How much does Etsy take from a $30.00 sale?
Short answer: $3.30 in platform fees — 11.0% of what the buyer paid. After typical product and running costs, this sale nets $10.32. Here is every line.
The $30.00 sale, line by line
Platform fees
$3.30
Take rate
11.0%
You are paid
$26.70
Net profit
$10.32
| Listing fee | -$0.20 |
| Transaction fee (6.5%) | -$1.95 |
| Payment processing (3.0% + $0.25) | -$1.15 |
| Product cost (COGS) | -$10.50 |
| Your actual shipping cost | -$5.00 |
| Packaging | -$0.40 |
| Advertising (Etsy Ads / other) | -$0.00 |
| Expected returns loss | -$0.48 |
| Net profit | $10.32 |
If this order came from an Offsite Ad
Add $4.50 and Etsy's take becomes $7.80 — 26.0% of the sale. This is the example behind the “Etsy really takes about 11%, or 26% with Offsite Ads” claim.
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.