Etsy Shop Profit Calculator
Every Etsy fee modeled — listing, transaction, payment, Offsite Ads. See what actually lands in your bank account.
Set $0 if you offer 'free shipping' (you're still being charged fees on it).
Each listing costs $0.20 and lasts 4 months.
15% applies if you've sold $10K+ in the prior 365 days.
Monthly take-home
$1,269
$21 per item · 55.7% margin
Yearly take-home
$15,233
Before income tax and self-employment tax.
Conservative
$889
Realistic
$1,269
Aggressive
$1,777
Bands swing on seasonal demand — Q4 typically 1.5–2× a baseline month for gift-friendly shops.
Materials are mostly fixed. Etsy fees are mostly fixed % of price. The lever you control is the price tag.
Above 40% suggests digital products or aggressive pricing — sustainable if conversion holds.
- Gross per item = price + shipping charged
- Transaction fee = 6.5% × gross
- Payment processing = 3% × gross + $0.25
- Offsite Ads = tier% × gross
- Listing fee per item = ($0.20 × renewals) ÷ items sold
- Net per item = gross − materials − label − all fees
Common questions
What Etsy fees actually come out of my payout?▾
Listing fee ($0.20/listing), transaction fee (6.5% of item + shipping), payment processing (3% + $0.25 in US), and Offsite Ads (12% or 15% if you've sold $10K+ in the last year).
Is Offsite Ads mandatory?▾
Required if your shop has hit $10K in sales in the prior 365 days. Optional below that threshold — and worth opting out for most low-margin handmade sellers.
What's a realistic Etsy margin?▾
20–35% net for handmade after materials and time, 40–55% for digital products, 10–20% for resellers/print-on-demand. Anything under 15% on handmade means your hourly rate is below minimum wage.
Why is my margin worse than I expected?▾
Almost always shipping. Buyers expect 'free shipping' but Etsy still charges 6.5% on the shipping you bake into price. Run the calculator with shipping at $0 and again with it baked in to see the gap.