Selling
When You Pay the Listing Fee
Finish payout setup and you get 25 free listings every month (unused ones don't carry over), every sale earns you another that never expires, and invite codes can add more. Once you have none left, the $0.50 listing fee is charged up front when you publish — not when your item sells.
Free listings
When you finish payout setup, Stonefjord gives you 25 free listings every month — they work in any category and need no card. The month is counted in Eastern Time and the allowance resets on the 1st, so unused ones do not carry over; you get the full 25 in the month you finish payout setup. Each listing you publish uses this month's free listings first, then any you have banked, and only then the $0.50 fee. You also earn one free listing every time you make a sale, so publishing usually costs you nothing. And if a Stonefjord team member gave you an invite code, redeem it on your My Listings page — it can add free listings, free Boosts, or both. Free listings you earn from sales, or that an invite code or Stonefjord grants you, are banked: they never expire, and they are never taken back — not if an order is refunded, and not if you delete a listing. The one-time $0.50 listing fee applies only once you have none left.
You pay when you publish — before any sale
Once you have no free listings left, the one-time $0.50 listing fee is charged the moment you publish a listing, not when it sells. Your listing goes live as soon as the payment succeeds. It is charged to your saved card up front.
You pay it whether or not the item sells
Because it is a fee to publish the listing — not a fee on the transaction — it applies regardless of whether your listing ever finds a buyer. If a listing never sells, the $0.50 is not refunded.
Free events are always exempt
Free events (no ticket price) are always exempt — no listing fee is charged to publish them, and publishing one never uses up a free listing, so you can publish one even before you finish payout setup. Free Stuff ($0 items) is not exempt: it uses a free listing like any other listing, and until you finish payout setup you have no monthly free listings, so it costs the $0.50 and needs a card (unless an invite code gave you free listings). Once your free listings run out, every other listing pays the $0.50 fee to go live.
It is separate from per-sale fees
The $0.50 listing fee is the only upfront cost. The per-sale seller and buyer fees are taken out of the transaction only when something actually sells — so you never pay those on a listing that does not sell. Those per-sale fees are calculated on the item price plus any shipping you charge (Local Market), never on tax.
You're all set!
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