Etsy fees by country
The fees Etsy can apply to a single order, what base each one is calculated on, and how the eight markets this tool covers differ.
Selling on Etsy is straightforward until you try to reconcile what lands in your account. The reason is that there is no single “Etsy fee”: there are up to six separate charges, each with its own calculation base, and several of them change with your shop's country. Adding them up mentally as one percentage almost always understates the real cost.
In this guide
| Market | Currency | Transaction | Etsy Payments | Regulatory | Listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain (ES) | EUR | 6.5% | 4% + €0.30 | 0.88% | €0.20 |
| United States (US) | USD | 6.5% | 3% + $0.25 | Not applicable | $0.20 |
| United Kingdom (GB) | GBP | 6.5% | 4% + £0.20 | 0.48% | £0.16 |
| France (FR) | EUR | 6.5% | 4% + €0.30 | 1.14% | €0.20 |
| Germany (DE) | EUR | 6.5% | 4% + €0.30 | Not applicable | €0.20 |
| Italy (IT) | EUR | 6.5% | 4% + €0.30 | 0.8% | €0.20 |
| Canada (CA) | CAD | 6.5% | 3% + CA$0.25 / 4% + CA$0.25 | 0.5% | CA$0.28 |
| Australia (AU) | AUD | 6.5% | 3% + A$0.25 / 4% + A$0.25 | Not applicable | A$0.31 |
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Transaction fee
A flat 6.5% on the total the buyer pays, the same in every market. And here is the detail most often forgotten: it includes shipping, gift wrapping and personalization. It is not just the item price.
Practical consequence: moving money from the product to the shipping does not save fees, and raising the shipping price is not free either.
In the United States, where the displayed price excludes sales tax and the marketplace normally collects it, the calculator does not add that tax to the transaction fee base.
Etsy Payments: payment processing
Taking the card payment has its own cost: a percentage plus a flat amount per order, and both vary by country. The table above has the values for all eight markets.
Like every fee with a flat part, it punishes small baskets. 4% + 0.30 is 1.70 on a 35 order (an effective 4.9%), but 0.62 on an order of 8 (an effective 7.8%). If you sell cheap items, bundling into larger orders has a direct effect on margin.
Canada and Australia are a special case: Etsy applies a different percentage depending on where the order comes from. In Canada, domestic or United States orders carry a lower percentage than international ones; in Australia, domestic versus international. That is why the calculator shows an order-type selector when you pick those two markets.
Regulatory operating fee and its base
A percentage Etsy charges in certain countries to cover costs arising from local regulation. Of the eight markets in this tool, Etsy's official list covers Spain (0.88%), France (1.14%), Italy (0.80%), the United Kingdom (0.48%) and Canada (0.50%). In Germany, the United States and Australia it does not apply: it is not a 0% fee, it simply does not exist there.
An important correction in this tool. Etsy's documentation states this fee is charged on the item price and shipping costs, including gift wrap and personalization. An earlier version of this calculator defaulted to applying it to the order amount after extracting tax, which understated it. That is now fixed: the default base is the gross amount, and it remains editable in the advanced options in case your invoice uses a different criterion.
On a 35 order with 21% tax, the difference between charging 0.88% on 35 (0.31) or on 28.93 (0.25) is six cents: small per order, plenty to stop your month reconciling.
Listing fee and your account currency
Etsy charges $0.20 per listing when you publish it and again each time it renews, and converts that to your account currency. The exact amount in your currency depends on the rate Etsy applies, so this tool does not compute it: the field is called “listing fee charged in your account currency”, comes with a starting value, and you adjust it to whatever your payment account shows. There is deliberately no currency API behind it.
It looks trivial, and in a shop with few listings it is. But it is a cost that exists whether you sell or not: a catalog of 500 listings renewing costs money every four months regardless of sales.
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Offsite Ads: the big one
Etsy advertises its marketplace products on other platforms. When a sale arrives through one of those ads, it charges a fee on the order total: 15% on the standard rate or 12% on the reduced one, which applies to shops above the trailing twelve-month revenue threshold.
