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Etsy Profit Margin Calculator

Instantly calculate your Etsy fees, profit margin, and net earnings. Updated for Etsy's 2026 fee structure.

Quick answer

On a $30 Etsy handmade item with $10 in materials, Etsy takes $3.30 per order (6.5% transaction + $0.20 listing + 3% + $0.25 payment processing), leaving $16.70 before shipping costs and ad spend. Break even at $11.55.

Quick-start scenarios

Your saved scenarios

Stored in this browser only — nothing is uploaded, and there is no account to create.

Revenue per order

What the buyer pays you for one order.

Etsy charges its percentage fees on this too.
Taken off the sale price before fees are calculated.

Costs per order

Costs you pay every time an order ships.

Monthly

Charged monthly, whatever your order volume — kept out of per-order margin.

Assumes one item per order.
Optional — leave at 0 if you're on the standard plan.

Etsy settings

How Etsy treats your account, and how often orders come back.

Rate is set automatically: 15% under $10,000 a year, 12% at or above it.
Fees the platform credits back are netted off automatically.

Per order

Order revenue
$20.00
Etsy fees
$2.35
Net profit
$7.65
Margin
38.2%
Strong margin

After Etsy fees, product and shipping costs, and $2.00 of ad spend per order. Monthly plan and storage costs are handled below.

Where your money goes

Per month at 20 orders
Profit
$153.00 · 38.3%
Platform fees
$47.00 · 11.8%
Cost of goods
$100.00 · 25.0%
Shipping
$60.00 · 15.0%
Ad spend
$40.00 · 10.0%

Monthly totals

Revenue$400.00
Etsy fees−$47.00
Product and shipping costs−$160.00
Ad spend−$40.00
Net profit$153.00 · 38.3%

Fee detail

Per order

Listing Fee$0.20
Transaction Fee$1.30
Payment Processing$0.85
Total per order$2.35
Break-even price
$11.55

The sale price where one order nets exactly zero — covering percentage fees, per-unit and flat fees, your costs, and this order's share of ad spend.

Orders to cover monthly costs
5

Needed to cover $40.00 of monthly ad spend and fixed costs. You're planning 20.

Ad economics

An order can pay at most its contribution — revenue after fees and variable costs — to win a customer. Spend more than that and the order is bought at a loss.

Max cost per order
$9.65
Break-even ROAS
2.07x
Your cost per order
$2.00
Headroom
$7.65

You can pay up to $9.65 per order in ads and still break even — currently $2.00.

How Etsy Fees Work

Etsy sellers know that understanding exactly how much you're paying in fees is critical to running a profitable shop. Between listing fees, transaction fees, payment processing charges, and optional advertising costs, it's easy to lose track of your real profit margin.

Etsy's fee structure involves multiple layers. First, there's a $0.20 listing fee applied to every item you list. Then, when a sale occurs, Etsy takes a 6.5% transaction fee on the total order amount — and that total includes the shipping and gift wrap you charge the buyer, not just the item price. Payment processing adds another 3% plus $0.25 per order on the US rate.

Our Etsy Profit Margin Calculator helps you see exactly where your money goes. Enter your sale price, the shipping you charge, your cost of goods, and your monthly ad spend to get an instant breakdown of Etsy's fees, your break-even price, and your true net profit — per order and across the month. Export the whole scenario to CSV for your own records.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much does Etsy charge per sale?+
Etsy charges a $0.20 listing fee, a 6.5% transaction fee on the total order amount — including the shipping and gift wrap you charge the buyer — and payment processing of 3% + $0.25 per order on the US rate. An Offsite Ads fee can also apply when a sale comes through Etsy's advertising; this calculator does not model that yet.
Does Etsy charge its transaction fee on shipping?+
Yes. Etsy applies the 6.5% transaction fee to the full order total, so the shipping and gift wrap you charge the buyer are part of the fee base. That is why this calculator asks for shipping charged to the buyer separately from what shipping costs you — leaving it out understates your fees.
Is the Etsy listing fee charged per sale or per listing?+
The $0.20 listing fee is charged when you create or renew a listing, and each listing lasts four months or until it sells. This calculator assumes one item per order, so it applies the listing fee once per order.
How accurate is this calculator?+
It uses Etsy's published fee structure, last verified 2026-08-22, and every fee links to its official source. It does not yet model Offsite Ads, refunds, shop discounts, or the regulatory operating fee that applies in some countries, and payment processing rates differ outside the US. Verify against your own Etsy account before pricing decisions.

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