What Etsy Takes From a $12 Sale
Selling for $12 means Etsy applies listing, transaction, and payment processing fees. This page shows the fee breakdown and your net earnings before product and shipping costs.
At low price points, fixed fees eat a larger share of the sale. Margin tightens quickly once you add cost of goods and shipping.
Fee breakdown for a $12 order
Listing fee: $0.20
Transaction fee (6.5%): $0.78
Payment processing (3% + $0.25): $0.61
Estimated total fees before Offsite Ads: $1.59
With Offsite Ads, fees can reach about $3.03, depending on region and order details.
Take-home profit example
Before your costs, you keep roughly $10.41 after baseline Etsy fees. With Offsite Ads, that drops to about $8.97.
Example: $4 cost of goods and $2 shipping leaves around $4.41 in real profit before ads. Use a calculator to model your own numbers.
What affects your profit
Shipping charged to the buyer may be subject to fees. Payment processing varies by region. Offsite Ads add 12% when they drive the sale. Product costs and shipping eat into the remainder.
Compare: Etsy fees on a $10 sale, what Etsy takes from a $15 sale, or Etsy fee breakdown for a $20 item.
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