You landed a $1,000 order — a big commission, a piece of furniture, a bulk buy — and you want to know what actually reaches you. For a US seller with no ads involved, Etsy takes about $95.45, or roughly 9.5%, leaving you around $904.55 before your own costs. That's the smallest percentage Etsy takes at any order size. Here's exactly where it comes from, and the two things that only start to matter once an order gets this big.
The cent-by-cent breakdown of a $1,000 sale
Three standard fees apply to almost every sale. On a clean $1,000 order (US seller, no ads):
- Listing fee — $0.20. A flat $0.20 (USD) per listing, charged again each time the item sells.
- Transaction fee — 6.5% = $65.00. Etsy's 6.5% commission on the total the buyer paid (item + shipping + gift wrap).
- Payment processing — 3% + $0.25 = $30.25. In the US, 3% of the order ($30.00) plus a fixed $0.25.
Add them up: $0.20 + $65.00 + $30.25 = $95.45. That's about 9.5% of the sale, leaving you roughly $904.55 — before your own costs.
Why a big order gives up the smallest percentage
Run the same math on smaller orders and the percentage climbs: a $100 sale gives up about 9.95%, a $50 sale about 10.4%, and a $20 sale about 11.75%. The reason is the fixed pieces — the $0.20 listing fee and the $0.25 processing fee, $0.45 in total, that you pay no matter the order size. On a $20 sale that $0.45 is 2.25% all by itself; on a $1,000 sale it's under 0.05%. Once the order is big enough, the fixed fees basically disappear and you're left paying close to the pure percentage rate: 6.5% + 3% = 9.5% for a US seller. That 9.5% is effectively the floor. (See the smaller cases in how much Etsy takes from a $50 sale and from $100.)
The Offsite Ads cap actually helps at this price
On smaller orders, Offsite Ads are the single scariest fee: if Etsy placed the ad that led to the sale, it adds 15% (or 12% once you pass $10k in sales over a year). On a $50 order that 15% roughly doubles Etsy's cut. But Offsite Ads are capped at $100 per order — and that cap starts to matter exactly at this size. On a $1,000 attributed sale, 15% would be $150, but you only pay $100. So the effective offsite rate on this order is 10%, not 15%. Total with an attributed offsite ad: about $95.45 + $100 = $195.45, or ~19.5% — noticeably lighter than the ~25% an offsite ad would cost on a small order. The cap is one of the few fee rules that quietly favors high-ticket sellers. (More in is Etsy Offsite Ads worth it.)
The thing that catches high-ticket sellers off guard: reserves
A single $1,000 sale — especially if it's much bigger than your usual order, or one of your first sales — is exactly the kind of order Etsy is likely to place a payment reserve on. The money isn't taken; it's held, and released once tracking shows the item is on its way or after up to 45 days. Nothing is wrong when this happens, but if you're expecting the full payout to land right away, a held big order can look alarming. It's not a fee — it's timing. (We explain it in why is Etsy holding my money.)
The $95.45 is only Etsy's cut
The bigger number on a $1,000 order is usually your own cost. High-ticket items — furniture, custom work, bulk orders — carry real materials, labor, and shipping behind them. If that $1,000 piece cost you $400 to make and ship, your actual profit is closer to $504, not $904.55. Etsy's 9.5% is the easy part to see; your true margin is the part it never shows you. (For the full method, see how to price Etsy products for profit.)
Sellers outside the US pay a bit more
The 6.5% transaction fee is the same everywhere, but payment processing differs by country: UK is 4% + £0.20, Germany and France 4% + €0.30, Türkiye 6.5% + 14 TRY, and so on. Sellers billed in a currency other than their listing currency pay a 2.5% conversion fee, and sellers outside the US have VAT added on their fees. So the same $1,000 sale can cost noticeably more than $95.45 depending on where you are. We break it down in Etsy payment processing fees by country.
See the real number on every order
You can estimate the fees on any single sale — $1,000, $50, whatever — with our free Etsy fee calculator. But a calculator works from published rates; your actual charges shift with ad attribution, refunds, reserves, exact processing amounts, currency conversion, and VAT-on-fees that only your payment records show. That's what Seller Profit Lens does: it connects to your shop read-only, reads the fees Etsy actually charged on each order to the cent, ties them to the right product, subtracts your own costs, and reconciles the total back to Etsy so your numbers match theirs. It's in free beta now. Join the waitlist →