How Much Does Fiverr Take? The 20% Fee, Buyer Fees and What You Actually Keep
You keep 80% of every Fiverr order — the platform's 20% covers packages, extras and tips. This guide breaks down the seller fee, the separate buyer fee, the 14-day clearing period, and pricing backwards.
Before you set a single price on Fiverr, you need one number: what you actually keep. The rule is simple, and Fiverr states it in one line on its earnings page guide: “For every order you complete, you earn 80% of the purchase amount, including Gig Extras and tips.” Fiverr keeps the other 20%. This guide walks through what that means in real prices, what your buyer pays on top, and how to price your Gig backwards from the amount you want to take home. New to the platform entirely? Start with our complete beginner’s guide to creating your first Gig.
Highlights
- You keep 80% of every order — Fiverr’s share is 20% of the purchase amount, taken before the money reaches your balance.
- The 20% applies to everything: the package price, Gig Extras and tips are all subject to the same split.
- Your buyer pays a separate service fee on top of your price — it does not come out of your 80%.
- Money is not instant: completed orders go through a 14-day clearing period before you can withdraw; eligible programs such as Top Rated and Fiverr Pro clear faster.
- Price backwards: divide the amount you want to keep by 0.8 to find the price you need to set.
The seller fee: 20%, on everything, every time
There is no tiered commission on Fiverr, no lower rate for bigger orders and no discount for loyal sellers in the published rules: the split is 80/20 on every completed order. Because the fee is deducted before the money reaches you, you never receive a bill — your earnings simply arrive net. The same split covers the whole purchase amount, which means:
- A $50 package earns you $40.
- A $100 package earns you $80.
- A $250 order with extras earns you $200.
- A $20 tip earns you $16 — tips are not exempt.
This is also why the prices in your Basic, Standard and Premium packages should be set with the fee already in mind: the number in the package table is the buyer’s price, not your income.
The buyer fee: separate, and not your money either way
Your client also pays Fiverr, separately. Fiverr’s guide to how Fiverr works for clients explains that a service fee is added at checkout — 5.5% on orders, with an additional small-order fee on smaller purchases — and that the fee applies to all payments within the order, including add-ons, Gig Extras and tips. Two things matter for you as a seller. First, this fee is charged on top of your price and does not reduce your 80%. Second, it does change what your Gig actually costs the buyer — in some regions Fiverr now shows an “all-in” price while browsing, with the fees already included, so the number a buyer sees may be higher than the number you set. The exact checkout total for a given order is always shown to the buyer before they pay; that screen, not any guide (including this one), is the final word on a specific order’s fees.
When you can actually touch the money
Completing an order does not make the money withdrawable the same day. Fiverr’s guide to how Fiverr works for freelancers states that after an order is completed, freelancers receive 80% of the client’s cleared payment, and funds are subject to a 14-day clearing period before they become available for withdrawal — with a shorter clearing period for eligible programs such as Top Rated or Fiverr Pro. Fiverr also offers an Early Payout option to eligible freelancers, which moves clearing funds to available sooner for a 1% fee on the amount cleared. Plan your cash flow around the standard 14 days and treat anything faster as a bonus. All amounts on your earnings page are shown before taxes, and Fiverr is explicit that reporting and paying your own taxes is your responsibility.
How to price backwards from what you want to keep
Work the maths in the right direction. If you know the amount you need to earn from a job, divide it by 0.8:
- Want to keep $40? Set the price at $50.
- Want to keep $80? Set the price at $100.
- Want to keep $200? Set the price at $250.
Then sanity-check the result against your market: if the backwards price is far above what comparable Gigs charge, the answer is usually to change the scope — smaller deliverable, fewer revisions, longer delivery — rather than to quietly absorb the fee and resent the work. And remember that the 80% is not the last deduction in your life as a freelancer: your payout method may charge its own withdrawal or currency-conversion fees when the money leaves Fiverr. Those vary by method, which is why comparing payout routes deserves its own careful look before your first withdrawal.
The short version
Fiverr takes 20% of every order, including extras and tips; you keep 80%, before taxes. Your buyer pays their own service fee on top, which does not touch your share. Your money clears 14 days after completion unless you qualify for a faster route. Set every price by dividing what you want to keep by 0.8 — and the fee stops being a surprise and becomes just a cost of the shopfront.