Albion Online market tax and fees, explained

Every silver figure on this site that says "net" or "profit" already has these fees subtracted. Here's what the marketplace actually charges and how it changes your trading math.

The two fees

• Setup fee — 2.5%. Charged when you place a buy or sell order, based on the order's value. It is not refunded if the order never fills, which is what makes spamming orders expensive.
• Sales tax — 4% with Premium, 8% without. Charged to the seller when a sale actually happens. Instantly selling into an existing buy order also triggers sales tax, but no setup fee.

Buying is the cheap side: instantly buying an existing sell order costs nothing beyond the listed price. The fees land on sellers and order-placers.

Worked example

Say you buy a mount for 100,000 silver in Caerleon and list it in Brecilien for 130,000 with Premium. The setup fee costs 130,000 × 2.5% = 3,250 when you list. When it sells you pay 130,000 × 4% = 5,200 tax. Net: 130,000 − 3,250 − 5,200 − 100,000 = 21,550 profit — noticeably less than the 30,000 the raw spread suggested. Without Premium the tax doubles to 10,400 and the same flip nets 16,350.

What Premium is worth to a trader

Premium halves your sales tax from 8% to 4%, which means it pays for itself once you sell roughly 750,000–1,000,000 silver of goods per day, depending on gold prices. Casual flippers can stay free-to-play; anyone moving serious volume is effectively donating 4% of their turnover by skipping Premium.

Fee-aware trading habits

• Because the setup fee is non-refundable, don't list far above market hoping for a whale — every relist costs another 2.5%.
• Selling into a strong buy order skips the setup fee entirely and is often worth the slightly lower price for fast turnover.
• Thin margins die to fees: a 10% spread is really a ~3.5% spread with Premium, and barely break-even without it. The Flip Finder has a Premium toggle so the numbers match your account.