See what Etsy actually takes — and what you keep — after fees, shipping and ads.
Free · No login · Calculations run in your browser · Fees checked 29 Oct 2026 · $28.00 + $4.50 shipping → Etsy $16.16
Etsy charges fees on shipping too. The 6.5% transaction fee and the 3% payment fee both apply to price + shipping charged to the buyer, not price alone. That is why a shipping example matters on this page and nowhere else. Offsite Ads are excluded from v1 and labelled as such, because they do not apply to every seller and are not a flat per-order fee.
Benchmark, guidance only: many healthy Etsy sellers aim for roughly 25–40% net margin after all costs — use it as a sanity check, not a guarantee.
⭐ Etsy is first below because this is the Etsy page — 🏆 still marks the highest profit overall, judged across all three platforms.
🏆 Excellent level — based on 49.7% gross margin on Etsy.
You are at Excellent level on Etsy. Protect this margin — a small fee or ad increase can drop you a level.
Focus platform for this page — highest overall is Shopify at $18.46 per order.
⭐ Focus on this page
Platform fee: $3.54
$0.20 + 6.5% + 3% + $0.25 — before Offsite Ads
Effective fee rate: 10.9% of revenue
Gross profit before ads: $16.16
Gross margin: 49.7%
Break-even ROAS: 2.01x
Max CAC (max ad spend per order): $16.16
Actual ROAS: —
Enter ad spend to check ROAS
🏆 Highest profit
Platform fee: $1.24
2.9% via Shopify Payments (Basic) + $0.30 — before monthly plan cost
Effective fee rate: 3.8% of revenue
Gross profit before ads: $18.46
Gross margin: 56.8%
Break-even ROAS: 1.76x
Max CAC (max ad spend per order): $18.46
Actual ROAS: —
Enter ad spend to check ROAS
Platform fee: $8.45
Referral 15% of price + shipping charged + FBA fee $3.57 (small-standard default)
Effective fee rate: 26.0% of revenue
Gross profit before ads: $11.26
Gross margin: 34.6%
Break-even ROAS: 2.89x
Max CAC (max ad spend per order): $11.26
Actual ROAS: —
Enter ad spend to check ROAS
Bars are scaled to the highest profit. 🏆 still marks the highest profit overall.
Max CAC, in plain words: the most you can spend on ads for one order before you start losing money. Example, Etsy above: Max CAC $16.16 — spend $10 on ads for that order and you keep $6.16; spend $16.16 and you break even at $0; spend $17 and you lose $0.84 on that order, even though you made a sale.
Actual ROAS, in plain words: actual revenue divided by actual ad spend, per order. Actual ROAS 10.00x means for every $1 of ad spend, you get $10 of sales revenue — for example $3.50 ad spend and $35.00 revenue. It is revenue, not profit: compare it with Break-even ROAS on the same card. Above break-even = ads are profitable; below break-even = ads lose money, even if ROAS looks high. If ad spend is $0, Actual ROAS shows —, not a number.
Pick one to keep going.
At 100 orders per month, net profit per month (after ad spend, before monthly plan costs) is:
| Platform | Monthly net | 40% price | Break-even price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🛍️ Shopify | $1,846.00 | $18.44 | $8.99 |
| 🎨 Etsy | $1,616.00 | $21.74 | $10.14 |
| 📦 Amazon FBA | $1,126.00 | $31.88 | $14.76 |
Target price is approximate: raising price also raises percentage fees, so the exact 40% price is slightly higher. Monthly profit = net profit per order × orders per month. 40% price = the selling price that would leave 40% gross margin before ads at your current costs and fees. If it is below your current price, you already beat 40%; if above, that is how high you would need to go to reach 40%. 40% is a healthy-margin example, not a rule. Break-even price = the selling price where profit is $0.
Follow the money, step by step:
Then check your ads:
Max CAC = Gross profit. If ad spend per order is higher than Max CAC, you lose money on that order — even if ROAS looks high.
