Fiverr Fee & Take-Home Calculator

Estimate Fiverr’s cut and your real take-home in USD

Step 1 · Enter your amounts
Step 2 · Fiverr fee settings
Fiverr fee summary
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Add your Fiverr order total and optional target net to see Fiverr’s cut, your take-home, and what to charge to hit a goal.

Assumptions: Fiverr keeps a flat commission on seller earnings plus any optional fixed costs you add. Fiverr fees = Order total × seller fee % + optional fixed fee per order. Net payout = Order total − Fiverr fees. Target mode solves for the minimum order total needed so your desired net remains after fees. Defaults use a 20% Fiverr commission and $0 fixed fee as a simple example; your actual fees and taxes may differ. Does not include buyer service fees, promoted gigs, subscription costs, VAT, or your own income taxes.
Updated: November 22, 2025

How to use this Fiverr fee & take-home calculator

This Fiverr fee calculator shows how much of each order Fiverr keeps and how much you actually take home. It also helps you work backwards from a target net payout so you can price gigs, packages, and custom offers without accidentally undercharging once Fiverr’s cut is applied.

1. Enter either your order total, your target net, or both

In the first box, enter what the client pays on Fiverr for a typical order: base gig price plus extras, fast delivery, and tips if you want to include them. The calculator estimates Fiverr’s fee and shows your net earnings in USD after that fee.

If you already know how much you want to pocket (for example, “I need to earn $100 on this package”), fill in the “You want to receive” box. The tool then calculates the minimum order total you should charge so that amount is left after Fiverr’s cut.

2. Keep the 20% default or adjust the fee if Fiverr changes

Fiverr typically takes around 20% of the seller’s earnings on each completed order. If that’s the rate on your account, leave the Fiverr seller fee box at 20%. If Fiverr updates its policy or you want to test scenarios with a different cut, overwrite the percentage and run the calculation again.

3. Use the optional fixed fee for withdrawals or currency costs

The optional fixed fee lets you layer in other costs that hit every order, such as Payoneer withdrawal fees, bank charges, or currency conversion. If you don’t care about these, leave it as $0.00 and you’ll see a clean “Fiverr-only” view.

4. Read the breakdown to check if a gig really pays enough

When you click Calculate, the result box highlights a headline number — usually either your net take-home on the order you entered or the charge needed to hit your target net. Under that you’ll see:

  • client pays (order total),
  • Fiverr fees in dollars,
  • your net after fees, and
  • the effective platform cut as a percentage of the order.

If you use target mode, you’ll also see how much you need to charge so Fiverr’s slice doesn’t wipe out your margins.

5. Use it for pricing, packages, and reality-checking income claims

Use this calculator when you design gig packages, quote custom offers, or sanity-check income screenshots that ignore platform fees. Try a few what-if scenarios: increase your target net, change the fee percentage, or add a small fixed fee for withdrawals. The Copy summary button gives you a clean, text-only breakdown you can paste into Notion, Sheets, or client messages.

Keep in mind that this tool looks only at platform-level fees per order. It doesn’t model your billable hours, taxes, refunds, or promoted gig spend. For a full picture of your freelance business, combine this with your real hourly rate and basic bookkeeping.

How the Fiverr fee math works

This calculator treats Fiverr’s cut as a combination of a percentage fee and an optional fixed fee per order. Let G be the order total in USD the client pays, r be the platform fee percentage as a decimal (for example 0.20 for 20%), and f be any additional fixed fee per order (for example a withdrawal cost).

The total fee on a single order is:

Fiverr fees = G × r + f

The amount you take home after those fees is:

Net earnings = G − (G × r + f)

When you enter a target net amount instead, the calculator rearranges the equation to solve for the required order total. If N is the net you want to receive, the minimum you should charge is:

Required charge = (N + f) ÷ (1 − r)

The effective fee rate shown in the results is just total fees divided by the order total, expressed as a percentage:

Effective fee % = (Fiverr fees ÷ order total) × 100

For example, if a client pays $100, Fiverr’s share is 20% (r = 0.20), and you model no fixed fees, Fiverr keeps $20 and you take home $80. If you decide you want to clear $100 instead, the calculator solves for an order total high enough that 20% still goes to Fiverr while your net stays at your target.

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