Item selling price ($)

What the buyer pays for the item

Shipping charged to buyer ($)

Enter 0 if you offer free shipping

Item cost / materials ($)

What you paid for the product

Actual shipping label cost ($)

What you actually pay the carrier

Listing category

Standard or regulated category

Etsy Ads rate (%)

Enter 0 if not promoting

Listing fee

$0.20 per listing, charged again on every renewal.

Buyer currency

Offsite Ads sale?

Regulatory operating fee

Sales tax collected (%)

Etsy collects it for you. It never reaches you, but it does increase the payment processing fee.

Things that catch UK sellers out

Etsy has no per-order fee. Instead the payment processing fee carries the flat part — 3% plus $0.25 in the US.
The two percentage bases are the part everyone gets wrong: the 6.5% transaction fee is charged on item price plus shipping, and for US shops it excludes sales tax. The 3% + $0.25 processing fee is charged on the total including sales tax. That is why Etsy's effective rate feels higher than 6.5%.
Offsite Ads is the fee that wrecks margins. If a buyer clicks an Etsy-run ad on Google, Facebook or Pinterest and buys within 30 days, you pay 15% (or 12% once your trailing 12-month sales pass $10,000). It is capped at $100 per order. Shops under $10,000 a year can opt out; above it, you cannot.
The Etsy listing fee is $0.20 and lasts four months. It is charged again every renewal, and again on each unit sold from a multi-quantity listing — a shop with 100 listings pays about $20 per cycle whether anything sells or not.
Sales tax is not your money. Etsy collects and remits it as a marketplace facilitator in all 50 states. It does not reach your payout, but it does inflate the processing fee base.
On the regulatory operating fee: sources disagree on whether US shops pay it at all, and some report 0.25%. It is left as an option here rather than baked in. Check your payment account and pick whichever matches.

How Etsy fees work in 2026

Etsy charges four separate things on a sale, and they are calculated on two different bases. The transaction fee ignores sales tax; the payment processing fee includes it. That split is where most back-of-the-envelope maths goes wrong.

Listing fee: $0.20 per listing, valid 4 months. Renewed or sold, it is charged again.
Transaction fee: 6.5% of item price + shipping (sales tax excluded).
Payment processing: 3% + $0.25 in the US, charged on the total including sales tax.
Offsite Ads: 15% under $10,000/yr (optional), 12% above (mandatory), capped at $100 per sale.
Regulatory operating fee: applies in some regions. Conflicting figures are published for US sellers, so it is a dropdown here — check your bill for the real number.

How much does Etsy take from a $50 sale?

Roughly $3.25 transaction fee, plus about $1.75 in payment processing, plus the $0.20 listing fee if this is a fresh listing. Around $5.20 before your own costs, so just over 10%.

Is sales tax included in the 6.5% transaction fee?

No. The transaction fee is charged on the item price plus shipping only. Sales tax is excluded. But the payment processing fee does include sales tax, so a higher tax rate raises your processing fee even though the money never reaches you.

What is the Offsite Ads fee?

If Etsy brings you a buyer through off-platform advertising, you pay a fee on that sale: 15% if your shop made under $10,000 in the past year, or 12% if over. Above $10,000 it becomes mandatory. Either way it is capped at $100 per order.

Why is there a regulatory operating fee option?

Etsy charges it in certain regions to cover local compliance costs. Published figures for US sellers conflict, so this calculator lets you pick 0%, 0.25% or 0.8% — check your payment account for the rate that actually applies to you.

Does Etsy charge a fee on shipping?

Yes. The 6.5% transaction fee applies to what the buyer pays for shipping as well as the item price. Offer free shipping and you shift that cost into your item price — the fee still applies to whatever you charge.

Do I get the listing fee back if it does not sell?

No. The $0.20 is charged when you publish, and again on each renewal or each sale. A listing that never sells still cost you $0.20 every four months while it stays active.

How accurate are these numbers?

Listing, transaction and processing fees are Etsy's published rates. The regulatory operating fee varies by region and published figures conflict for US sellers, so it is left as a dropdown. Currency conversion at 2.5% and the Offsite Ads $100 cap are also included.

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