Should shipping be in the sale amount?

Include shipping when your fee schedule applies transaction or payment fees to item price plus shipping.

Are Etsy Ads included?

No. Add advertising in a profit margin or dropshipping worksheet.

Why stack platform and payment on the same base?

That matches a common educational planning model for marketplace checkouts. Your invoice may itemize differently—always reconcile to your statement.

Is this an official Etsy tool?

No. It is an educational fee arithmetic guide.

Etsy Fee Basics: Transaction, Listing, and Payment Fees

Etsy-style seller planning usually stacks a platform transaction percent (plus an optional listing fee attributed to the sale) with payment processing percent and fixed fee—often on the same sale base. This guide explains that layered arithmetic and links to the interactive worksheet. Rates are user-entered; they are not a live Etsy fee schedule.

What This Worksheet Actually Answers

Given a sale amount (often item price plus shipping you attribute to the order), what are platform fees, payment fees, total fees, net proceeds, and effective fee percent? It does not model Etsy Ads, offsite ads, currency conversion, or refunds.

Educational worksheet, not an Etsy statement

Illustrative defaults (for example 6.5% transaction, $0.20 listing, 3% + $0.25 payment) are planning placeholders for US-style schedules. Replace every rate from Etsy’s current fee documentation for your shop location.

The Inputs That Drive the Math

Sale amount, transaction fee percent, listing fee attributed to this sale, payment processing percent, and payment fixed fee. Set listing fee to zero if you amortize listing costs elsewhere.

Inputs and Limits

Input	Role in the model	Common confusion
Sale amount	Base for both platform and payment percents	Forgetting shipping when fees apply to item + shipping
Transaction percent	Platform percent of sale	Treating category promos as permanent rates
Listing fee	Fixed platform fee attributed to this sale	Double-counting listing fees already in overhead
Payment percent + fixed	Processing layer on the same sale base	Assuming ads or refunds are included

How the Worksheet Orders the Math

Step 1

Enter the sale amount you use as the fee base.

Step 2

Enter transaction percent and any listing fee for this sale.

Step 3

Enter payment processing percent and fixed fee from your Etsy Payments terms.

Step 4

Review platform fee, payment fee, total fees, net proceeds, and effective fee percent.

Open the Etsy Fee Calculator

Enter your scenario and review the worksheet outputs:

Open Etsy Fee Calculator

Worked Scenario

On a $40 sale with 6.5% + $0.20 platform and 3% + $0.25 payment: platform fee = $2.60 + $0.20 = $2.80; payment fee = $1.20 + $0.25 = $1.45; total fees $4.25; net $35.75; effective fee about 10.63%.

What This Model Intentionally Omits

Etsy Ads, offsite ads, and promotional tools
Refunds, chargebacks, and currency conversion
Live fee APIs or shop-specific discounts
Tax, legal, or personalized seller advice

Bottom Line

Price with stacked fees in mind, then verify against a real order invoice before you commit to a listing price or profit target.