Etsy Profit Margin Calculator
See what percentage of a sale actually stays with you after Etsy's fees and your own costs — not markup, the real margin.
Estimated based on the assumptions you entered. Your actual fees may vary based on your Etsy account, country, payment setup, advertising participation, and transaction details.
How this calculation works
Profit margin is your estimated net profit divided by revenue (item price after discount, plus shipping charged) — expressed as a percentage. It answers "what share of this sale is actually profit?" This is different from markup, which compares profit to cost instead of to revenue, and different from ROI, which compares profit to what you personally spent out of pocket. Sellarithm keeps all three separate on purpose.
Fee assumptions
- $0.20 listing fee, charged per unit sold
- 6.5% transaction fee on your item price + shipping charged
- 3% + $0.25 payment processing fee (US Etsy Payments account)
- Optional: 15% Offsite Ads fee (12% for shops with $10,000+ in trailing-12-month sales), capped at $100 per order, only if you mark a sale as ad-attributed
This profile assumes a US-based Etsy Payments account and does not include Etsy Ads budget, Etsy Plus subscription, currency conversion, sales tax, or refunds.
Example calculation
An item sells for $40, with $6 shipping charged and $6 actual shipping cost. Materials cost $8.
| Revenue (item + shipping charged) | $46.00 |
| Estimated Etsy fees | –$4.82 |
| Product + shipping cost | –$14.00 |
| Estimated net profit | $27.18 |
| Profit margin | ~59.1% |
Tips for interpreting your result
- A high margin on paper doesn't always mean high total profit — a 60% margin on a $10 item is $6, while a 30% margin on a $100 item is $30. Margin tells you efficiency, not dollar amount.
- Margin (profit ÷ revenue) is not the same as ROI (profit ÷ your own costs, shown as an "ROI" figure elsewhere on Sellarithm) — the two answer different questions.
- Want to hit a specific margin instead of just checking one? Try the Pricing Calculator and enter your margin as the target.
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Use the Pricing Calculator to solve for the price that gets you there.
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