Etsy seller fees in 2026
Last verified: April 2026 from official Etsy fee policyDirect answer: Etsy seller fees are $5.20 on a default $50 sale in the 2026 model, leaving $44.80 before item cost, shipping labels, optional ads, refunds, or taxes. That is a 10.4% effective fee rate before seller-specific adjustments.
TL;DR
- - $0.20 listing fee, 6.5% transaction fee on the order total, and 3% + $0.25 payment processing.
- - On a default $50.00 sale, Etsy seller fees are $5.20 and payout is $44.80 before item cost.
- - The effective fee rate at $50.00 is 10.4% before seller-specific adjustments.
- - Etsy sellers should not price from the 6.5% transaction fee alone because listing and processing fees stack on every sale.
- - Rates were last checked on 2026-04-30 from official Etsy fee policy.
What Etsy charges sellers
$0.20 listing fee, 6.5% transaction fee on the order total, and 3% + $0.25 payment processing.
Etsy sellers should not price from the 6.5% transaction fee alone because listing and processing fees stack on every sale.
- - The $0.20 listing fee applies before the item sells.
- - Transaction and processing fees both apply to buyer-paid shipping.
- - Offsite Ads are not in the default calculator because they apply only to some orders.
Fee lines on a default $50 sale
- Listing fee
- $0.20
- Marketplace selling fee
- $3.25
- Payment processing
- $1.75
- Per-order fee
- $0.00
- Promotion fee
- $0.00
- Total seller fees
- $5.20
Etsy seller fees by price
| Sale price | Seller fees | Net before costs | Effective rate | Exact answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10.00 | $1.40 | $8.60 | 14.0% | Open $10.00 |
| $15.00 | $1.88 | $13.12 | 12.5% | Open $15.00 |
| $25.00 | $2.83 | $22.17 | 11.3% | Open $25.00 |
| $50.00 | $5.20 | $44.80 | 10.4% | Open $50.00 |
| $100.00 | $9.95 | $90.05 | 10.0% | Open $100.00 |
| $200.00 | $19.45 | $180.55 | 9.7% | Open $200.00 |
| $500.00 | $47.95 | $452.05 | 9.6% | Open $500.00 |
| $1,000.00 | $95.45 | $904.55 | 9.5% | Open $1,000.00 |
Included in this fee page
- - Listing fee
- - Transaction fee
- - Payment processing
Still check separately
- - Offsite Ads unless modeled separately
- - Pattern or Etsy Plus subscriptions
- - Refunds
Price the listing before it goes live
Use the exact marketplace, category, shipping setup, and cost of goods you expect to list with. That gives you a real payout baseline instead of a fee estimate from memory.
Use the real sale assumptions you would list with, not the ideal version you hope the buyer accepts.
Turn the fee formula into a listing decision
The formula page gives the current fee structure. Use the calculator for the actual listing and the exact-price pages when you need a sourceable answer for one sale amount.