eBay Spreadsheet: The Resale Maths for an Agent Haul, and the Rules PandaBuy Users Forget

The resale maths, worked through

The example, line by line:

Fees from eBay's Seller Center and Taxomate (Jun 2026); example numbers computed on this page.

The landed cost is the number people get wrong. It should include the item, the agent's fees, the item's share of international freight and any duty, which is exactly what our haul template works out per row. Get it wrong by $5 and the profit above nearly halves.

Verdict: Resale works on margin you can measure. Know each item's landed cost before you list it.

What you can legally resell

The legal side matters more than the maths. eBay's VeRO programme lets rights owners have listings removed, and selling items that use someone else's trademark can get an account suspended or worse. The PandaBuy story itself began with brand owners' complaints. So:

• Resell unbranded goods or your own label.
• Use your own photos and honest descriptions.
• Keep invoices from the agent showing what you paid.

Verdict: If it carries someone else's brand, don't resell it.

Dropshipping instead of holding stock

If you'd rather not hold stock at all, dropshipping sends each order straight from China to your customer. That's the service our homepage banner describes for creators and shop owners: you keep the customer and the price, we handle buying and shipping. The fee maths above still applies; only the postage line changes.

For sourcing at volume, the 1688 page works through wholesale pricing, and the shipping calculator estimates freight per kilo.

Verdict: Holding stock or dropshipping, the margin is set by landed cost and eBay's 13.6%.

Turning the haul template into a resale sheet

eBay also has its own 'spreadsheet' searches, mostly sellers looking for inventory and profit templates. Our haul template covers the buying side: landed cost per item. To turn it into a resale sheet, add three columns: your eBay price, the shipping you'll charge, and your postage. The profit formula is the one used in the worked example above: total charged × (1 − 13.6%) − $0.40 − postage − landed cost.

Three practical points for resellers coming from PandaBuy-era hauls:

• Returns cost you: eBay buyers can return items, and you pay postage on returns in many cases, while you can't send the item back to China. Price that risk in.
• Duty is a cost of goods: since the US ended the $800 allowance and the EU added €3 per category, duty belongs in landed cost.
• Volume changes the maths: wholesale from 1688 lowers landed cost but raises the cash you tie up in stock.

Verdict: Add returns, duty and stock risk to the sheet before you call an item profitable.

Records to keep if you resell

Anyone who bought through PandaBuy to resell found that their order history vanished with the agent. If you resell now, keep your own records:

• The original marketplace link and the yuan price of each item, with the exchange rate you paid. The haul template has columns for both.
• Each item's share of freight and import tax, split by weight. Leave it out and your profit looks bigger than it is.
• The eBay fees and postage on each sale, from your sales report.

Tax offices are also better informed than they were. Under the EU's DAC7 rules, and matching UK rules in force since January 2024, marketplaces such as eBay report sellers who pass 30 sales or roughly €2,000 in a calendar year. In the UK the first £1,000 of trading income is covered by the trading allowance; above that, profit needs declaring. Good records are what turn a turnover figure into a profit figure.

Verdict: Log the yuan price, freight share and fees for every item you sell. Platforms now report sellers to tax offices.