Opening a store is free and listing is free. Mercato charges one flat transaction fee of 12%, and only on the merchandise subtotal of a completed sale — shipping is passed through to the maker in full and sales tax is never part of the fee.
What it costs a Chinese small or mid-sized merchant to sell on Mercato.
No setup cost, no monthly subscription and no listing fee. Open your store and publish as many listings as you like — the price stays the same at zero.
Mercato takes a 12% transaction fee on completed sales. No sale, no fee. It is deducted automatically from your payout, so nothing is invoiced separately.
The fee is calculated on the merchandise subtotal only. Shipping is collected on your behalf and passed through to you in full — which is why you keep 88% of the item price plus all of the shipping.
Every line a buyer sees at checkout, and whether the platform fee is charged on it.
| Line item | Platform fee | Who receives it |
|---|---|---|
| Merchandise subtotal | Yes — 12% | Seller receives 88% of the item price. |
| Shipping | No fee | Passed through to the seller in full. |
| Sales tax | No fee | Calculated at checkout from the delivery address. |
Listings and variation prices must be at least CAD $20. Prices are shown in CAD.
What you pay when you buy on Mercato.
There is no buyer subscription and no platform fee added at checkout. You pay the item price, shipping, and any applicable sales tax.
Payment is handled by Stripe on their secure form. Mercato never stores your full card number.
All prices are listed in Canadian dollars (CAD). Your bank may apply its own conversion rate for a different billing currency.
Opening a store is free, and Mercato takes a 12% transaction fee on completed sales. There are no listing fees, no monthly subscription and no upfront cost.
The 12% is charged on the merchandise subtotal only. Shipping is collected on the seller's behalf and passed through in full, and sales tax is not part of the fee base.
Yes. Shipping is added to the seller's payout in full and is never commissionable. A seller who sells a CAD $100 item with CAD $12 shipping receives CAD $88 of the item plus the CAD $12 shipping.
No. There is no subscription, no listing fee and no charge for publishing additional listings or product variations.
Only after a sale completes. The fee is deducted automatically from the seller's payout, so merchants are never invoiced separately.
All prices on Mercato are in Canadian dollars (CAD).
Yes. The lowest price for a product or any of its variations is CAD $20.
No. Buyers pay the item price, the shipping shown on the listing, and any sales tax calculated at checkout.
Selling on Mercato? Open your store or read the Help Center.