Every Etsy fee, in order
- Listing fee: US$0.20 (about $0.28) per listing, every 4 months, whether or not it sells.
- Transaction fee: 6.5% of the price plus shipping and gift wrapping.
- Payment processing: 3% + $0.25 for orders from Canada and the US, and 4% + $0.25 for orders from anywhere else.
- Regulatory operating fee: 0.50% of the order, including shipping.
Tax on Etsy’s fees
Etsy adds GST/HST to its fees at your province’s rate, but if you aren’t registered for GST/HST, it doesn’t add it to the transaction and processing fees on orders where the buyer has already paid GST/HST, which is any order from a Canadian buyer. So for most sales, you pay tax only on the listing and regulatory fees (and Offsite Ads). Quebec sellers who aren’t registered for QST pay 9.975% QST on Etsy’s fees, except on the transaction and processing fees of orders from buyers in Quebec. British Columbia sellers pay 7% PST on all Etsy fees. Choose your province in the calculator and it’s worked out for you.
Offsite Ads
If a sale comes from one of Etsy’s ads on other sites, you pay an Offsite Ads fee of 15% of the order (12% for shops with over US$10,000 of sales in a year), capped at US$100 per order. Tick “Etsy sale came from an Offsite Ad” in the calculator to include it.
What you can sell
Etsy only allows handmade items, vintage items at least 20 years old, and craft supplies. The calculator marks Etsy as unavailable for anything else.
Is Etsy worth the fees?
On fees alone, Etsy is cheaper than Poshmark and close to eBay. Its buyers come looking for handmade, personalised and vintage pieces, often as gifts, and expect to pay more for them.