eBay vs Etsy Fees

In the US, Etsy usually leaves you more. On a $40 item with $6 postage and 7% sales tax, Etsy’s fees come to $4.92 and eBay’s to $7.09, so Etsy leaves you $2.17 more. In the UK it turns round for a private seller: eBay takes nothing, while Etsy takes £3.93 of a £30 sale with £4 postage.

Fees checked 7 October 2026 on eBay’s and Etsy’s own pages. See the sources.

Etsy leaves you $2.17 more

on this sale, after fees and your costs: eBay $21.91, Etsy $24.08.

eBay

You receive $38.91

Fees: $7.09
Profit: $21.91
Margin: 47.6%

Final value fee (13.6% / 2.35% by slice)on price, postage and sales tax	$6.69
Per-order feeorder over $10	$0.40
Total fees	$7.09

Nothing added to your buyer’s price.

Etsy

You receive $41.08

Fees: $4.92
Profit: $24.08
Margin: 52.3%

Listing fee	$0.20
Transaction fee (6.5%)on price and postage, not on sales tax	$2.99
Payment processing (3% + $0.25)on the whole payment, sales tax included	$1.73
Total fees	$4.92

Nothing added to your buyer’s price.

Not in these totals

eBay: The Below Standard surcharge (only if eBay rates your service Below Standard)
eBay: An eBay Store subscription: pick one in the calculator to see its monthly price and its rates
eBay: Optional listing upgrades
Etsy: The one-time shop set-up fee: not included yet (Etsy says the cost varies by location)

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eBay and Etsy fees at common prices

United States: each platform’s standard options
Item price	You keep on eBay	You keep on Etsy	Keeps more
$10.00	$8.34 fees $1.66	$8.60 fees $1.40	Etsy, +$0.26
$25.00	$21.20 fees $3.80	$22.17 fees $2.83	Etsy, +$0.97
$50.00	$42.80 fees $7.20	$44.80 fees $5.20	Etsy, +$2.00
$100.00	$86.00 fees $14.00	$90.05 fees $9.95	Etsy, +$4.05
$250.00	$215.60 fees $34.40	$225.80 fees $24.20	Etsy, +$10.20
$500.00	$431.60 fees $68.40	$452.05 fees $47.95	Etsy, +$20.45

United Kingdom: each platform’s standard options
Item price	You keep on eBay	You keep on Etsy	Keeps more
£5.00	£5.00 fees £0.00; buyer adds £0.45	£4.25 fees £0.75	eBay, +£0.75
£10.00	£10.00 fees £0.00; buyer adds £0.80	£8.70 fees £1.30	eBay, +£1.30
£20.00	£20.00 fees £0.00; buyer adds £1.50	£17.60 fees £2.40	eBay, +£2.40
£50.00	£50.00 fees £0.00; buyer adds £2.70	£44.31 fees £5.69	eBay, +£5.69
£100.00	£100.00 fees £0.00; buyer adds £4.70	£88.82 fees £11.18	eBay, +£11.18
£300.00	£300.00 fees £0.00; buyer adds £12.70	£266.86 fees £33.14	eBay, +£33.14
£500.00	£500.00 fees £0.00; buyer adds £16.70	£444.90 fees £55.10	eBay, +£55.10

The item price only: no postage, no sales tax, a private seller, worked out with the fees checked on 7 October 2026. Postage and tax change the fees on some platforms: put yours in the calculator above.

What differs between eBay and Etsy

United States
Fee	eBay	Etsy
Main fees	13.6% final value fee in most categories (2.35% on any part of a sale over $7,500; some categories have their own rate), plus $0.30 per order of $10 or less and $0.40 above	$0.20 listing fee, 6.5% transaction fee and payment processing; 15% more (12% for bigger shops) when a sale comes from an Offsite Ad
Charged on	The whole order: item price, the postage the buyer pays you, and sales tax	Transaction fee: item price and postage, never sales tax. Processing: the whole payment, tax included
Payment processing	None charged on its own	3% + $0.25, a fee of its own
Listing an item	250 free listings a month, then $0.35 each	$0.20 a listing, paid again when it renews or sells another one
Added to the buyer’s price	No eBay fee added	No Etsy fee added
Getting paid	No fee in our records	No fee in our records
Sources	eBay US help: Selling fees, checked 7 Oct 2026 ; eBay US help: Promoted Listings general strategy, checked 7 Oct 2026 ; eBay US help: Store selling fees, checked 8 Oct 2026	Etsy help: Fees and taxes for selling, checked 7 Oct 2026 ; Etsy help: Payment processing fees, checked 7 Oct 2026 ; Etsy: Fees & Payments Policy, checked 8 Oct 2026

