Etsy Fees for US Sellers (2026) — Listings, Transactions & Processing

US Etsy sellers pay when they list and again when they sell. The listing fee hits when you publish or renew a listing; transaction, payment processing, and regulatory operating fees hit when an order completes. Optional offsite ads add another percentage on qualifying orders if you participate in that program.

Handmade and vintage shops with hundreds of SKUs feel listing fees lightly; shops with slow turnover on expensive pieces feel them acutely. Transaction fees, though, scale with revenue — and they apply to item price plus shipping and gift wrap charged to the buyer.

Each listing incurs a small fixed listing fee when created or renewed (typically on a four-month cycle). Renewals are automatic unless you turn them off. That fee is not monthly rent — it is per listing period — but it still belongs in unit economics if you sell only one unit per listing life.

When modeling a single order in FeeAndProfit, include amortized listing cost in COGS if you want per-unit truth. Example: $0.20 listing fee over expected two sales → add $0.10 per unit in product cost.

Etsy’s transaction fee is a percentage of your order total — item, shipping, and gift wrap. Like eBay, shipping revenue is part of the fee base. A $35 item with $5 shipping is charged transaction fees on $40, not $35.

US sellers comparing Etsy to their own website often forget this shipping inclusion when translating Shopify-style math. The Etsy US calculator makes the base explicit line by line.

Payment processing covers card and wallet handling with a percent-plus-fixed structure on the order total. Etsy also itemizes regulatory operating fees where applicable — amounts that can shift with policy updates.

Together, processing and transaction fees can exceed the headline “6.5%” many sellers remember from marketing copy. Always read the full fee stack on Etsy’s legal fees page and mirror it in the calculator before seasonal sales.

If you use Etsy’s offsite ads program, qualifying orders incur an additional fee — 12% if you opted in below revenue thresholds, 15% otherwise on attributed sales. That fee applies to the full order total and can wipe margin on promoted products that already run thin.

Sellers who depend on organic Etsy search can disable offsite ads if eligible; others accept the fee as customer acquisition cost. Model a sale with and without offsite ads using scenario tools or manual COGS adjustment to see if a catalog line is worth keeping.

You make a ceramic mug, COGS $9 all-in, list at $48 plus $6 shipping. Transaction and processing apply to $54. After Etsy’s layers, you might retain low forties before income tax — highly dependent on offsite ads and exact processing tables.

Open the Etsy US calculator, enter $48 sale price, $6 shipping charged, $9 COGS, and toggle any options that match your shop. If margin is under 20%, raise price, reduce free personalization, or cut shipping subsidy — the break-even output shows the minimum price for your target margin.

Etsy may collect and remit sales tax on your behalf in many US states, but income tax on profit remains your responsibility. Track fees as business expenses; our calculator outputs help document expected platform cost per order.

Rates change — confirm on Etsy’s current fees page and in your Payment account. FeeAndProfit is independent and not affiliated with Etsy.