Digital download fees on Etsy
Fees as of 14 Nov 2026. Sources are listed below.
On a $17.00 sale with no other costs, Etsy takes $1.11 in platform fees and $0.20 to list and $0.76 for card processing, so you keep $14.93.
Fees shown are for US-based sellers selling to US buyers with domestic cards.
What you keep at common prices
No product cost, no sales tax. Card processing is included in these presets.
| Sale price | Fees | You keep | Share kept |
|---|---|---|---|
| $5.00 | $0.93 | $4.07 | 81.4% |
| $10.00 | $1.40 | $8.60 | 86% |
| $17.00 | $2.07 | $14.93 | 87.82% |
| $25.00 | $2.83 | $22.17 | 88.68% |
| $50.00 | $5.20 | $44.80 | 89.6% |
Lowest price for a 30% margin when your cost is $6.00
| Channel | Lowest price | Fees | Profit | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etsy | $10.66 | $1.46 | $3.20 | 30.02% |
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How the math works
Fees on a sale equal price times the percentage fees, plus the fixed fees, with each part rounded to the cent. If you enter a sales tax rate, card processing is worked out on the price plus tax wherever the platform charges it that way or doesn't say.
Answers below $1.00 are raised to $1.00. That floor is our assumption, not a platform rule.
The lowest price for a target margin starts from (cost plus fixed fees) divided by (1 minus the fee percentage minus the margin), then moves up one cent at a time until the margin still holds after rounding. That is why an answer can sit a cent above the plain formula.
Rounding each fee to the cent is this calculator's rule. Platforms don't publish theirs, so a statement can differ by a cent.
The fees used
- Etsy. 6.5% platform fee, $0.20 listing fee, 3% + $0.25 card processing. Status sourced, read on the source page. Processing on the total including sales tax yes, per the source. Checked 14 Nov 2026. source 1 source 2 source 3
Questions
How much does Etsy take from a $17.00 sale?
On a $17.00 sale with no other costs, Etsy takes $1.11 in platform fees and $0.20 to list and $0.76 for card processing, so you keep $14.93.
Do digital downloads pay the $0.20 listing fee?
Etsy charges $0.20 to list an item. A listing renews, and pays $0.20 again, after it sells when auto-renew is on or the item has more than one in stock. This page assumes that happens on every sale of a digital download, so $0.20 is counted in each sale. If your listing doesn't renew, your fees are $0.20 lower.
Are Etsy Offsite Ads included?
No. When a sale comes from one of Etsy's Offsite Ads, Etsy charges an extra 15%, or 12% for shops with $10,000 or more in sales over the past 365 days, capped at $100 per order. That fee only applies to those sales, so it is left out here.
What price keeps a 30% margin if my cost is $6.00?
If your cost is $6.00 and you want a 30% margin, the lowest Etsy price is $10.66. Fees at that price are $1.46 and profit is $3.20, a 30.02% margin.
Does sales tax change Etsy's fees?
Yes. Etsy takes its 3% + $0.25 processing fee from the total including any sales tax it collects. The tax itself isn't your money. With 7% sales tax, a $6.00 item needs $10.69 to keep a 30% margin, and fees are $1.48. Without tax it is $10.66.
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