Etsy Fee Percentage: What Etsy Actually Takes
Etsy doesn't run one flat percentage, it stacks two separate fees: a 6.5% transaction fee and a 3% + $0.25 payment processing fee, both calculated on the item price plus shipping. Add them together and the effective rate lands somewhere around 9.5% to 12% depending on how cheap or expensive the sale is.
Etsy fees by sale price
| Item + shipping | Total fees | You keep | Effective % |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10.00 + $0.00 ship | $1.20 | $8.80 | 12% |
| $25.00 + $0.00 ship | $2.62 | $22.38 | 10.5% |
| $50.00 + $5.00 ship | $5.48 | $49.52 | 10% |
| $100.00 + $8.00 ship | $10.51 | $97.49 | 9.7% |
| $250.00 + $10.00 ship | $24.95 | $235.05 | 9.6% |
| $500.00 + $15.00 ship | $49.18 | $465.82 | 9.5% |
Transaction fee + payment processing only, verified 2026-09-12. Excludes the separate $0.20 listing fee. Use the Etsy fee calculator for your own numbers, including cost of goods for a margin figure.
Why the percentage isn't the same on every sale
The 6.5% transaction fee and the 3% processing fee scale with price, they're always the same rate. The $0.25 fixed part of the processing fee doesn't scale, so it's a bigger share of a $10 sale than a $500 one. That's the whole reason the effective percentage in the table above drifts from 12% down to 9.5% as the price climbs, nothing about the underlying rates changed.
What this percentage doesn't include
The $0.20 listing fee (charged per listing, on a 4-month renewal, not per sale) and the Offsite Ads fee (12-15%, mandatory only once a shop clears $10,000/year in sales) are both real Etsy costs that sit outside the per-sale percentage above. Neither is included in the table because neither applies uniformly to every sale the way the transaction and processing fees do.
For your exact sale, including shipping and your item's cost for a true margin, use the Etsy fee calculator.