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How Etsy fees work, in plain words
Updated November 2026, from Etsy's own fee pages
The four charges on a normal sale
Etsy does not take one commission. It takes a small set of charges, in different places: a listing fee of US$0.20 for each item sold, a transaction fee of 6.5 percent of the item price plus the shipping and gift wrap you charge, a payment processing fee (3 percent plus $0.25 in Canada and the United States), and in Canada a regulatory operating fee of 0.50 percent. Add them up on a small order and Etsy commonly keeps about a tenth of what the buyer paid, before any of your own costs.
A worked example
Take the numbers this calculator opens with, for a Canadian seller. An item priced at $40, with $6 charged for shipping: the buyer pays $46. Etsy takes a $0.20 listing fee, $2.99 in transaction fees, $0.23 in regulatory operating fees and $1.63 in payment processing: $5.05 in all. Your own costs are $12 for the item, $9 for the shipping and $2 for packaging, $23 together. What is left is $17.95 of profit, a margin of 39.0 percent. Sell the same item from the United States and the fees fall to $4.82, because there is no regulatory operating fee, and the profit rises to $18.18.
Now price a thinner item and watch what the flat fees do. The $0.25 processing flat fee and the $0.20 listing fee are the same on a $5 sale as on a $500 one. Low prices are where Etsy fees bite hardest, and this calculator shows that bite in dollars, not percentages alone.
How to read your result
Your true profit is the headline: what one sale leaves you after Etsy and your costs. The fee table shows which charge is doing the damage, so a fix has a target: raise the price, charge shipping closer to its real cost, or cut the cost that eats the margin. Your margin is the share of the buyer's payment you keep as profit. Under about 15 percent, one fee change or one costlier batch can turn a product into a loss without a single thing looking different in your shop.
Sources
- Etsy Help Center, What are the Fees and Taxes for Selling on Etsy?: the listing fee, the 6.5 percent transaction fee, the regulatory operating fee countries, and the Offsite Ads rates, read on November 10, 2026. That page links onward to Etsy's per-country payment processing rates (3 percent plus $0.25 for Canada and the United States) and to the regulatory operating fee percentages (Canada 0.50 percent; the United States is not charged).
Estimates from Etsy's published fee schedule, checked on the date above. Etsy can change its fees, and your payment account shows the final word on any real sale.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Etsy take from a $40 sale?
In the worked example on this page, a Canadian seller lists an item at $40 and charges $6 shipping, a $46 order. Etsy takes $5.05: a $0.20 listing fee, a $2.99 transaction fee (6.5 percent of $46), a $0.23 regulatory operating fee (0.50 percent, Canada only) and $1.63 in payment processing (3 percent plus $0.25). A US seller pays $4.82 on the same order, because the United States has no regulatory operating fee.
What fees does Etsy charge on every sale?
Four charges touch most sales: a listing fee of US$0.20 per item sold, a transaction fee of 6.5 percent of the item price plus shipping and gift wrap charged, a payment processing fee through Etsy Payments (3 percent plus $0.25 in Canada and the United States), and, for sellers in some countries including Canada, a regulatory operating fee of 0.50 percent. An Offsite Ads fee of 15 or 12 percent applies only when an Offsite Ad brought the sale.
Does Etsy charge fees on shipping?
Yes. The transaction fee, the regulatory operating fee and the payment processing fee are all worked out on the order total, which includes the shipping you charge the buyer. That is why this calculator asks what you charge for shipping separately from what shipping costs you.
What is the Etsy regulatory operating fee?
It is a percentage Etsy charges sellers in some countries to cover the cost of local digital rules. Canada is on the list at 0.50 percent of the item price plus shipping and gift wrap. The United States is not on the list, so US sellers pay nothing on this line.
When does the Offsite Ads fee apply?
Only on a sale that an Offsite Ad brought in. The fee is 15 percent of the order total for shops that made under US$10,000 on Etsy in the last 365 days, and 12 percent for shops at or above that line, and it never takes more than US$100 on one order. Most sales pay no Offsite Ads fee at all.
Is this my whole profit picture?
No, and this page will not pretend it is. This is one product, one sale, at today's fee schedule. It does not cost your time, your materials in bulk, your other products, your returns, or the tax Etsy adds to its own fees for Canadian sellers. A one-product answer is a starting point, not a business.
Where does my information go when I use this calculator?
Nowhere. The calculation runs entirely in your browser on your own device, and the numbers you type are never sent to us or stored. Like every Kollaz page, this one counts visits with cookies only if you accept them; the consent banner explains that choice, and it is yours to decline.
