Selling on QuoteHive: fees & payouts
Selling on the Marketplace is built to be cheap and predictable: free to list and browse, a low flat sale fee only when something actually sells, and a clear, short wait before your proceeds are ready. Here’s exactly how the money works.
Free to list — you only pay when it sells
Listing an item, browsing, and making or receiving offers all cost nothing. The only seller charge is a sale fee taken when a buy-now sale completes. It’s a flat percentage by category — a low 2–5% — shown to you up front and taken from your proceeds, never added to what the buyer pays. Buyers never pay a sale fee.
- Tools & Equipment — 5%
- Building Materials — 4%
- Vehicles & Trailers — 2%
- Home & Garden — 5%
- Surplus & Liquidation — 3%
- Services — no sale fee (services are quoted; verified contractors pay through the normal bidding credits instead).
Selling is free during our launch beta — the sale fee is waived for now, and we’ll announce it clearly well before it turns on. The numbers above are what the fee will be; the mechanics below are already live.
A card on file is required
Before you can list, you need a valid card on file. It’s stored securely with Stripe — QuoteHive only ever keeps the card’s brand and last four digits, never the full number. Add or manage it under Account → Billing; see Payment methods & your card on file.
How payouts work — Pending, then Available
When a buy-now sale completes, your net proceeds (the sale price minus the sale fee) are credited to your seller balance as Pending right away. After a 24-hour hold — the standard window that covers returns and chargebacks — they clear to Available. You can watch both balances on your seller dashboard. The buyer’s provincial sales tax is collected at checkout and remitted separately — it’s never part of your proceeds.
A worked example
Say you sell a table saw (Tools & Equipment, 5%) for $400:
- The buyer pays $400 plus their provincial sales tax — the fee is never added on top for them.
- Your sale fee is $20 (5% of $400), taken from your proceeds.
- Your net is $380, credited as Pending the moment the sale completes.
- After the 24-hour hold it becomes Available.
During the launch beta the $20 fee is waived, so the full $400 nets to you — but the Pending → Available timing is exactly the same. Auction selling works the same way on the sale fee; bidding on auctions uses a separate wallet (your first 10 bids free, then 25¢ each) — see Your marketplace bidding wallet.