Courtyard has a simple and transparent fee structure for sellers with no hidden charges. To sell on courtyards.in, you pay Referral Fees and Closing Fees. There are no separate listing fees, payment collection fees and subscription fees. We will only charge these fees when you make a sale.
Effective 1 st Aug 2024, the updated fee schedule will apply as outlined here. For more details about your fees go to Detailed Fees Explainer (insert link -excel Sheet no 2).
Referral fees
Sellers pay a referral fee on each item sold.
For all products, a percentage of the total sales price that is paid by the buyer (including the item price, any shipping or gift-wrap charges charged by the seller) is deducted as a referral fee.
Note: For all incorrect referral fees claims, you must notify Courtyard in writing within 30 calendar days of the order being shipped. If no such claim is filed within the prescribed timeline, then the referral fee charged will be deemed correct and accepted by the seller. No claim filed after the expiry of this timeline will be entertained and Courtyard will not be liable for any claims brought and/or damages suffered by the seller.
Closing fees
You pay a fixed closing fee based on the item price that is paid by the buyer (including any shipping or gift-wrap charges charged by the seller). The fixed closing fee to be paid is calculated below
Cancellation Charge
You will be charged 100% of referral fee (if cancelled on or before ESD*) / 150% of referral fee (if cancelled after ESD*) of the value of items in an order as a Cancellation Charge for seller-fulfilled orders that are cancelled under the following scenarios:
ESD* :- Expected Shipping Date.
- Order is cancelled by seller for any reason other than buyer request. (Only cancellations requested by buyers through the Courtyards.in website are considered buyer-requested cancellations and will be exempt from the Cancellation Charge.)
- Order is cancelled automatically by Courtyard because the seller has not shipped and confirmed shipping of the order within 24 hours of Estimated Ship Date.
Note: All fees are exclusive of 18% Goods and Services Tax (GST). To ensure that you are charged the correct referral fee, you will need to categorize your items as precisely as possible when you list them on the website. Categorisation of products is subject to Courtyard’s sole discretion.
Examples of referral fee calculation
i..Media products
Example: Books (INR 149) [Category: Book] [Self Shipping]
ii..Examples for other products
Example: Tablet (INR 10000) [Category: Tablet] [Self Shipping]
How to calculate Closing Fees:
Total Closing Fees = Fees based on item price & category
Example 1: if you are selling Books at ₹ 200 (Books category is in ₹0-250 exception list), closing fees = ₹ 6
Example 2: If you are selling a product at ₹ 450 (Product category is not in ₹251-500 exception list), closing fees = ₹ 10
