Vendor selling for 1.000

That is 500 for the site
500 for the vendor.

Vendor has to declare income.
Vendor pays taxes.

Vendors net income 250. (from the 1.000 his buyers paid)
IF he /she is lucky !

Vendor wanna survive?
He/she needs to sell for 10.000 EACH Month to get 2.500 net each month.

 

yeah, that's pretty close to how it works.  Taxes vary, and vendor percentages can vary, but also sales numbers can vary.... each product is a bit if a gamble too. You think people will like it and they don't, or the other way around.

You know what really sucks about that, don't you? The government, not the brokerage, is the one getting half the profit for the work YOU did. Because both you AND the brokerage have to pay taxes.