Etsy fee calculator

Listing fee: $0.20 per listing, renewed every four months or each time the item sells. A listing with ten in stock that sells three times costs $0.60 in renewals.

Transaction fee: 6.5% of the item price plus the shipping and gift wrap you charge. Sales tax is not included in this one.

Payment processing: 3% plus $0.25 for a US shop using Etsy Payments, charged on the total the buyer pays, including sales tax. Rates differ for shops in other countries.

Offsite Ads: when Etsy's own advertising on Google, Facebook or Instagram brings the buyer, you pay 15% of the order (12% once your shop has passed $10,000 in sales in a year), capped at $100 per order. Shops under $10,000 can opt out; above it, participation is required.

Without Offsite Ads, Etsy fees on a typical $30 to $50 order land around 10% to 12% of what the buyer pays. With an attributed Offsite Ad they can pass 25%. Price for the worst case on items that sell through ads, or at least know which orders you can absorb it on.

Because the transaction fee covers shipping, there is no fee advantage in moving cost from the item price into shipping or back. Set shipping to what postage actually costs and keep the price honest.

Payment processing rates, and in some countries an extra regulatory operating fee, depend on the country of your bank account. Sellers in most countries are also paid in their local currency after a conversion that Etsy prices into the payout.

Some sellers form a US company with a US bank account so their Etsy shop is a US shop, paid in dollars at US processing rates. It is a real company with real annual filings, so it pays off at volume rather than for a hobby shop.