Etsy Fees 2026 Explained: Every Fee on a Sale, With Real Numbers

Updated October 14, 2026

If you sell on Etsy, you already know there are fees. The tricky part is that they are charged on different amounts, at different times, and a couple of them only show up on some orders. This guide walks through every fee a typical US seller pays in 2026, using the figures Etsy publishes in its own Fees & Payments Policy and Help Center, and then puts real numbers on a sample order.

Fees change and vary by country. Everything below is for a shop with a US bank account, checked against Etsy's pages in October 2026. Always confirm against the linked Etsy pages for your shop.

The short version

For a US shop, a normal sale costs you:

Add those up and a standard order loses roughly 10–11% to Etsy before Offsite Ads. When an order comes through an Offsite Ad, the total can pass 25%.

1. Listing fee: $0.20

Etsy charges 0.20 USD for each item you list. A listing lasts four months and then renews automatically for another $0.20 if you have auto-renew on. The part many sellers miss: if you list multiple quantities, the listing also renews for $0.20 each time one sells. So on a listing with 10 in stock, every sale triggers a fresh $0.20.

Editing a listing is free. Private (custom) listings are only charged the listing fee when they sell.

The listing fee is small per sale, but it adds up on low-priced items. On a $5 sticker, $0.20 is 4% of the price on its own.

2. Transaction fee: 6.5% of item price plus shipping

When something sells, Etsy charges a transaction fee of 6.5% of the price you display, plus the amount you charge for shipping and gift wrapping. Personalization add-on fees count as part of the item price.

That shipping detail matters. If you charge $6 shipping, Etsy takes $0.39 of it, even though every cent of that $6 goes to the postage you buy. Sellers who move to "free shipping" by building postage into the item price pay the same 6.5% either way. The fee follows the money, not the label.

For US sellers, the transaction fee does not apply to sales tax that Etsy collects.

3. Payment processing: 3% + $0.25 per order

If your buyer pays through Etsy Payments, which is nearly every order, you pay a payment processing fee. For a bank account in the United States it is 3% of the total sale price plus $0.25 per order.

Two things to note:

• It is charged on the full order total, including shipping and any sales tax. So it is the one fee where sales tax works against you.
• The $0.25 is per order, not per item. A buyer who bundles three items into one order saves you $0.50 compared to three separate orders.

Rates differ by country. For example, Etsy lists 4% + £0.20 for UK bank accounts and 3% + 0.25 CAD for Canadian domestic orders. Check the table on Etsy's page for yours.

4. Offsite Ads: 15% or 12%, but only on attributed orders

Etsy advertises listings on sites like Google, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest. If a shopper clicks one of those ads and buys from your shop within 30 days, the order is "attributed" and you pay an advertising fee:

• 15% if your shop has always made under $10,000 in any 365-day period. You can opt out.
• 12% once your shop has made $10,000 or more in any 365-day period. From then on, participation is required for the life of the shop.

The fee is charged on the order total and never exceeds $100 per order. A single ad click can lead to several attributed orders within the 30 days. We cover whether it's worth it in Etsy Offsite Ads: Is the Fee Worth It?.

Other fees you may run into

These don't apply to every shop, but they show up on a lot of payout statements:

• Etsy Ads (onsite). Optional promoted listings inside Etsy search, paid per click from a daily budget you set. These are separate from Offsite Ads.
• Shipping labels. If you buy postage through Etsy, the label cost comes out of your payment account.
• Currency conversion. If you list in a currency different from your payment account's currency, Etsy's fee policy describes a conversion fee on top.
• Regulatory operating fee. Shops in some countries outside the US pay an extra percentage. Etsy's fee policy lists which countries.
• Etsy Plus. An optional monthly subscription with extra shop tools and credits.

A worked example: a $25 item with $5 shipping

Say a US buyer orders a $25 print and pays $5 shipping. We'll ignore sales tax to keep it simple (it would add a little to processing).

So before you pay for materials, packaging or the $5 shipping label, about $3.30 of that $30 is gone. On an Offsite Ads order it is $7.80, more than a quarter of the order.

Why your "sales" number overstates what you earned

Etsy's dashboard leads with revenue. Your fees, refunds, ad spend and label costs are spread across your payment account and monthly statement. That's why so many sellers feel busy but not profitable. The fees aren't hidden, but they are scattered, and the percentage ones grow with every sale.

Three habits help:

1. Price with the fees in. Work out what you keep at your actual price and shipping, not just the item price.
2. Watch the Offsite Ads share. If a lot of your orders are attributed, your effective fee rate is much higher than 11%.
3. Check by listing, not just by month. A best-seller with thin margins can quietly eat the profit from everything else.

Run your own numbers

Use the free Etsy fee calculator to plug in your item price, shipping, and whether the order came from an Offsite Ad. It shows each fee and what you keep, for free and with no sign-up.

If you'd rather see this for every order you've ever sold, ShopTrueProfit Pro reads your Etsy CSV exports and shows real profit per order, per listing and per month. Your files stay in your browser.

Sources: Etsy Fees & Payments Policy, Etsy Help: Payment Processing Fees, Etsy Help: How Etsy's Offsite Ads Work. ShopTrueProfit is not affiliated with Etsy, Inc. This is not tax or financial advice.