Etsy fee calculator
Model a US Etsy sale with separate transaction and payment-processing fee bases, Offsite Ads and seller costs.
US seller payment schedule, one item per order. Non-US processing fees are not modelled. Include gift wrapping in the item price.
- The 6.5% transaction fee applies to postage as well as the item, so charging for postage separately does not shelter it.
- Offsite Ads is mandatory once your shop passes $10,000 in annual sales, and you cannot opt out afterwards.
Etsy keeps $5.20 — 11.6% of the item price
- Etsy fees−$5.2010.4%
- Cost of goods−$14.0028%
- Your postage & packing−$4.509%
- Returns−$0.430.86%
- Net profitkept$25.8751.7%
| Step | Working | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Fee baseEtsy charges its commission on this total, not on the item price alone.Source: Craftybase (effective 2026-03) | 45 item + 5 postage | $50.00 |
| Etsy commission (6.5%)Source: Craftybase (effective 2026-03) | 50 × 6.5% | $3.25 |
| Listing feeCharged when the item sells and again on each automatic renewal, so a slow-moving listing pays it repeatedly.Source: Craftybase (effective 2026-03) | $0.20 | |
| Etsy Payments (US rate)Rates differ by seller country. The US rate is 3% plus $0.25.Source: Craftybase (effective 2026-03) | 50 × 3% + 0.25 | $1.75 |
| Total Etsy fees | $5.20 | |
| Selling price | $50.00 | |
| Other platform fees | -$5.20 | |
| Fulfilment | -$4.50 | |
| Cost of goods | -$14.00 | |
| Returns at 4%Per return: handling + refund admin + written-off stock + the outbound fulfilment fee you do not get back. | 10.70 × 0.04 | -$0.43 |
| Net profit per unit | 50.00 − 24.13 | $25.87 |
| Net marginMargin is measured against net revenue, so it stays comparable across tax regimes. | 25.87 ÷ 50.00 × 100 | 51.74 % |
| Monthly profit at 100 units | 25.87 × 100 | $2,587.20 |
Two fees use different tax bases
For a US seller, the 6.5% transaction fee applies to item price and shipping, including gift wrapping entered with the item price. It excludes US sales tax. Etsy Payments uses the gross order including applicable sales tax; the US bank-account rate is 3% plus $0.25. The calculator keeps these bases separate and adds one $0.20 listing fee.
A $40 product with paid shipping
Enter $40 item price, $5 shipping and $3 collected tax. The transaction fee is $45 × 6.5% = $2.925. Payment processing is $48 × 3% + $0.25 = $1.69. One listing fee brings the displayed total to $4.82, before optional fees. Tax is not counted as revenue retained by the seller.
Advertising and renewals can change the answer
Enter 15% or 12% Offsite Ads only for an attributed order to which it applies. Eligibility and participation depend on shop history, and the fee is capped at $100 per attributed order. Multiple quantities, renewed listings and unsold listing cycles can add listing costs beyond the one-item assumption. Enter your own ongoing advertising costs separately from an attributed Offsite Ads fee.
Scope and limitations
This is a US payment schedule in USD, not a worldwide Etsy fee calculator. A currency conversion field or VAT adjustment cannot reproduce another bank country’s processing schedule. Regulatory operating fees, local tax on seller fees, deposit fees and programme rebates depend on the account and need separate checking. The optional fields are scenario inputs, not automatic eligibility decisions. The return allowance is conservative and does not determine marketplace fee credits.
Questions people ask about this
Answers written from the published rules, not from other people's summaries of them. Every figure quoted below is listed with its source at the foot of this page.
Every formula on this siteWhy enter collected sales tax?
US Etsy transaction fees exclude it, but Etsy Payments charges its processing percentage on the gross order including applicable tax. The input changes processing costs without inflating seller revenue.
Does this model several items in an order?
It assumes one item and one listing fee. Multi-quantity renewals and order-level processing need a separate reconciliation; do not multiply the complete per-order result blindly.
Are Offsite Ads charged on every sale?
No. Enter the applicable rate only for an attributed order covered by the programme. Check the shop’s required participation and rate in its account.
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Where these numbers come from
Rates and rules change, and a calculator running on stale data is worse than no calculator. Every figure below carries the date we last checked it and a confidence level, so you can judge how much weight to put on it.
| Source | Publisher | Effective | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Etsy fee structure and regulatory operating fees Supports 6.5% transaction fee excluding US sales tax, USD 0.20 listing fee and eligible Offsite Ads terms. Not a source for all countries’ payment processing rates. | Craftybase | 2026-03Checked 2026-09-21 | Primary source |
| Etsy Payments: processing base and US fees US bank-account rate: 3% plus USD 0.25 on the gross order including shipping and applicable tax. Other bank countries have different schedules. | Etsy | Not specifiedChecked 2026-09-21 | Primary source |
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