The important detail: for shops below the threshold the programme is optional and can be switched off. For shops above it, it is mandatory. In other words: as you grow, you trade a lower rate for the inability to opt out.
15% of the order total is by far the heaviest fee: on a 35 order that is 5.25, more than the four base fees combined. Which is why the same product can be profitable or not depending on where the sale came from.
Every fee has its own base
This is what makes reconciling an Etsy invoice so frustrating: there is no single calculation base.
| Fee | Charged on |
|---|---|
| Transaction | Item price + shipping + gift wrap + personalization, excluding marketplace-collected tax |
| Etsy Payments | Item price + shipping + gift wrap or personalization + any applicable sales tax collected by the marketplace, per Etsy's documentation |
| Regulatory operating fee | Item price + shipping + gift wrap + personalization, excluding marketplace-collected tax |
| Offsite Ads | The order total attributed to the ad, capped at $100 USD per order |
| Currency conversion | The converted amount |
| Tax on fees | The fee subtotal, not the order |
The bases live in one place in the code and, where there is ambiguity, they are editable from the advanced options. The seller's real invoice always wins.
On top of the fees, Etsy may charge tax on its own fees. Whether it does depends on your account's tax setup, so in the calculator it is a field that starts at zero and you decide: open a real invoice, see whether it appears and at what rate.
Full worked example of one order
30 item + 5 shipping, 21% tax, 15 total cost (Spanish market)
| Item | No Offsite | With Offsite 15% |
|---|---|---|
| Gross order | 35.00 | 35.00 |
| Tax (21%) | -6.07 | -6.07 |
| Net revenue | 28.93 | 28.93 |
| Transaction (6.5% of 35) | -2.28 | -2.28 |
| Etsy Payments (4% + 0.30) | -1.70 | -1.70 |
| Regulatory operating fee (0.88% of 35) | -0.31 | -0.31 |
| Listing fee | -0.20 | -0.20 |
| Offsite Ads (15%) | — | -5.25 |
| Etsy fees | -4.48 | -9.73 |
| Product, real shipping and packaging | -15.00 | -15.00 |
| Net profit | 9.44 | 4.19 |
The same order leaves 9.44 or 4.19 depending on where the sale came from. Margin goes from 32.64% to 14.50%, and Etsy's fees from 12.81% to 27.81% of the order.
Another useful reading: the base fees (4.48) are less than a third of what tax plus your real costs take (21.07). When people say “Etsy takes so much”, what they are usually looking at is Offsite Ads plus their own production costs.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Etsy take from a sale in total?
There is no single percentage, and it changes by country. On base fees it runs around 11–13% of the order; with the 15% Offsite Ads fee it can pass 27%. And the effective percentage moves with order size because of the flat fees.
Does Etsy charge its fee on shipping?
Yes. The transaction fee applies to the total the buyer pays, including shipping, gift wrapping and personalization.
Why is the regulatory operating fee different in my country?
Because the percentage varies by country and only applies in some. Of the eight markets in this tool, Etsy's official list covers Spain, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Canada, each with its own percentage. In Germany, the United States and Australia it does not apply. The values and their sources are on the sources page.
Can I switch off Offsite Ads?
It depends on your trailing twelve-month revenue. Below the threshold the programme is optional; above it, it is mandatory, though the applicable rate becomes the reduced one.
Why does my payment account not match my calculation?
The usual causes: how listing fees are allocated (they do not attach to a specific order), the exchange rate if your account is in another currency, tax on fees, and — in Canada or Australia — the order type. Adjust those fields and reconciliation improves a lot.
Is it worth raising prices to offset the fees?
It is one option, but note: percentage fees rise with you, so raising your price 10% does not raise your margin 10%. The calculator lets you test it: change the price and watch profit and fees move together.
Official sources
Etsy — Fees & Payments Policyhttps://www.etsy.com/legal/fees/
Etsy Help — Payment Processing Feeshttps://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/115015628847
Etsy Help — Regulatory Operating Feehttps://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500011073202
Etsy Help — How Etsy's Offsite Ads Workhttps://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000338367-How-Etsy-s-Offsite-Ads-Work
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