How much does Etsy take per sale in 2026?

Without ads, three lines stack up. The transaction fee, 6.5% of the item price and the shipping the buyer pays; payment processing, 3% plus $0.25 for US shops; and the $0.20 listing fee. On a $30 order that is $3.30, about 11% of revenue. An order from Etsy's advertising adds Offsite Ads at 15%, or 12% for shops over $10,000 in the trailing 12 months, and an American order shipped from outside the US adds the DDP tariff charge plus Etsy's fee on it.

Why do sellers say Etsy takes 30 to 35 percent?

The forum figure folds advertising into the fees. Etsy ads are paid separately and sit in different report lines, so a seller with an active ad budget can see 30 to 35% of revenue go out while the fee lines alone are lower. The ad budget is an acquisition cost the seller controls; the platform's share is the sum of the fee lines.

Can I trust Etsy's own fee calculator?

Partly. The duty estimate runs through Etsy's duty partner Zonos, and sellers who checked it against actual charges report hidden lines, a $1.99 handling fee and 10% of the duty on top. It also skips the fee Etsy takes on the tariff charge itself. The monthly statement in the seller cabinet remains the only exact record for your shop.

Is there a fee calculator that counts the tariff line?

The Etsy Fee and Tariff Calculator, a Chrome extension, shows the full breakdown under the price of any open listing, the DDP tariff charge and Etsy's 15% fee on it included, with editable inputs for tariff rate, cost of goods, and ads. The single-listing breakdown is free, Pro at $3 a month covers the whole shop, and the same engine runs as a live web calculator at kovnerov.com/tools/etsy-tariff-calculator, no install needed.

Etsy Fees in 2026: How Much the Platform Takes

September 18, 2026 · Updated September 23, 2026

Etsy takes six lines out of every sale. The transaction fee, 6.5% of the item price and of the shipping the buyer pays; payment processing, 3% plus $0.25 for US shops; the listing fee, $0.20; Offsite Ads, 15% when the order arrives from Etsy’s own advertising. Since July 2026, orders shipped to the United States from outside the country also carry the DDP tariff charge, and Etsy takes its fee on that charge, the line sellers report as 15%. Added up, this is a real share of revenue: on a $30 order with no ads the platform keeps $3.30, about 11%. This guide breaks down every line and counts what actually stays with you on a concrete order.

What Etsy charges in 2026, line by line

The rates below come from Etsy’s published fee policy and help pages as of August 2026; the tariff line is the rate sellers document in the community. Before you price against them, open the current policy on the site itself: marketplace terms change.

Fee	Rate	When it applies
Transaction	6.5%	Of the item price and the shipping the buyer pays
Payment processing	3% plus $0.25	Every sale; the rates shown are for US shops
Listing	$0.20	Per item listed
Offsite Ads	15% or 12%	When the order comes from Etsy’s ads; 12% for shops over $10,000 in the trailing 12 months
DDP tariff charge	At the tariff rate	US orders shipped from outside the US, since July 9, 2026
Fee on the tariff charge	15%	Of the DDP tariff charge, as sellers report

The transaction fee applies to the shipping the buyer pays, not just to the item. Most sellers see the total once a month, on the statement, after the money is already gone. Doing the math before you set a price is cheaper than reconstructing the withholdings afterwards.

A worked example: what a $30 order keeps

Take an order with no ads attached: a $25 item and $5 shipping paid by the buyer. The percentage base is the same $30.

Transaction fee: 6.5% of $30, which is $1.95.
Payment processing: 3% of $30 plus the fixed $0.25, which is $1.15.
Listing fee: $0.20.

Together $3.30, about 11% of revenue; $26.70 stays, before the cost of goods and your own shipping. If the order came from Etsy’s advertising, Offsite Ads adds 15% of the order total, another $4.50, and the withholdings grow to $7.80, 26%.

Besides fees, two more things leave the revenue: the cost of the goods and the shipping you pay as the seller. American orders shipped from outside the US carry the tariff line as well; that one is next.

The DDP tariff charge and the fee Etsy takes on it

Since July 9, 2026, Etsy asks sellers outside the United States to ship American orders with duties prepaid, DDP, and to bake the tariff into the item price. Under DDP the seller pays the duty before the parcel moves; the buyer pays nothing at the border. Etsy fees apply to the tariff-inclusive price, so on tariff money you collect only to hand over to customs, Etsy takes its cut as well. Sellers report it as a flat 15% of the tariff charge. On a $30 tariff at a 30% rate, that is $4.50 gone before the margin even starts.

The line is new and easy to miss. There are ten fee calculators in the Chrome Web Store; not one of them shows it. In the monthly statement it dissolves into the total. This is where pricing errors come from: a seller budgets for the tariff itself and forgets the fee on top of it.

