See exactly what you keep after Etsy’s listing fee, 6.5% transaction fee, payment processing, the regulatory operating fee, and optional 15% offsite ads.
Etsy charges sellers in five separate places, and most of them are a percentage of your price plus the shipping you charge. That is why a sale almost never equals profit. Enter your numbers below and ListingMath itemises every cut.
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Rates current as of May 2026, US marketplace. International marketplaces may differ. Verify in your seller dashboard before pricing decisions.
With the default values loaded above — a $24.99 item, $8.00 to make, $5.00 shipping charged and $6.50 shipping you actually pay — Etsy collects fees on the $29.99 total of price plus shipping:
Total Etsy fees: $3.37. After your product cost and the shipping you actually pay, you keep $12.12 — about a 40% margin.
Now tick Offsite ads applied: Etsy takes another 15% ($4.50), and your take-home drops to $7.62. Same sale, a third less profit.
Etsy takes fees in five separate places. Most are a percentage of your item price plus the shipping you charge the buyer. Here's the exact breakdown ListingMath uses:
Offsite ads only apply when Etsy drove the sale through an external ad. Sellers with $10K+ in annual sales cannot opt out.
Etsy charges a $0.20 listing fee, a 6.5% transaction fee on the item price plus shipping, payment processing of about 3% + $0.25, a 0.25% regulatory operating fee, and — for ad-driven sales — 15% offsite ads. Rates vary by region.
Yes. The 6.5% transaction fee applies to the total of item price + shipping you charge, not just the item. That's why free shipping can quietly hurt your margin — you still pay the fee on the phantom shipping cost.
If your Etsy shop makes less than $10,000 USD in the past 12 months, you can opt out. Above $10K, offsite ads are mandatory on Etsy-driven ad sales. The 15% fee only applies when the sale is attributed to an external ad.
Etsy introduced this in 2024 to cover regulatory compliance costs in some regions. It's a small percentage (about 0.25% in the US) applied to your revenue. Rate varies by country.
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