Guild Wars 2

How is projected profit calculated on the trading post, because I had figured it was just the amount you sell an item for minus the listing fee, but this isn’t true (see the picture).
The item in which I was selling, I had put up for 2 silver and 88 copper. That minus the listing fee would be 2 silver and 74 copper. But the projected profit is 2 silver and 59 copper, where did the other 15 copper go?!

Nah.

The Projected Profit does not count in your Listing Fee. The Projected Profit is 90% of the sell price, rounded down. The 10% is a TP gold sink.

The Listing Fee is entirely separate. You pay the Listing Fee from your current funds when you list the item.

So in the end, you actually get Projected Profit – Listing Fee, or 2.44 Silver in this case, when your item eventually sells.

just to clarify, there is a tax on the sale as well as the listing fee. the projected profit is the sale price minus the tax.