Restocking Fee Calculator

How it is calculated

The tool takes the price of the returned item and the restocking fee as a percentage of that price. The fee is fee = price × rate / 100, and the refund is refund = price − fee. Both results are shown as money amounts rounded to cents. The price cannot be negative and the rate must be between 0 and 100, otherwise there is no result. The calculation covers only the item price: shipping charges, taxes and any separate return-shipping label cost are not part of it, so add or subtract those by hand if your seller treats them differently. Whether a fee may be charged at all, and how high it can be, depends on the seller's policy and local consumer law, so check the terms of your purchase.

Common mistakes

• Typing the rate as a decimal such as 0.15. The field is in percent, so 0.15 is read as 0.15% and the fee comes out as only $0.72.
• Applying the percentage to the refund instead of the original price. The fee is a share of the item price, which is why $72 is 15% of $480, not 15% of what remains.
• Forgetting that shipping paid at purchase is usually kept by the seller. The tool refunds only the item price minus the fee, so check your policy for the delivery charge separately.
• Entering the price including tax when the fee is charged on the pre-tax price, or the other way round. Use the same base the policy names.
• Assuming every return carries a fee. Many sellers waive it for faulty goods or within a free-return window, so confirm that a fee applies before relying on the result.