Free tool
Etsy profit calculator
What a sale actually pays you once Etsy's cut and your own costs come off. Enter your own fee rates — they differ by country and Etsy changes them.
This sale
- What the buyer pays
- £21.95
- Listing fee
- −£0.16
- Transaction fee · 6.5%
- −£1.43
- Payment processing · 4%
- −£1.08
- After Etsy's fees
- £19.28
- What the item cost to make
- −£3.40
- Postage you paid
- −£3.20
- What reaches you
- £12.68
Postage is in the fee base
Etsy's percentage fees are charged on the order total, and that includes the postage the buyer paid. Charging the buyer for postage doesn't get you out of it. It makes the order total bigger, so every percentage fee is bigger too, and you still have to pay the courier.
Work out what the item costRates are yours to enter because they differ by country and change. What Etsy takes from a sale
How the figure is worked out
Each fee is a separate line, so you can see where the money goes. The rates are the ones you enter: check them against Etsy's fees and payments policy for your country.
- Order total: the item price plus the postage you charge. The percentage fees are taken on this, postage included.
- Listing fee: a fixed charge for the listing, taken again when an item sells.
- Transaction fee: a percentage of the order total.
- Payment processing: a percentage of the order total plus a fixed amount per order.
- Offsite Ads and currency conversion: percentages that apply only to some orders. Enter 0 when they do not apply.
- What you keep: the order total, less every fee, less what the item cost you to make and what the postage cost you.
A worked example
These are the figures the calculator opens with, a UK starting point to check against Etsy's current policy: an £18 item with £3.95 postage charged, costing £3.40 to make and £3.20 to post.
| Order total | £18.00 + £3.95 postage | £21.95 |
| Listing fee | − £0.16 | |
| Transaction fee | 6.5% of £21.95 | − £1.43 |
| Payment processing | 4% of £21.95 + £0.20 | − £1.08 |
| Making and posting it | £3.40 + £3.20 | − £6.60 |
| What you keep | £12.68 |
Of those fees, about 42p is charged on the postage alone: 26p of transaction fee and 16p of processing. Charging for postage does not move that cost off you; it raises the amount every percentage is taken from.
Common questions
How much does Etsy take from a sale?
A listing fee, a transaction fee and a payment processing fee on every sale, plus Offsite Ads or currency conversion on some. On the example above that is £2.67 of a £21.95 order. The rates vary by country and change, so check Etsy's fees and payments policy.
Does Etsy charge fees on postage?
Yes. The transaction and processing percentages are taken on the order total, and the postage you charge is part of it. The calculator shows what that costs you on each sale.
What are Offsite Ads fees?
A fee Etsy takes on an order that came from one of its ads on another site. It applies to those orders only, so enter the rate for a sale that came that way and 0 for one that did not.
Why do I have to type the rates?
Because they differ by country and Etsy changes them. A calculator with rates written in would be wrong for most sellers outside the UK, and for everyone the next time Etsy changes a number.
Is what I keep my profit?
It is what the sale leaves once Etsy's fees, the cost of making the item and the postage are paid. Enter a true making cost, including waste and failures, or it will look better than it is. The print cost calculator works that out.
Does this include VAT?
No. Enter prices and costs without VAT if you are registered. VAT on Etsy's own fees, and any VAT you charge, are separate.
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