Fees for Using GunBroker.com

For any item that is won by one a bidder we assess a final value fee based on the selling price of the item. A sold item is one that is bid on and won a by a bidder in accordance with our User Agreement. If an item does not sell no Final Value Fee is assessed. In other words, if you create a basic listing (one that uses no Optional Services) and the item does not sell you do not owe us anything. Click here for a full description of the Final Value Fee.

Our Optional Services are designed to make your auction listings stand out from the others. The services consist of priority placements and attention-getting features that help to get more bidders to look at and hopefully bid on your item. No other print or online classified ad or auction venue offers the package of priority placement and attention-getting options offered by GunBroker.com.

What's Free - We do not charge any 'insertion' fees for creating a basic listing. Basic listings are completely free unless the item is won by a bidder (sold items are assessed a Final Value Fee). When listing an item the seller can decide on an item by item basis which of our optional services (if any) to use. Our basic listings are more powerful than the paid listings available on other sites or venues. Sellers can use HTML to create fancy listings. Sellers can take advantage of our automated picture upload facility to add pictures to their listings; if fact, we strongly recommend this. Basic listings are not limited compared to their Showcase or Featured counterparts. The only difference is that basic listings appear below the Featured listings in the 'Items in...' section.

What's Not Free - We charge fees for 'Showcase' listings and 'Featured' listings. We have deliberately kept our fee structure very low to make the optional services more obtainable for all of our customers. We charge fees for the use of our options such as Colored Titles, Boldface Titles, Highlights, Counters, and Thumbnail images. You will have to pay a Final Value Fee if a bidder bids on and wins your item.

A seller must place a credit card on file with us to be permitted to list items for sale. You can use Place a Credit Card on File on our For Sellers page to place a credit card on file or to update your card on file. Any auction fees you incur will be accumulated throughout a calendar month and we will email you a statement on or about the 6th of the following month for the prior month's activity. If you wish to pay your bill by check or money order you can mail payment to us so that we receive it prior to the 20th of the month. If we have not received your payment by the 20th of the month then we bill your credit card on file.

If your credit card fails to authorize you will not be able to list additional items until you use Place a Credit Card on File on our For Sellers page to update your card on file. If your card fails to authorize your account must be paid promptly; past due users will be suspended from using the site until the balance has been paid in full.

Optional service fees are non-refundable once used and must be paid for whether or not the item sells. Items that do not sell can be relisted at the same level of optional services without being billed again for those optional services. You must relist the item that did not sell by using our Bulk Relist Items or Relist Item with Edit function located on our For Sellers page. If you relist an item that was won by a bidder, the relisting will incur the same fees as the original listing.

If a bidder wins an item but does not complete the transaction, you can request a credit for the Final Value Fee plus the cost to relist the item at the same level of optional services. Credit requests must be made within 60 days of the close of an auction. Our Non-Paying Bidder Overview located in For Sellers explains the process of requesting a credit.

Showcase auctions are randomly displayed on our Home Page. Our Home Page is the most-visited page on GunBroker.com. Consequently, Showcase auctions will be seen by the largest audience of any of our auction types. When a seller lists an item, he can decide to have that item listed in the 'Featured' category. In doing so, he will incur a small fee for that listing.

Showcase listings are an extra-charge optional service that we provide to our sellers as a way for them to get priority placement for their auction listings.

Each category such as Rifles, Pistols, Shotguns and etc. contain two sections of auction listings. Featured auctions are listed at the top of each category, and are listed first in search results. Because the item is listed above other auctions, it will typically be seen by more bidders and will often draw more bids and command a higher purchase price. When a seller lists an item, he can decide to have that item listed in the 'Featured' section. In doing so, he will incur a small fee for that listing.

Featured listings are an extra-charge optional service that we provide to our sellers as a way for them to get priority placement for their auction listings.

Make your listing stand out from others in the category listings for a small fee! This options highlights your listing in yellow to make it stand out from the other listings.

Highlighting is an extra-charge optional service that we provide to our sellers as a way for them to draw additional attention to their listings.

Make your listing stand out from others in the category listings for a small fee! This option causes your item's title to be displayed in boldface text.

Boldface titles are an extra-charge optional service that we provide to our sellers as a way for them to draw additional attention to their listings.

Make your listing stand out from others in the category listings for a small fee! This option causes your item's title to be displayed in the color of your choice - red, green, or blue. A colored title is especially effective when combined with the boldface title option.

Boldface titles are an extra-charge optional service that we provide to our sellers as a way for them to draw additional attention to their listings.

A thumbnail image is a miniaturized picture of your item that is displayed to the left of your item's title when a bidder browses or searches our listings. Thumbnail Images are an eye-catching device designed to draw the bidder's attention to your listing.

Thumbnail Images are an extra-charge optional service that we provide to our sellers as a way for them to draw additional attention to their listings.

A counter keeps track of the number of times an item has been viewed since being listed. Sellers can use counters as a way to gauge the interest bidders have shown in an item. Sellers can experiment with different item titles and measure the results via the counter.

Counters are an extra-charge optional service that we provide to our sellers as a way for them to track statistics on their listings.

A Final Value Fee is assessed if your item is sold. The Final Value Fee is assessed when the listing closes and is based on the price that the item is sold for. If the item is not sold (reserve not met or no bids were placed) there is no Final Value Fee. For Dutch auctions the Final Value Fee is based on the cumulative sale price of all items sold out of the lot.

Here is how you calculate your Final Value Fee:

1. Take the first $25 of your final value and multiply it by 5%. If your item sold for $25 or less this is your Final Value Fee.
2. If your final value was more than $25, take the additional amount between $25.01 and $1,000 and multiply it by 2.5%.
3. If your final value was more than $1,000, take the additional amount above $1000 and multiple it by 1.25%.
4. Add up these these amounts and that is your Final Value Fee.

For example, a $1500 item would cost:

1. $25 times 5% = $1.25
2. $975 times 2.5% = $24.38
3. $500 times 1.25% = $6.25
4. Total = $31.88

A $500 item would cost:

1. $25 times 5% = $1.25
2. $475 times 2.5% = $11.88
3. Total = $13.13