Temu seller fees in the UK: what Temu publishes, and what it doesn't

What Temu publishes about UK seller fees

We looked for a Temu fee page for UK sellers on 4 October 2026 and did not find one. The page at partner.temu.com shows no fee text unless JavaScript is running. The page at seller.temu.com is a sign-up page with no fees on it.

That gap gets filled by other people's guides. The ones we read quote figures from 0% to 15%, and none of them links to a Temu rate card. A percentage with no source behind it is a guess, so this page does not add another one.

Amazon, eBay, TikTok Shop and OnBuy all put at least part of their pricing on a public page. Temu shows a seller's terms inside the seller account. That is why two guides can disagree and neither can prove its number.

Where your real numbers are shown

There are two places. The first is Temu Seller Center, where your terms are shown once you have an account. Registration for UK sellers runs through Temu's own seller site, Temu reviews every application, and the account is yours.

If you have not registered yet, you can do it through Seller Spring's invitation link. It costs nothing and adds set-up help from our team. Seller Spring is independent and is not part of Temu.

The second place is the payments report you get after you start selling. Each report shows what you were charged. It also includes pricing adjustments and platform subsidies, which makes it hard to see what you kept on an order.

Settled reads one Temu payments report and turns it into the figures for the nine VAT return boxes, with import files for Xero, QuickBooks and Sage 50. It prepares the figures. Filing stays with you or your accountant. Our guide to the Temu settlement report and VAT walks through the report itself.

Your price and what you are paid

Temu shows you its own payment terms in Seller Center, and each payments report shows what you were paid. Check what you will receive there before you set a price, and keep your price below a recommended retail price you can evidence.

For a seller used to Amazon or eBay, this changes the sum. Amazon and eBay publish the fees listed below, which you can use when reviewing a product's costs. On Temu, the numbers that count are the ones in your Seller Center terms and your payments reports.

What Amazon, eBay, TikTok Shop and OnBuy publish

You already know roughly what your current channels cost. Having those published figures next to each other gives you something to compare against when Temu shows you its terms. Amazon and eBay fees below exclude VAT. TikTok Shop's standard commission includes it.

Source: our UK marketplace fee data, checked 4 October 2026. Each figure was confirmed on the marketplace's own page that day. Some categories have price bands. Amazon charges 8% on Home Products up to £20 and 15% above that, for example.

For a category by category view, see Temu vs Amazon vs eBay fees in the UK.

Costs you carry whatever the commission

Some costs sit outside any commission rate, and you can plan for them before Temu shows you a single figure.

Postage

UK local sellers ship their own orders. Postage, carriers and shipping templates are set up in Seller Center before the first listing goes live.

VAT

You must register for VAT if your taxable turnover for the last 12 months goes over £90,000, or you expect it to in the next 30 days. Sales from a new channel add to that total. The standard rate is 20%, while books and children's clothes and footwear are zero-rated.

Source: our UK VAT data for marketplace sellers, from gov.uk, checked 4 October 2026.

Returns

Returns cost money on every channel. Check the returns terms that apply to your Temu store before you price anything with a thin margin.

Your time

Temu wants its own upload template per category, so an Amazon or eBay file cannot go straight in. Retyping a catalogue is a cost even though no invoice arrives for it. Upload turns an Amazon, eBay or Shopify export into Temu upload files and shows what each listing is missing first. The free file check at /check runs in your browser and shows what Temu would reject.

How to work out your own figure

Since we could not find a public UK seller fee page, the reliable route is to get your own numbers and test them on a small range.

1. Register and read your terms. Once Temu approves the application, your terms are in Seller Center. Write them down next to the Amazon and eBay figures in the table above.
2. Set a floor for each product. Take your cost price, add postage for an order you ship yourself, and add VAT if you are registered. Use those costs when calculating the minimum proceeds you need for each product.
3. Set the base price against that floor. Check your terms and payments report when assessing the base price. Keep it below a recommended retail price you can evidence.
4. Check the first payments report. It shows what you were charged and includes pricing adjustments and platform subsidies. Compare what arrived with your floor, product by product, then widen the range or change prices.

A handful of listings and one payments report will tell you more than any percentage quoted in a guide, including this one.