Why forums quote 30 to 35 percent

In community threads sellers name the platform’s share as 30 to 35% of a sale. That figure folds in advertising: Etsy ads are paid separately and reported in different lines. Fees without ads are lower for most shops, and the ad budget is an acquisition cost the seller controls. An averaged forum number says nothing about your shop; the share adds up line by line.

Can you trust the built-in estimate

The first tool most sellers reach for is the platform’s own calculator. The duty part of it runs through Etsy’s duty partner, Zonos, and sellers who compared the estimate against their actual charges report hidden lines: a $1.99 handling fee and 10% of the duty on top. The estimate also skips the fee Etsy itself takes on the tariff charge, so it undercounts what leaves your payout.

The only source that is exact for your shop is the monthly statement in the seller cabinet: every withheld amount, to the cent. The problem is timing. You read it after the money is gone, when the price that produced it is already live.

Run the numbers before you price

Two checks work together. The statement tells you what Etsy actually took last month. The math before listing tells you what it will take next.

I built a calculator for the second half of that. It is a Chrome extension that shows the full fee breakdown under the price of any open listing, yours or a competitor’s: every fee with its rate, the tariff line included, and the profit at the bottom. The tariff rate, the cost of goods, your shipping cost, and the Offsite Ads toggle are editable right in the breakdown, and all the math runs in the browser. The single-listing breakdown is free; Pro at $3 a month adds profit across every listing in your shop, tariff modeling per destination country, and margin alerts. How the calculator is built is a separate write-up on this site, and the same engine also runs here as a live calculator, no install needed.

Want a browser tool built around your own workflow? Get in touch.

Common pricing mistakes

Charging the transaction fee against the item price only. It also applies to the shipping the buyer pays.
Forgetting the fixed fees. $0.20 per listing and $0.25 in processing are invisible on expensive items and eat the margin of cheap ones.
Leaving Offsite Ads out of the price. An item that profits without ads can go negative the moment an order arrives from Etsy’s advertising.
Skipping the tariff line. American orders shipped from outside the US carry both the DDP charge and Etsy’s fee on it.
Mixing ads with fees. The ad budget is a separate spend, managed separately.

The short version

In 2026 a sale on Etsy carries the 6.5% transaction fee on the item and the shipping, payment processing, the listing fee, Offsite Ads for orders from Etsy’s ads, and on American orders shipped from outside the US the DDP tariff charge plus Etsy’s fee on it. On a $30 order with no ads that is about 11% of revenue. The price that survives these withholdings is held by the listing itself; how to build one is a separate guide on making product cards for marketplaces. And when the shop outgrows a single marketplace, online store setup is the build that moves it onto its own storefront, product data and payments included.

FAQ

How much does Etsy take per sale in 2026?: Without ads, three lines stack up. The transaction fee, 6.5% of the item price and the shipping the buyer pays; payment processing, 3% plus $0.25 for US shops; and the $0.20 listing fee. On a $30 order that is $3.30, about 11% of revenue. An order from Etsy's advertising adds Offsite Ads at 15%, or 12% for shops over $10,000 in the trailing 12 months, and an American order shipped from outside the US adds the DDP tariff charge plus Etsy's fee on it.
What is the DDP tariff charge on Etsy?: DDP, delivered duty paid, is the shipping mode where the seller pays the duty before the parcel moves and the buyer pays nothing at the border. Since July 9, 2026, Etsy asks sellers outside the United States to ship American orders this way and to bake the tariff into the item price. Etsy fees apply to that price, so the platform also takes its cut of the tariff money; sellers report it as a flat 15% of the charge.
Why do sellers say Etsy takes 30 to 35 percent?: The forum figure folds advertising into the fees. Etsy ads are paid separately and sit in different report lines, so a seller with an active ad budget can see 30 to 35% of revenue go out while the fee lines alone are lower. The ad budget is an acquisition cost the seller controls; the platform's share is the sum of the fee lines.
Can I trust Etsy's own fee calculator?: Partly. The duty estimate runs through Etsy's duty partner Zonos, and sellers who checked it against actual charges report hidden lines, a $1.99 handling fee and 10% of the duty on top. It also skips the fee Etsy takes on the tariff charge itself. The monthly statement in the seller cabinet remains the only exact record for your shop.
Is there a fee calculator that counts the tariff line?: The Etsy Fee and Tariff Calculator, a Chrome extension, shows the full breakdown under the price of any open listing, the DDP tariff charge and Etsy's 15% fee on it included, with editable inputs for tariff rate, cost of goods, and ads. The single-listing breakdown is free, Pro at $3 a month covers the whole shop, and the same engine runs as a live web calculator at kovnerov.com/tools/etsy-tariff-calculator, no install needed.