What things cost
Listing is free. When something sells, the seller pays a small fee and the buyer pays a locker fee and sales tax. You see every number before you agree to anything.
Never less than $0.50. Storefronts pay 8%, because a storefront comes with its own page, unit and tools. Listing costs nothing.
The locker fee pays for checking the item against its listing and keeping it in a locked locker until you collect it. It goes up with the price, in steps.
Anything given away has no fees and no tax. It goes on the Shelf and is collected the same way.
The locker fee
A flat fee on small things, because checking and storing a $6 tee is the same work as a $60 jacket. A percentage on bigger things, capped, so an expensive item is not punished.
At every price
What the buyer pays and what the seller keeps, worked out exactly the way the checkout does it.
| Price | Locker fee | Sales tax | Buyer pays | Seller fee | Seller keeps | Storefront keeps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5 | $1.00 | $0.50 | $6.50 | $0.50 | $4.50 | $4.50 |
| $10 | $1.75 | $0.97 | $12.72 | $0.50 | $9.50 | $9.20 |
| $20 | $1.75 | $1.79 | $23.54 | $1.00 | $19.00 | $18.40 |
| $35 | $2.50 | $3.09 | $40.59 | $1.75 | $33.25 | $32.20 |
| $50 | $2.50 | $4.33 | $56.83 | $2.50 | $47.50 | $46.00 |
| $100 | $5.00 | $8.66 | $113.66 | $5.00 | $95.00 | $92.00 |
| $250 | $12.50 | $21.66 | $284.16 | $12.50 | $237.50 | $230.00 |
Where $46.01 goes
A $40 item. The buyer pays $46.01. This is where every cent of it ends up.
The school does not take a cut. Showroom's part pays for the lockers, the people who check every item, and running the site.
Sales tax
Texas requires a marketplace to collect sales tax on what sells through it, so Showroom adds it at checkout and pays it to the state. Sellers do not have to do anything about tax.
The rate is 8.25%, the combined state and local rate where the school is. It is charged on the item and the locker fee, and shown on the receipt.
Free items have no tax. Refunded orders get their tax back.
When money moves
$3. Below that the fees would cost more than the item, so give it away instead.
Stripe needs an adult to own a payout account, so a parent or guardian sets it up with you. It takes about five minutes.
Typed into Stripe, never into Showroom. We never see or store a card number.