Etsy Fee Calculator
Calculate your Etsy selling fees, understand transaction and processing costs, and determine your true profit margins for handmade and vintage items.
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Understanding Etsy Fees
How Etsy Fees Work
Etsy charges several fees when you sell items on their marketplace. Understanding these fees is essential for pricing your handmade and vintage items profitably.
Fee Components
- • Listing Fee: $0.20 per item
- • Transaction Fee: 6.5% of total sale
- • Payment Processing: 3% + $0.25
- • Listing Renewal: $0.20 when sold
- • Offsite Ads: 12-15% (if applicable)
Total Fee Percentage
Without Offsite Ads, Etsy fees typically total around 10-12% of your sale. With Offsite Ads, this can increase to 22-27% of the sale price.
- • Minimum fees (no ads): ~10%
- • Average fees (no ads): ~11%
- • With Offsite Ads (15%): ~25%
- • With Offsite Ads (12%): ~22%
Offsite Ads Explained
What Are Offsite Ads?
Etsy promotes your listings on Google, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. You only pay when someone clicks an ad and buys within 30 days.
- • Shops under $10k/year: Can opt out
- • Shops under $10k/year: Pay 15% fee
- • Shops over $10k/year: Must participate
- • Shops over $10k/year: Pay 12% fee
Impact on Profits
Offsite Ads can significantly impact your margins. For a $30 item, Offsite Ads add $4.50 (15%) or $3.60 (12%) in fees.
Consider:
- • Build ad fees into your prices
- • Track which sales come from ads
- • Opt out if ROI is poor (if eligible)
Fee Comparison: Etsy vs Others
Etsy
~11-27%
Varies based on Offsite Ads participation
eBay
~13-16%
Final value + payment processing fees
Amazon
~15-20%
Referral fee varies by category
Shopify
~2.9%
Payment processing only + monthly fee
Pricing Strategies for Etsy
Cost-Plus Pricing
- • Calculate all material costs
- • Add labor (pay yourself fairly!)
- • Include packaging and shipping
- • Add Etsy fees (~12-25%)
- • Add desired profit margin
Market-Based Pricing
- • Research competitor prices
- • Consider your unique value
- • Test different price points
- • Factor in your shop's reputation
- • Adjust for seasonal demand
Tips to Maximize Etsy Profits
Free Shipping
Etsy prioritizes free shipping in search. Build shipping costs into your item price to get the search boost without losing money.
Bundle Items
Sell sets or bundles to increase order value. The $0.20 listing fee and fixed payment fee become smaller percentage of larger sales.
Multi-Quantity
List items with quantity > 1. You pay one listing fee until sold, then $0.20 renewal per sale instead of per listing.