able to sell on Bonanza.
- For the purposes of computing your FOV, it doesn't matter if you close your offer through negotiation ("Best offer") or with "Buy Now"
- Sellers have up to 180 days from the date of the transaction to request refunds on the final value fees. Final value fee refund requests on transactions outside of 180 days will not be honored, no exceptions.