How Much Does Etsy Take From a Sale? (2026 Math)
Quick answer: about 9.5% + $0.45 of your order total without ads — up to ~25% with Offsite Ads. Per-price-point table and the formula to net a target.
The one-line answer for US sellers in 2026: Etsy takes 9.5% of your order total plus $0.45, per sale, before ads. Everything else is detail — but the detail decides whether a $4 listing or a $40 listing makes sense.
The per-sale composition
- $0.20 listing fee (charged/renewed per item sold)
- 6.5% transaction fee on item + shipping + gift wrap
- 3% + $0.25 payment processing (US; other countries differ slightly)
What that means at real price points
Order totals (item + shipping), US seller, no ads:
| Order total | Total fees | % of order | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| $4 (digital) | $1.09 | 27.2% | $2.91 |
| $8 (digital) | $1.47 | 18.4% | $6.53 |
| $15 | $2.13 | 14.2% | $12.87 |
| $30 | $3.55 | 11.8% | $26.45 |
| $60 | $6.39 | 10.6% | $53.61 |
| $120 | $12.09 | 10.1% | $107.91 |
The pattern to internalize: the percentage falls as price rises, because $0.45 of the fee is fixed. Below ~$6, Etsy is your biggest cost of goods. This is the arithmetic behind two standard strategies: bundling cheap items (three $4 printables as one $10 listing cuts fee share from 27% to ~14%) and padding thin listings into multi-size packs that justify a higher price.
Worked example: netting a target on a $20 tee
You need to clear $17.50 on a shirt after fees, shipping charged separately at cost ($4.75).
- Fees on a P-priced item + $4.75 shipping: 9.5% × (P + 4.75) + 0.45, but the 9.5% on shipping ($0.45) is your cost since shipping was passed through at cost.
- Solve: P − [0.095P + 0.095(4.75) + 0.45] = 17.50 → 0.905P = 18.40 → P = $20.33.
- List at $20.50 and you net $17.65. Done — or skip the algebra and use the Etsy Fee Calculator's reverse mode: type the net you want, get the list price.
The two multipliers that change the answer
- Offsite Ads: +15% of the order (or 12% above $10k/yr, where it's also mandatory) on attributed sales only. Whether that's acceptable depends on your margin — the Offsite Ads math works through it.
- Currency conversion: 2.5% if you list in a currency other than your payout currency. Swedish, Canadian, Australian sellers listing in USD: this is you.
For the full seven-fee table including the country-by-country processing rates, see Etsy fees explained 2026 — and make sure your product price was built on real costs first with the pricing formula, because no fee calculator rescues an underpriced item.
Etsy Fee Calculator
Every 2026 Etsy fee on any sale, formulas shown — plus reverse mode: the net you want in, the list price out.