How to use the etsy fee calculator
- 1Enter the price of one item and how many the buyer ordered.
- 2Enter the shipping you charge the buyer, then your cost per item and what you pay for postage.
- 3Choose whether the sale came through Offsite Ads, and at which rate applies to your shop.
- 4Choose your shop location. The payment processing fee, any regulatory operating fee and the currency fill in for you; edit any of them to match your account.
- 5Read the fee breakdown, net revenue, profit and margin. Change any number and the result updates straight away.
Which fees Etsy charges on a sale
A typical Etsy sale has three fees. The listing fee is US$0.20, and when you sell more than one of an item, the listing renews and you pay it again for each extra item. The transaction fee is 6.5% of what the buyer pays for the item and shipping, including gift wrap if you offer it. Payment processing, for US shops using Etsy Payments, is 3% plus US$0.25 per order.
On a typical order these add up to roughly 10% to 12% of the sale. Low-priced items pay a higher share, because the fixed parts (the listing fee and the US$0.25) weigh more on a small order.
Payment processing is worked out on the order total. In the US that total can include the sales tax the buyer pays, which this calculator leaves out, so your real processing fee may be a few cents higher.
Order total = Item price × Quantity + Shipping charged Transaction fee = Order total × 6.5% Processing fee = Order total × 3% + $0.25 Listing fees = $0.20 × Quantity
Offsite Ads
When a buyer clicks an Etsy ad on another website and orders from your shop within 30 days, Etsy charges an Offsite Ads fee on that order. The rate is 15% for shops that have never made US$10,000 in sales in any 365-day period, where the ads are optional, and 12% for shops that have, where they are required. The fee is capped at US$100 per order.
The fee is charged on the order total including shipping and is capped at US$100 per order. The calculator applies that cap when you work in US dollars. Only some orders come from Offsite Ads, so leave it set to None for ordinary sales.
Offsite Ads fee = Order total × 15% or 12% (maximum US$100 per order)
Fees outside the US, and where these figures come from
The default fees come from Etsy’s Fees & Payments Policy as checked in November 2026. Etsy changes its fees from time to time, so compare them with the policy and your own payment account before relying on them.
The 6.5% transaction fee and the US$0.20 listing fee are the same everywhere, but payment processing depends on where your bank account is. A UK shop pays 4% + £0.20. A shop in Germany and most of the eurozone, including France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Ireland, pays 4% + €0.30. Canadian and Australian shops pay 3% + C$0.25 or A$0.25 on domestic orders and 4% on international ones. Choosing your shop location fills these in.
Etsy also charges a regulatory operating fee in some countries, on the item price, shipping and gift wrap. From June 22, 2026 it is 0.48% in the UK, 1.14% in France, 0.80% in Italy, 0.88% in Spain and 0.50% in Canada; Germany has none. Choosing your shop location puts the rate in the Other fees field.
In the UK, EU and some other countries, Etsy adds VAT to its seller fees. If you are VAT registered you may be able to reclaim it; if not, it is a real cost, so add it to Other fees as a share of the sale. Check the fee rules for your country in your Shop Manager.
Worked example
A US shop sells 2 hand-poured candles at $24 each and charges $6 shipping. Each candle costs $8 to make and the postage label costs $4.50. The sale did not come from Offsite Ads.
| Order total | $54.00 |
| Listing fees (2 × $0.20) | $0.40 |
| Transaction fee (6.5%) | $3.51 |
| Payment processing (3% + $0.25) | $1.87 |
| Total Etsy fees | $5.78 (10.7% of the sale) |
| Net revenue | $48.22 |
| Item and shipping costs | $20.50 |
| Profit | $27.72 (51.3% margin) |
Etsy takes $5.78 and the shop keeps $27.72. If the same order came through Offsite Ads at 15%, another $8.10 in fees would cut profit to $19.62 and push fees to 25.7% of the sale.