Etsy Profit Calculator

Selling on Etsy is not free, and most new sellers underestimate how much the platform actually takes. Etsy charges five distinct fees that can stack up on a single sale — and unlike eBay or Shopify, several of them apply to the shipping you collected from the buyer, not just the item price.

Here is exactly what Etsy charges in 2026:

• Listing fee — $0.20 per item. Each listing stays active for four months or until it sells, then needs to be renewed (Etsy auto-renews by default).
• Transaction fee — 6.5% of the total order, including item price, shipping charged and gift wrap.
• Payment processing fee — varies by country. In the US it is 3% + $0.25 per order; in the UK 4% + £0.20; in Canada 3% + CA$0.25; in Australia 3% + AU$0.25; in the Eurozone roughly 4% + €0.30.
• Offsite Ads fee — 12% or 15% of the order, charged only when a buyer arrives through an Etsy-bought ad on Google, Facebook or Pinterest. Shops under $10,000/year can opt out; shops above $10,000/year cannot.
• Etsy Ads — variable. Optional onsite ads you bid on yourself; not a per-sale fee but a daily budget that effectively becomes a per-sale cost.

Add it all up and a typical US Etsy seller is paying about 10–15% of revenue in fees on a non-ad sale, and as much as 25–30%when an Offsite Ad is involved. That’s before you factor in your cost of goods, packaging, or the difference between the shipping you charged and the shipping you actually paid.

True Etsy profit is what’s left after every fee, every cost, and the shipping label you actually paid. The simple formula is:

Profit = Revenue − Etsy fees − Cost of goods − Shipping cost

The trick is calculating “Etsy fees” correctly, because the transaction fee and payment fee both apply to the total revenue — item price plus shipping charged. Here is a worked example for a US handmade seller:

Without the Offsite Ad, that same sale would net $16.70 (55.7% margin) — which is why a lot of small Etsy shops choose to opt out of Offsite Ads while they are still below the $10k threshold.

The calculator above mirrors how Etsy actually charges sellers, so the numbers it shows match what lands in your bank account. Use it in four quick steps:

1. Enter your sale. Type the item price and the shipping you charge the buyer. Leave shipping blank if you offer free shipping.
2. Enter your costs. Add the cost of materials and labour for the item, plus what the postage label actually costs you.
3. Pick your country and Offsite Ads tier. The country dropdown sets the correct payment processing rate. If this particular sale came through an Offsite Ad, pick the 15% or 12% option to add that fee.
4. Read your result. Your net profit, profit margin and effective Etsy fee percentage update instantly. The fee breakdown shows where every cent goes — handy when comparing pricing strategies.

If you sell across several countries, change the country dropdown to compare what the same sale would earn you in each market.