As an independent artist who sells on the Redbubble marketplace, you're probably wondering how your payment is calculated.
You earn a percentage for each sale that is successfully shipped. This doesn't include any applied sales or discounts, and doesn't take account fees into consideration.
- Base Price, Artist Margin, and Retail Price
- Sales and Discounts
- Account Tier Fee
- GST, VAT, and Taxes
Base Price, Artist Margin, and Retail Price
This is how it works.
Let’s break it down.
Base Price
The base price includes Redbubble’s service fee for hosting the marketplace and the manufacturing fee charged by the third-party manufacturer. Changing the delivery address at checkout could very well change the total because of different local production and material costs charged by the respective manufacturer.
Please note that fluctuating currencies and costs can occasionally alter the base price.
Want to see the base price of your product?
- Ensure you are logged into your artist account
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Add the product featuring your artwork to your cart
- You'll see this in your local currency and country, and product prices are VAT-inclusive where applicable.
The artist margin shows how much you make off of a sale, with the markup being the percentage of the base price and the margin being the actual cash amount.
This defaults to 20% but you are free to raise or lower that amount any time in the Product Pricing section of your Account Details page. Keep in mind that the Product Pricing page displays these amounts based on your local currency and shipping settings. The final amount will differ for visitors in different countries.
Sales Tax (a.k.a. VAT)
Sales Tax or Value Added Tax is collected on each sale and paid to the appropriate tax authorities.
Retail Price
The base price, artist margin, and sales tax combine to create the retail price, which is the price you see per product across the Redbubble website.
Let’s use an example.
Large framed art prints going to the US have a base price of US$125.00.
You set a 20% markup for large framed art prints.
20% of the $125 base price means you get an artist margin of $25.00.
$125 base price + $25 artist margin makes for a $150 retail price (before tax).
Sales and Discounts
So how do sales and discounts fit into the equation?
Remember, your markup is a percentage of the base price, meaning if the base price changes, your artist margin changes. The visual equation looks something like this:
Some of the products have bulk discounts that can affect the base price of items in larger orders. Let’s look at another example to see how this affects your margin.
Let’s say Stickers to the US have a base price of US$2.00
You set a markup of 50%, which means your margin is $1.00. The retail price for one sticker is then $3.00.
Now, let’s assume the volume discount for stickers is 50% off the base price for 5+ stickers. This means that if your customer buys 5 or more stickers, then the new base price is $1.00.
If you kept your markup at 50%, then 50% of $1.00 is 50 cents. The new base price ($1.00) plus the new artist margin (50 cents) means the new retail price is $1.50.
At the end of the 5 sticker sale, costs and payments (before taxes) round up to:
Customer pays $1.50 per sticker, meaning they paid $7.50 total.
The total base price after the discount was $5.00.
You receive 50% of the base price, meaning you get $2.50.
Though site-wide discounts might feel like you’re making less profit, it’s good to keep in mind that discounts drive customers to the site and attract them to your work.
Account Tier Fee
If you have a Redbubble Standard account, it is subject to a fee. The flat fee is based on your monthly earnings and only applies if you make a sale. You will not be charged a fee if you don't make any sales during the payment period, so artists are never out of pocket.
As recognition for positive engagement and investment in the Redbubble marketplace, Premium and Pro accounts are exempt from the fee.
| Earnings bracket | Fee* |
|---|---|
| 0.00 to 1.99 | 0.00 |
| 2.00 to 2.99 | 1.00 |
| 3.00 to 3.99 | 1.45 |
| 4.00 to 4.99 | 1.85 |
| 5.00 to 5.99 | 2.30 |
| 6.00 to 6.99 | 2.70 |
| 7.00 to 7.99 | 3.10 |
| 8.00 to 8.99 | 3.55 |
| 9.00 to 9.99 | 3.95 |
| 10.00 to 10.99 | 4.30 |
| 11.00 to 11.99 | 4.65 |
| 12.00 to 12.99 | 5.00 |
| 13.00 to 13.99 | 5.40 |
| 14.00 to 14.99 | 5.75 |
| 15.00 to 15.99 | 6.15 |
| 16.00 to 16.99 | 6.55 |
| 17.00 to 17.99 | 6.95 |
| 18.00 to 18.99 | 7.35 |
| 19.00 to 19.99 | 7.75 |
| 20.00 to 24.99 | 9.20 |
| 25.00 to 29.99 | 11.20 |
| 30.00 to 34.99 | 13.20 |
| 35.00 to 39.99 | 15.20 |
| 40.00 to 44.99 | 17.20 |
| 45.00 to 49.99 | 19.20 |
| 50.00 to 59.99 | 22.00 |
| 60.00 to 69.99 | 25.00 |
| 70.00 to 79.99 | 28.00 |
| 80.00 to 89.99 | 31.00 |
| 90.00 to 99.99 | 33.00 |
| 100.00 to 149.99 | 34.00 |
| 150.00 to 199.99 | 46.00 |
| 200.00 to 249.99 | 53.00 |
| 250.00 to 299.99 | 60.00 |
| 300.00 to 349.99 | 66.00 |
| 350.00 to 399.99 | 73.00 |
| 400.00 to 449.99 | 80.00 |
| 450.00 to 499.99 | 85.00 |
| 500.00 or more | 92.00 |
*Account fees are charged in the currency you selected to be paid in.
Want to change tiers?
Check out this article to find out how!
Taxes and Fees
Redbubble is an online marketplace where artists can sell their products to customers using the Redbubble platform. Redbubble collects proceeds on behalf of the artist and deducts Redbubble’s service fee, shipping costs, and the supplier’s manufacturing fee before paying the remaining funds to the artist (Artist Margin).
Tax is included in orders where applicable, and may include sales tax, GST, or VAT (indirect taxes). Because indirect taxes vary around the world and are based on various factors, it is the responsibility of all artists on Redbubble to make sure they are handling their own tax obligations correctly. This is further outlined in our User Agreement.
As an online marketplace facilitator, Redbubble has an obligation in certain jurisdictions to collect and remit the relevant indirect taxes from the customers on behalf of artists. In these circumstances, this means artists do not need to collect or report the indirect taxes on their products sold in those jurisdictions.
Redbubble will calculate, collect, and remit applicable state and local sales taxes to the relevant tax authorities on behalf of artists on sales of goods to customers located in the US where marketplace facilitator laws require it.
- Colorado Retail Delivery Fee effective July 1, 2022
- Missouri marketplace facilitator law effective January 1, 2023
Redbubble will calculate, collect, and remit applicable Federal GST and provincial HST, QST, PST to the relevant Canadian tax authorities on behalf of artists on sales of goods to customers located in Canada.
Redbubble will collect GST/HST where:- Goods are shipped from 3rd-party fulfillment partners from within Canada
- Goods are shipped from 3rd-party fulfillment partners within Canada to Quebec customers.
- Goods are delivered to Saskatchewan customers.
- Goods are delivered to Manitoba customers.
- Goods are shipped from 3rd-party fulfillment partners within Canada to BC customers.
- Goods of any value are shipped from 3rd-party fulfillment partners within the EU;
- Goods valued no greater than €150 are shipped from 3rd-party fulfillment partners located outside the EU.
- Goods of any value are shipped from 3rd-party fulfillment partners within the UK;
- Goods valued no greater than £135 are shipped from 3rd-party fulfillment partners located outside the UK.
- Goods are valued below NOK 3,000.
- Goods valued no greater than $1,000 AUD are shipped from 3rd-party fulfillment partners located outside Australia.
- Goods are valued no greater than $1,000 NZD.
- Goods are valued no greater than S$400.