Etsy fee calculator: see exactly what you keep on every sale
Etsy charges sellers a stack of fees that aren't always obvious upfront — listing, transaction, payment processing, and sometimes offsite ads. This calculator breaks down what you actually keep from any sale, with the formula behind every number. Updated for Etsy's 2026 fee structure, with country-specific payment processing rates.
What Etsy charges on every sale
Etsy's fee structure looks simple in their seller policy: a few percentages and a fixed cost per listing. In practice, every sale is hit by four separate fees that compound differently depending on order size, shipping, and whether the buyer arrived through an offsite ad. Knowing each one in detail is the difference between pricing for profit and pricing by gut feel.
Listing fee — $0.20 per unit sold
Every published listing costs $0.20 and stays active for four months. When a sale happens, Etsy auto-renews the listing and charges another $0.20. For multi-quantity orders, the listing fee is charged per unit — a single sale of 5 units costs $1.00 in listing fees, not $0.20.
Transaction fee — 6.5% of item price plus shipping
Etsy takes 6.5% of the total amount the buyer pays for the item itself plus shipping. Gift wrapping and personalization fees are also included in the base. US sales tax is excluded — Etsy collects and remits that separately. The transaction fee was raised from 5% to 6.5% in April 2022 and hasn't changed since. There is no way to negotiate it.
Payment processing fee — varies by country
If you accept Etsy Payments (which most sellers must), every transaction carries a payment processing fee. For US sellers it's 3% of the total + $0.25 per order. UK sellers pay 4% + £0.20. Most EU countries pay 4% + €0.30. The percentage applies to the full amount the buyer paid including shipping; the fixed component is per order, not per unit.
| Country | Rate | Fixed fee |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3% | $0.25 |
| United Kingdom | 4% | £0.20 |
| Canada | 3% | CAD $0.25 |
| Australia | 3% | AUD $0.25 |
| Germany / EU | 4% | €0.30 |
Offsite ads fee — 12% or 15% when applicable
Etsy advertises listings on Google, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and other platforms. If a buyer clicks an Etsy-placed ad and purchases from your shop within 30 days, Etsy charges 15% of the order total. For shops that made $10,000 or more in the previous 12 months, the rate drops to 12% — but participation becomes mandatory. Below that threshold, you can opt out.
This is the most variable fee in the structure. A typical month's sales might have offsite ads attribution on 10–30% of orders, depending on category and how much organic traffic your shop pulls.
What this calculator doesn't model
A calculator is only as useful as it is honest about its scope. This one covers the four fees that hit virtually every Etsy sale. It does not include:
Currency conversion fees (2.5%) — applied when your listing currency differs from your payment account currency. If you list in USD but receive payouts in EUR, this fee adds up.
Regulatory operating fees — UK, France, Italy, and a handful of other countries with digital services taxes carry an extra 0.25–0.40% to cover the tax. Small but accumulates over volume.
Etsy Plus subscription ($10/month), Pattern subscription ($15/month) — optional services with their own fee structures, not modeled here.
State-level regulatory fees— Colorado's $0.29 retail delivery fee and similar one-off charges that show up as miscellaneous adjustments in your Etsy Payment Account.
Refunds, returns, and cancelled orders — they reverse fees in non-obvious ways, beyond what a single-sale calculator can show.
Brimley, the product this calculator is part of, handles all of these at the order level when you connect your shop. The calculator on this page is a starting point — it gets you 95% of the way there for any single sale, with the formulas visible.
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Etsy fee FAQ
- How much does Etsy take per sale in 2026?
- For a typical US sale of $25 plus $5 shipping with no offsite ads, Etsy takes about 11% — a $0.20 listing fee, $1.95 transaction fee, and $1.15 payment processing. Add a 15% offsite ads charge and that jumps to about 26%. Internationally, payment processing is slightly higher, so the total take is 1–2 percentage points more.
- Does the 6.5% transaction fee apply to shipping?
- Yes. Etsy’s 6.5% transaction fee applies to the item price plus the shipping you charge the buyer plus gift wrap and personalization fees. Sales tax is the only thing excluded.
- Why does Etsy charge a $0.20 listing fee if I already paid one?
- Listings expire after four months, and Etsy auto-renews them on every sale. Each sale charges another $0.20 listing fee. For multi-quantity sales (one order, multiple units of the same item), the $0.20 is charged per unit.
- Can I avoid the offsite ads fee?
- If your shop made less than $10,000 in the previous 12 months, you can opt out in shop settings. Above $10,000, participation is mandatory at the lower 12% rate. The fee only applies to sales that came through an Etsy-placed ad on Google, Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest within 30 days of the buyer clicking it.
- Does this calculator work for sellers outside the US?
- Yes. The country selector adjusts the payment processing rate for US, UK, Canada, Australia, and Germany / EU. The other three fees (listing, transaction, offsite ads) are the same worldwide. Display is in USD-equivalent for the fixed component of processing fees — the actual native rate is shown in the dropdown label.
- How accurate is this compared to my real Etsy Payment Account?
- For a single sale, accuracy is about 95% — the four fees modeled here cover the vast majority of every sale. The remaining 5% comes from edge cases listed in “What this calculator doesn’t model” above: currency conversion, regulatory fees, state delivery fees, refunds. Brimley reconstructs all of these from your actual order data when you connect your shop.