What total Etsy fees do you really pay as a seller in the UK?
This is not an attempt at Etsy bashing – there is plenty of that going on around the web already. I do really like the site, and have sold most of my pottery through them. Total Etsy fees may have changed since the time of writing.
I have just been looking into exactly the total fees I am paying on my sales. All this info is available on the Etsy site, though a little bit of digging is needed.
Doing a quick Google search for ‘what are Etsy fees’ will probably return a page like this . A quick scan may leave you thinking the total fees are a 20 cent listing fee, plus a 3.5% transaction fee, which is calculated excluding any shipping or tax you may charge.
This seems fair enough, but just below is a column for ‘direct checkout’ with no numbers, but a link saying ‘varies by country’. This page contains the processing fee – an additional fee to the transaction fee!
For the UK the processing fee is 4% plus 20 pence per order. Note that the 4% processing fee is calculated on the sale price including postage and tax!
Total Etsy fees calculation :
Pottery price £10
Postage price £3
Total sale price = 10 + 3 = £13
Listing fee = 20 cent = £ 0.17
Transaction fee = 10 /100 x 3.5 = £0.35
Processing fee = (13/100 x 4) + 0.20 = £0.72
Total fees for this sale = 0.17 + 0.35 + 0.72 = £1.24
In this example the total fee costs compared with cost of the pottery is (1.24/10) x 100 = 12.4%
This percent with change depending on the ticket price of items, due to the set listing fee and 20p processing fee, but no sales will manage a total fee of less than 7. 5% for the UK sellers.
It seems sellers in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand get the sweetest processing fees deal.
Like I said at the start this is not an attempt at Etsy bashing, I will still use the site – if they don’t delete my account after this post. I think I may look at other options to sell my pottery though, and try and compare all the fees. I will keep you posted!
I currently sell most of my pottery here on my own website. Please take a look at my range of handcrafted mugs.
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Thanks Rich, I’ve corrected this now
Although the answer is correct, you put the sum incorrect (4.5 instead of 4.0) so someone trying to reuse it might get the answer wrong:
Processing fee = (13/100 × 4.5) + 0.20 = £0.72
Processing fee = (13/100 × 4.0) + 0.20 = £0.72
Thanks for this! The breakdown is very helpful! Going through my etsy statements and bank ones and the totals are not adding up! Cannot for the life of me work it out! Have you found this?
Sorry, I’ve been away for a while and didn’t see these comments. I’m afraid it’s hard to reply to everyone individually. I can’t really add much more to what I’ve written. The fees are a little hard to understand, I guess that’s to make it seem appealing to sellers at first glance. All the info can be found on the etsy site I think I you dig far enough. I’m not using the site at the moment so things could have changed since I wrote this. All the best, Tom
Hi – I cannot for the life of me work out the exact amount I’m actually paying to Etsy as a seller – the direct payment fees come straight off, but they cannot provide an accurate amount in UK£ This is a nightmare when trying to do self assessment. The tax statement, doesn’t seem to tally with the monthly bill. Nothing seems to add up? When I try and speak to Etsy they are no help. Can you point me in the right direction at all? Huge thanks!