Etsy Selling Fees: What You Pay Per Sale, With Examples

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In practice

opening a shop has no monthly fee, and a typical US sale loses about 10% to 14% to fees before shipping and materials.

What fees does Etsy charge?

According to Etsy's Help Center, these are the three core fees:

How much is the real cost on a $25, $50 and $100 sale?

These numbers are our calculation using the rates above, for a US sale with free shipping, no ads and one listing fee per sale:

What is Offsite Ads and when does it apply?

Offsite Ads are ads Etsy places on other sites for your listings. Etsy's seller page says the program is optional for most sellers but can be required depending on your sales over 12 months.

What about Etsy Ads and Etsy Plus?

Etsy Ads, the onsite advertising, is optional, charged by click against a daily budget you set.

How do you price an item so fees do not eat your margin?

Example: a candle costing you $12 to make and ship. ($12 + $0.45) divided by 0.905 is $13.76, which only covers your cost and the fees.

Etsy Selling Fees: What You Pay Per Sale, With Examples

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