What this calculator does
Find out what's left of an Etsy sale after every small fee comes out. No single Etsy fee looks large. The catch is that three of them land on each sale, and a fourth can appear when an ad leads to the order.
This page adds them up for you, line by line. The rates came from Etsy's published fee pages as shown in search results on October 31, 2026, because automated page reads were blocked. Please confirm them in your seller app.
Where it's used
Why this math matters outside the classroom:
- Handmade pricing. A candle maker with $10 in materials sees a $50 candle leaves $34.20 before paying for her time.
- Planning for ads. A jewelry seller tests a price at 15% and finds profit falls from $34.20 to $25.95 on an ad sale.
- Tidying a shop. A shop owner works out that 100 listings cost $20 to post once, sold or not.
- Low-priced items. A sticker seller sees $1.91 in fees on a $10 item and decides to sell sets rather than single sheets.
How to use it
- Enter the item sale price, the shipping the buyer pays, and what shipping costs you.
- Enter what you paid for the item, including your materials if you made it.
- Enter the sales tax rate for your buyer.
- If an Offsite Ad led to the sale, enter 15 or 12 as the ad or boost fee. If not, leave it at 0.
What the inputs mean
- What you paid for the item
- If you make what you sell, this is your materials. Your time isn't counted, so think about whether the profit pays you fairly for it.
- Sales tax rate
- Etsy's transaction fee skips sales tax, but payment processing is charged on the whole order, tax included.
- Ad or boost fee, if any
- Offsite Ads are 15% by default, or 12% for shops with $10,000 or more in the prior 365 days. You pay only when the ad leads to a sale.
Formula and method
transaction fee = (price + shipping) × 6.5% processing = (price + shipping + sales tax) × 3% + $0.25 Etsy fees = $0.20 listing fee + transaction fee + processing you keep = price + shipping − Etsy fees profit = you keep − shipping cost − item cost
The listing fee is $0.20. A listing lasts four months, and you're charged whether or not the item sells.
The transaction fee is 6.5% of the price plus shipping. Sales tax isn't part of it.
Payment processing is 3% of the order total plus $0.25. This one does include sales tax. Processing rates vary by where your bank is, and this page uses the US rate.
Offsite Ads sit on top of all that. The real fee has a $100 cap per order, which this calculator doesn't apply.
Worked example
You sell a $50 item with $5 shipping to a buyer paying 7% sales tax. Shipping costs you $5, and the item cost you $10.
- The listing fee is $0.20.
- The transaction fee is $55 × 6.5% = $3.58.
- Sales tax is $3.85, so the order total is $58.85. Processing is $58.85 × 3% + $0.25 = $2.02.
- Add them up: $0.20 + $3.58 + $2.02 = $5.80.
- You keep $55 − $5.80 = $49.20, and your profit is $49.20 − $5 − $10 = $34.20.
Result: Etsy's fees are $5.80 and your profit is $34.20, which is 68.4% of the $50 price.
Understanding the result
Small fees stack up fastest on small sales. On a $10 item with $5 shipping and 7% tax, the three fees come to $1.91. That's nearly a fifth of the $10 price, even though the rates are the same as on a $50 sale.
Listing fees add up across a shop, too. If one listing stays up for a full year, that's three four-month periods, or $0.60. A shop with 100 listings pays $20 to put them all up once, whether they sell or not. It's worth asking which listings are earning their keep.
An Offsite Ad changes the picture more than anything else here. At 15%, the same $50 sale pays another $8.25, for $14.05 in total, and your profit drops to $25.95. At 12%, fees are $12.40 and profit is $27.60. Before you set a price, run it once with the ad fee, so your price works in both cases.
Assumptions and limitations
- The rates came from Etsy's published fee pages as shown in search results. Automated page reads were blocked, so confirm them in the seller app.
- This is a single item from one listing, sold by a US shop and paid in US dollars.
- Sales tax is worked out on the price plus shipping, and each fee is rounded to the nearest cent.
- This is an estimate. Etsy's order details show the actual fee.
- The 2.5% currency conversion fee, charged when currencies differ, isn't modeled.
- The $100 Offsite Ads cap per order isn't modeled, so very large ad sales will look too costly here.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Etsy take on a $50 sale?
With $5 shipping and 7% sales tax, Etsy takes $5.80. You keep $49.20 before your own costs.
Do I pay the listing fee if my item doesn't sell?
Yes. The $0.20 is charged whether or not the item sells, and the listing lasts four months.
When should I add the Offsite Ads fee?
Add it when you're testing a price or when your order shows an ad led to the sale. Otherwise leave the ad or boost fee at 0, and no ad fee is added.
Does Etsy charge a fee on sales tax?
Partly. The 6.5% transaction fee doesn't include sales tax, but the 3% processing fee does. On our example, the $3.85 in tax adds about $0.12 to processing.
How sure are you about these rates?
Less sure than if we'd read the pages directly. Automated reads were blocked, so we used search results showing Etsy's own fee pages on October 31, 2026. Your seller app is the place to confirm them.
Sources
- Etsy: Fees and payments policy (checked 2026-10-31)
- Etsy: Sell on Etsy (checked 2026-10-31)
How this calculator is checked
Method: Etsy's published fee pages, taken from search excerpts of the company's own pages on 2026-10-31. Automated page reads were blocked, so the pages weren't read directly. Rates are in src/lib/finance/selling-fees.ts. The calculation is covered by automated tests with known reference values and edge cases. Last updated 2026-10-31. Found a problem? Tell us.
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