Ecommerce
Etsy Profit Calculator
Enter your listing, transaction and payment fees — this does not fetch Etsy's live table.
Estimate Etsy seller profit
Etsy fees change by country and programme. Copy the current rates from your seller dashboard rather than memorising a blog table. Offsite ads and shipping labels are not modelled unless you type them into ads or other costs. Handmade sellers should also include materials and time — craft hours are easy to forget when pricing pretty photos. Transaction, processing and listing fees that apply to the sale belong in the fee fields. See 3D print cost for printables and product profit for a channel-agnostic view. Set floors with reverse margin after materials. Estimates only — not tax advice. Seasonal makers should cost peak-month packaging separately when gift wrap and stickers appear only in Q4. Digital downloads skip postage but still need payment and platform fees in the stack. When a listing underperforms, check whether ads or underpriced time are the real leak before discounting further. Seasonal makers should cost peak-month packaging separately when gift wrap and stickers appear only in Q4. Digital downloads skip postage but still need payment and platform fees in the stack. When a listing underperforms, check whether ads or underpriced time are the real leak before discounting further into a race to the bottom.
Worked example
Listing sells at £28, materials £6.50, craft time 45 minutes at £18/hour (£13.50), Etsy fees about 11% all-in (£3.08), postage absorbed £2.40. Profit ≈ 28 − 6.50 − 13.50 − 3.08 − 2.40 = £2.52 — thin once time is honest. Raising the ticket to £34 or simplifying the make often helps more than shaving packaging pennies.
Limits and assumptions
Pattern and equipment amortisation are omitted unless you add them. Currency conversion on overseas orders is not modelled. Not VAT or income-tax guidance for makers.
Frequently asked questions
Which Etsy fees should I enter?
Transaction, processing and listing fees that apply to the sale, plus offsite ads if that order was tagged.
How do I price my time?
Add an hourly craft rate into cost, or set retail with reverse margin after materials.
Are shipping profiles included?
Only if you put postage cost and any postage charged into the fields. Free shipping needs margin to cover postage.
Should I include Etsy Plus subscription?
Allocate a share per order if you want fully loaded profit; otherwise treat it as overhead.
How do renewals of listings affect cost?
If auto-renew fees apply before a sale, fold them into per-listing cost for slow movers.