Guides
Guides for Etsy sellers
Longer reads on the fees the calculator is doing arithmetic on — what each one is charged against, where sellers lose money without noticing, and what to do about it.
Shipping
Is free shipping on Etsy costing you money?
Etsy taxes the shipping you charge, so moving money between price and postage changes nothing. What does change is forgetting to raise the price.
Read the guide → AdvertisingEtsy Offsite Ads: when 15% is worth it, and when it isn't
Forget the 15%. The number that decides it is your margin — and there is a band where an attributed order quietly goes negative.
Read the guide → FeesEtsy fees by country in 2026: what sellers outside the US actually pay
A French seller pays about two percentage points more than an American one on an identical order. June 2026 widened the gap again.
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