Etsy Fee vs Profit Calculator
Who keeps more of the sale — you or Etsy?
Payment processing, the regulatory fee and VAT all follow where your shop is registered, not where the buyer is.
Enter 0 for free shipping — the fee is charged on the item price either way.
Rates last verified August 2026. Platforms change fees without much notice — every rate here is editable, and you should check the current schedule before pricing against it.
Your share of the sale
56.5%
Etsy takes 10.6%, costs take 32.9%
How the Etsy Fee vs Profit Calculator works
Sellers usually know their fee percentage and their margin separately, and rarely see them next to each other. Set against one order, the comparison is blunt: on thin-margin items with Offsite Ads attribution, Etsy's cut can genuinely exceed the seller's.
Not financial advice. Marketplace fees change, and they vary by country, plan and seller status. Every rate here is an editable default, not a quoted price — check the platform's current fee schedule before you price a product against it. This is not tax or business advice.
Frequently asked questions
Does Etsy make more than the seller?
On low-margin items, sometimes. Standard fees run 10-13% of the order; if materials and shipping consume most of the rest, the seller's take can fall below Etsy's — particularly when a 15% Offsite Ads commission lands on the same order.
How do I improve my share of the sale?
Raise prices, reduce material cost per unit through better sourcing or batching, encourage multi-item orders so the flat processing fee is spread, and stop renewing listings that never sell. Fee rates themselves are fixed.
Is Etsy expensive compared to other platforms?
Etsy's percentage is higher than running your own store, but it brings buyer traffic a new store does not have. The honest comparison is fees against customer acquisition cost — a Shopify store with no traffic costs less in fees and far more in advertising.
At what price does an item stop being worth selling?
Where fees plus costs plus your time exceed the price. Because payment processing includes a flat charge, very low-priced items fail this test first — which is why successful low-price shops rely on multi-item orders rather than single sales.