How much does Etsy take from a $20.00 sale?
Short answer: $2.35 in platform fees — 11.8% of what the buyer paid. After typical product and running costs, this sale nets $4.88. Here is every line.
The $20.00 sale, line by line
Platform fees
$2.35
Take rate
11.8%
You are paid
$17.65
Net profit
$4.88
| Listing fee | -$0.20 |
| Transaction fee (6.5%) | -$1.30 |
| Payment processing (3.0% + $0.25) | -$0.85 |
| Product cost (COGS) | -$7.00 |
| Your actual shipping cost | -$5.00 |
| Packaging | -$0.40 |
| Advertising (Etsy Ads / other) | -$0.00 |
| Expected returns loss | -$0.37 |
| Net profit | $4.88 |
If this order came from an Offsite Ad
Etsy would take another $3.00 (15%), dropping your profit to $1.88. The same order, two very different businesses.
Assumptions
US shop, free shipping (you pay $5.00 postage), product cost 35% of price, packaging $0.40, 3% return rate, no Offsite Ads attribution unless shown.
Change any of them and the answer moves — that's what the calculator is for.
Fee schedule version 2026.1, verified 2026-10-22. Worked with the same engine as our calculators.