How much does Etsy take from a sale in 2026?

For a standard US sale, Etsy takes $0.20 plus 9.5% of order revenue plus $0.25. Order revenue means item price plus shipping charged to the buyer. A $100 order costs $9.95 in Etsy fees, so the seller has $90.05 left before their own costs.

This guide checked Etsy's Fees & Payments Policy and Etsy Payments Policy on July 3, 2026. Etsy's Fees & Payments Policy was last updated February 13, 2026, and Etsy's Payments Policy was last updated February 12, 2026.

A standard $100 US Etsy sale costs $9.95 in Etsy fees as of July 3, 2026.

Yes. Etsy's 6.5% transaction fee applies to the shipping amount charged to the buyer. Etsy Payments processing is also charged on the total sale amount. If you charge $25 for an item and $5 for shipping, Etsy calculates the core percentage fees on $30.

Free shipping does not remove the fee. It usually moves shipping into the item price. If a $25 item becomes a $30 free-shipping item, the Etsy percentage fees still apply to $30.

As of July 3, 2026, a $25 item with $5 shipping charged has $3.30 in standard US Etsy fees.

Etsy takes $9.95 from a standard $100 US sale with no Offsite Ads. The fee is $0.20 for listing renewal, $6.50 for the 6.5% transaction fee, and $3.25 for US payment processing at 3% + $0.25.

Offsite Ads changes the answer. At the 12% rate, the same $100 order costs $21.95 in total Etsy fees. At the 15% rate, it costs $24.95. That is why every Etsy seller should test the ad version before trusting a product's margin.

As of July 3, 2026, a $100 US Etsy order attributed to Offsite Ads costs $21.95 in fees at 12% or $24.95 at 15%.

Etsy digital downloads use the same core fee stack: $0.20 listing, 6.5% transaction, and payment processing. There is usually no shipping charged, so the fixed $0.20 listing fee and $0.25 processing fee hit small files hard.

A $5 US digital download costs $0.93 in standard Etsy fees, which is an 18.5% effective fee rate. A $20 digital download costs $2.35, which is an 11.8% effective fee rate. Bundles usually work better than tiny one-file listings.

As of July 3, 2026, a $3 US digital download costs $0.74 in standard Etsy fees before ads and tax on seller fees.

An Etsy seller keeps the payout after Etsy fees, but that payout is not profit. True profit comes after product cost, shipping label cost, labor, packaging, ads, discounts, and any tax on seller fees. A $100 sale with $9.95 in Etsy fees can still have weak profit.

For example, a $100 item with $35 product cost and a $6 shipping label leaves $49.05 before labor, packaging, and ads. The same order through 15% Offsite Ads leaves $34.05 before those costs.

A $100 Etsy sale with $35 product cost and a $6 shipping label leaves $49.05 before labor, packaging, and ads when no Offsite Ads fee applies.

No. The 6.5% transaction fee is the same core Etsy marketplace fee, but payment processing and Regulatory Operating Fees can differ by seller location. Do not use the US 3% + $0.25 processing input unless your Etsy Payments bank account is in the United States.

Etsy lists US processing at 3% + $0.25, UK processing at 4% + GBP 0.20, France at 4% + EUR 0.30, Italy at 4% + EUR 0.30, Spain at 4% + EUR 0.30, and India at 5% + INR 25.

As of July 3, 2026, the highest Regulatory Operating Fee listed by Etsy is Hungary at 1.97%.

You cannot remove Etsy's core listing, transaction, and payment processing fees. The better move is to price around the required fees and avoid optional fee load that breaks the product. Offsite Ads deserves the first check because it can add 12% or 15% to one order.

If your shop is below Etsy's $10,000 prior-365-day Offsite Ads threshold and your margins fail at 15%, opting out is usually better than chasing ad-driven revenue. If your shop is above the threshold, build the 12% fee into your ad-attributed price math.

If an Etsy listing cannot survive standard fees, it will not survive Offsite Ads.