NetMoneyLab ยท Oct 25, 2026
Bottom line: sellers of items up to R$ 79.99 pay R$ 0.50 more per sale since October 1. On a R$ 30 item, total fees go from 33.3% to 35% of the price.
Only the fixed fee in the lowest bracket moved.
The extra R$ 0.50 is small in absolute terms and large as a share of a cheap item. These are our calculations from the table, ignoring shipping programs, taxes and affiliate commissions:
BP Money cites Itau BBA, which estimates that the under-R$ 80 bracket makes up about 60% of Shopee's gross merchandise volume in Brazil and about 90% of units sold.
This is where the table catches careless pricing. At R$ 80 the commission drops from 20% to 14%, but the fixed fee jumps from R$ 4.50 to R$ 16.
Central do Varejo, citing the consultancy Mamba Digital, says an individual seller (registered with a personal tax ID, CPF) with more than 450 orders in 90 days pays R$ 3 extra per item.
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