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Etsy Fee Calculator

Find out exactly how much you keep after Etsy takes its cut. Transaction fees, listing fees, payment processing, and offsite ads, all calculated instantly.

Enter your sale price

Fees included in this calculator:

  • Listing fee: $0.20 per sale
  • Transaction fee: 6.5% of sale price
  • Payment processing: 3% + $0.25
  • Offsite Ads: 15% (if enabled)

Your fee breakdown

Sale price$25.00
Listing fee-$0.20
Transaction fee (6.5%)-$1.63
Payment processing (3% + $0.25)-$1.00
Total fees-$2.83 (11.3%)
You keep$22.18
You keep 88.7%Fees 11.3%

Monthly projection

If you sell this product at $25.00 regularly:

10 sales/month

$225.80

-$24.20 fees

50 sales/month

$1130.80

-$119.20 fees

100 sales/month

$2262.05

-$237.95 fees

500 sales/month

$11312.05

-$1187.95 fees

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Offsite Ads impact at $25.00

See exactly how offsite ads change your take-home on a single sale.

Without Offsite AdsWith Offsite Ads (15%)
Sale price$25.00$25.00
Listing fee-$0.20-$0.20
Transaction fee-$1.63-$1.63
Payment processing-$1.00-$1.00
Offsite Ads fee$0.00-$3.75
Total fees-$2.83 (11.3%)-$6.58 (26.3%)
You keep$22.18$18.43

Offsite Ads cost you an extra $3.75 per sale, reducing your take-home by 15.0%

Annual projection

Estimate your yearly revenue at $25.00 per sale.

Annual gross

$9000.00

360 sales/year

Annual fees

-$855.45

9.5% of gross

Annual net revenue

$8144.55

$678.71/month

Offsite Ads impact

-$1350.00

if all sales via ads

Breakeven calculator

Figure out how many sales you need to hit your income target.

You need 136 sales per month at $25.00 to earn $3000.00 after fees.

That is roughly 5 sales per day, netting $22.18 per sale.

Batch fee calculator

Paste up to 20 prices (one per line) to compare fees across your product range.

How Etsy's fee structure actually works

Most sellers know Etsy takes 6.5%. What they're less clear on is that 6.5% is just one of four fees hitting every single sale. The full stack: a $0.20 listing renewal the moment a sale completes, a 6.5% transaction fee on the total sale price, a 3% + $0.25 payment processing fee, and, for sellers in the Offsite Ads program, an additional 12% or 15% on those specific sales.

On a $25 product, the first three fees add up to $2.83. You keep $22.17. That's 88.7% of your sale, not terrible. But it's not the 93% people assume when they only account for the transaction fee.

The $0.20 listing fee is where things get quietly punishing at low price points. On a $5 digital download, that flat fee is 4% of the sale before Etsy takes anything else. On a $50 product it's 0.4%. This is why pricing digital products at $5 or $7 almost never makes sense mathematically, you're handing Etsy a disproportionate slice before the percentage fees even start.

The offsite ads fee, what sellers miss until it's too late

If your shop has made less than $10,000 on Etsy over the past 12 months, you can opt out of Offsite Ads. Go to Shop Manager, then Marketing, then Offsite Ads. A lot of newer sellers don't find this until they've already paid the fee on several sales.

Cross the $10,000 threshold and that option disappears permanently. You're enrolled at 12%, not for the year, not until you ask to leave, but forever. Every sale that originates from an Etsy ad on Google, Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest now costs you an extra 12% on top of the standard fees. On a $25 sale with offsite ads, your total fees jump from $2.83 to $5.83 and your take-home drops from $22.17 to $19.17.

The fees show up in your payment account under "Offsite Ads fees" line by line. Easy to overlook if you're not specifically watching for them. Some sellers run for months without realizing how much is accumulating there.

Fee rates at different price points

At $5, your effective fee rate is around 18.6%. At $15 it drops to 12.5%. At $25 it's 11.3%. At $50 you're down to 10.4%. The rate decreases as price rises because the $0.20 flat fee becomes less significant relative to the total sale.

This should directly inform your pricing decisions. Going from $5 to $10 doubles your revenue, but it also cuts your fee rate nearly in half, so what you actually keep more than doubles. A $5 product nets you roughly $4.07. A $10 product nets $8.60.

Work backwards before you list anything. Decide what you need to keep per sale, add the applicable fees on top, and that's your minimum price. If that number is higher than what buyers in your category will pay, either reconsider the platform or reconsider the product.

When manual fee tracking stops being practical

Running this calculator for one or two products is straightforward. Running it across 50 listings on multiple platforms, with some sales hitting offsite ads and some not, gets complicated fast. If you're selling on Etsy plus Gumroad or Shopify, Anlyzo connects to all three and calculates your real net revenue automatically, every fee type accounted for, across every product, updated daily.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Etsy charge per sale?

Etsy charges a 6.5% transaction fee on the sale price, a $0.20 listing renewal fee per sale, and a payment processing fee of 3% + $0.25. On a $25 sale, total fees come to $2.83, leaving you $22.17.

What is Etsy's offsite ads fee?

If Etsy advertises your product on Google, Facebook, or Instagram and a buyer purchases within 30 days, Etsy charges 15% of the sale price. Sellers who made under $10,000 in the past 12 months can opt out. Sellers over $10,000 are enrolled permanently at 12%.

Can I opt out of Etsy offsite ads?

Yes, if your shop has made less than $10,000 in the past 12 months on Etsy. Go to Shop Manager → Marketing → Offsite Ads to opt out. Once your shop crosses $10,000 in lifetime sales, enrollment becomes permanent at 12%.

What percentage does Etsy take in total?

Without offsite ads, Etsy takes approximately 11.3% of a $25 sale (6.5% transaction + 0.8% listing + 4% processing). With the 15% offsite ads fee added, total fees reach about 26.3%.

How does Etsy's fee compare to Gumroad?

Gumroad charges a flat 10% on direct sales, which is lower than Etsy's layered fees at most price points. On a $25 sale, Gumroad takes $2.50 vs Etsy's $2.83. The gap widens at lower prices, on a $5 product, Etsy's effective rate is 18.6% vs Gumroad's 10%.

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