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Work Out Your Own

The sign prices an example $35 order. This page does the same sum on yours. Type the order total and what your label cost, and it shows Etsy’s fees line by line, then what’s left before materials. The sum runs in your browser, and nothing you type is kept unless you answer the one question at the bottom.

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Order total required

What the buyer paid for the item and shipping, before sales tax. If shipping was free, it’s the item price. Etsy’s percentage fees run on this figure, so it’s the one that matters.

What your label cost required

The price you paid for the label, from Etsy Labels, Pirate Ship, the counter or wherever you buy them. If you don’t have one handy, Etsy’s postage calculator quotes one parcel on one lane without a login. Type 0 for a digital item or a local pickup.

Sales tax rate the buyer paid optional, %

Etsy’s 3% processing fee runs on the whole payment, sales tax included, so a taxed order pays a few cents more in fees. Leave it blank to price without tax.

How the buyer arrived optional

Your own link, Share & Save on$1.50Etsy search or an Etsy page$3.78An Offsite Ad$9.03

Etsy’s base fees, the same for every US seller on Etsy Payments: 6.5% transaction fee, 3% plus 25¢ payment processing, 20¢ listing fee. $3.78 on the example $35 order.

Total fees to Etsy $3.78Left before materials Enter your label

Order summary

EXAMPLE

Example orderOne listing, one unit

$35.00

Transaction fee6.5% of the order total	$2.28
Payment processing3% of the full payment (sales tax included, if you gave a rate), plus 25¢	$1.30
Listing fee20¢ per sale	$0.20
Offsite Ads fee15% of the order total, capped at $100
Share & Save refund6.5% of the order total back, on orders through your own link. 4% from Tue Jan 5, 2027.
Total fees to EtsyThe lines above, each rounded half up to the cent, then added	$3.78
Your labelAs you typed it	Not entered yet

Left before materialsThe order total, minus Etsy’s fees, minus your label. Yours, before materials, packaging, Etsy Ads and income tax. It is not a profit figure.	Enter your label

On the example $35 order, with no tax and no ads, the fees are $3.78: 6.5% ($2.28), 3% plus 25¢ ($1.30) and the 20¢ listing fee.

The Label Price Sheet, one printed page of tables.

US shop on Etsy Payments, one listing, one unit, in US dollars. Etsy’s published rates, checked Thu Nov 5, 2026: 6.5% transaction fee on item plus shipping, 3% plus $0.25 payment processing on the full payment, $0.20 listing fee. Each line is rounded half up to the cent, then added. Share & Save counts here only when you pick your own link above: the full 6.5% back through Mon Jan 4, 2027 on orders through your own link, 4% after, and only if you enrolled first. Not in this sum: Etsy Ads, extra units ($0.20 each), currency conversion, Etsy Plus, materials and packaging. Texas sellers pay 6.25% sales tax on 80% of the transaction fee since Wed Oct 1, 2025, about 11¢ on the $35 order; it isn’t added here. Information, not tax advice.

Work Out Your Own

One question, if you’ll answer it