Example — one $32.50 Etsy sale, visual split:
🟧 Cost $9.00 (27.7%) 🚛 Shipping cost $3.80 (11.7%) 🟦 Fee $3.54 (10.9%) 🟩 Profit $16.16 (49.7%) — Total $32.50
ROAS rule, visual: ❌ Below break-even (e.g. 2.01x for this Etsy example) = losing money on ads | ✅ Above break-even = profitable ads.
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A seller profit calculator shows what you actually keep after product cost, shipping, platform fees and ad spend — not just your selling price.
Break-even ROAS is 1 ÷ your gross margin %. At 40% margin, break-even ROAS is 2.5x. Below that, you are losing money on ads even if ROAS looks positive.
Max CAC is the most you can spend to get one order — on ads — before you lose money. It equals your gross profit before ads. Example: if gross profit is $19.18, spending $10 per order leaves $9.18, spending $19.18 breaks even, and spending $20 loses $0.82 on that order.
Actual ROAS is your actual revenue divided by your actual ad spend, per order. 10.00x means $10 of sales revenue for every $1 of ad spend — for example $3.50 ad spend and $35.00 revenue. It is revenue, not profit, so always compare it with Break-even ROAS: above break-even is profitable, below break-even loses money even if the number looks high.
In this calculator: $0.20 listing + 6.5% transaction + 3% + $0.25 payment processing, before Offsite Ads.
Referral fee (15% in most categories; 8% electronics, 17% clothing above $20, 20% jewelry, 45% device accessories, on price + shipping charged, excluding tax) plus a manual FBA fee, default $3.57 for a small-standard item including the 3.5% surcharge. FBA fees vary by size, weight and price band, which is why v1 asks you to enter your fee.
No. It is free, with no login and no signup, and all calculations run in your browser.
Yes. The transaction and payment percentages apply to price + shipping charged, so charging shipping raises the fee, not just the revenue.
Offsite Ads are 15% under $10k in 365 days and 12% at $10k+, capped at $100 per order. They are excluded from v1 because they do not apply to every sale, and the calculator says so rather than hiding them.
It is a listing fee, separate from the percentage fees above. It is charged when the listing is created and again on renewal, so a listing that sells repeatedly can incur it more than once.
Try these numbers in the calculator above: selling price $28.00, product cost $9.00, shipping charged $4.50, shipping cost $3.80, no ad spend.
Revenue = $28.00 + $4.50 = $32.50. Etsy fee = $0.20 + $0.45 + 9.5% × $32.50 = $3.54. Net profit = $32.50 − $9.00 − $3.80 − $3.54 = $16.16. Gross margin = 49.7%, break-even ROAS = 2.01x, Max CAC = $16.16.
Does Etsy charge fees on shipping? Yes. The transaction and payment percentages apply to price + shipping charged, so charging shipping raises the fee, not just the revenue.
What is Offsite Ads, and why is it excluded here? Offsite Ads are 15% under $10k in 365 days and 12% at $10k+, capped at $100 per order. They are excluded from v1 because they do not apply to every sale, and the calculator says so rather than hiding them.
When does the $0.20 listing fee apply? It is a listing fee, separate from the percentage fees above. It is charged when the listing is created and again on renewal, so a listing that sells repeatedly can incur it more than once.
Net profit = price + shipping charged − product cost − shipping cost − platform fee − ad spend. Gross margin % = gross profit before ads ÷ revenue. Break-even ROAS = 1 ÷ gross margin %. Max CAC = gross profit before ads. Amazon referral is on price + shipping charged (excluding tax), updated 28 Oct 2026. Full fee table, diagram and launch checklist are on the home page: Methodology. Fees are web-search findings from 27–28 Oct 2026, not official-page checks — re-check against official Shopify, Etsy and Amazon pages and date-stamp before launch.
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This will clear your current inputs and return to the defaults: price $28.00, cost $9.00, shipping charged $4.50, shipping cost $3.80, ad spend $0, orders per month 100, referral 15%, FBA fee $3.57.