United Kingdom
Fee	eBay	Etsy
Main fees	Private sellers: no final value fee on most items. Business sellers: a rate by category, £0.30 or £0.40 per order, and a 0.35% regulatory operating fee	6.5% transaction fee, payment processing and a 0.48% regulatory operating fee, plus a listing fee charged in dollars
Charged on	Business sellers: item price and postage	Transaction and regulatory fees: item price and postage. Processing: the whole payment
Payment processing	None charged on its own	4% + £0.20, a fee of its own
Listing an item	300 free listings a month for a private seller, then £0.35 each	US$0.20 a listing, turned into pounds on the day
Added to the buyer’s price	On a private seller’s item, a Buyer Protection fee: £0.10 plus 7% of the first £20, 4% up to £300 and 2% up to £4,000	No Etsy fee added
Getting paid	No fee in our records	No fee in our records
Sources	eBay UK help: Selling fees (private sellers), checked 7 Oct 2026 ; eBay UK help: Buyer Protection fee, checked 8 Oct 2026 ; eBay UK help: Business selling fees, checked 7 Oct 2026	Etsy help: Fees and taxes for selling, checked 7 Oct 2026 ; Etsy help: Payment processing fees, checked 7 Oct 2026 ; Etsy help: Regulatory Operating fee, checked 7 Oct 2026

Each platform’s full fee list, with every source, is on its own calculator page below. Every change we record is on the fee changes page.

Why is Etsy cheaper than eBay in the US?

eBay charges one big fee: 13.6% of the whole order, which counts the item, the postage the buyer pays you and the sales tax, plus a per-order fee of $0.40 ($0.30 on orders of $10 or less). Etsy splits its charge into three smaller ones: 6.5% of the item and postage, 3% + $0.25 for processing the payment, and $0.20 for the listing.

Add Etsy’s two percentages and you get 9.5% against eBay’s 13.6%. The fixed parts are close ($0.45 on Etsy, $0.40 on eBay), so the gap grows with the price: $4.05 on a $100 item and $20.45 on $500. Only on very cheap items, below $3.72, does eBay take less.

When does eBay leave you more?

Three cases. First, a sale that comes from one of Etsy’s Offsite Ads: Etsy then adds 15% of the order (12% for shops selling $10,000 a year or more), at most $100. On the $40 sale above, that lifts Etsy’s fees to $11.82, well over eBay’s $7.09.

Second, eBay categories with a low rate of their own. Guitars and basses pay 6.7% up to $7,500, so a $1,000 guitar costs $67.40 to sell on eBay and $95.45 on Etsy. Third, private sellers in the UK, who pay eBay nothing at all (below).

eBay and Etsy fees for UK sellers

A private seller living in the UK pays eBay no final value fee on most items. eBay charges the buyer instead: a Buyer Protection fee of £1.90 on a £30 item. Etsy charges every UK shop 6.5% of the item and postage, 4% + £0.20 for processing and a 0.48% regulatory operating fee, so £3.93 on that sale, plus a listing fee set in dollars that our total leaves out.

Selling as a business changes the eBay side. In eBay’s “everything else” category a business seller pays £4.91 on the same sale, against Etsy’s £3.93, so Etsy leaves a business £0.98 more.

Listing fees and items that sit unsold

Etsy’s $0.20 is paid when you list and again each time the listing renews, sold or not, and once more for each extra item you sell from the same listing. eBay gives a US seller 250 free listings a month and charges $0.35 for each one after that. The table above counts one Etsy listing fee per sale. A shop with many slow sellers pays Etsy’s listing fee more than once for the same item, which narrows Etsy’s lead.

eBay vs Etsy Fees: questions

Is it cheaper to sell on Etsy or eBay?

In the US, Etsy, at almost every price: on a $100 item with no postage or tax, Etsy takes $9.95 and eBay $14.00. In the UK, a private seller pays eBay nothing, so eBay is cheaper for them; a business seller pays less on Etsy.

How much do eBay and Etsy take from a $50 sale?

With no postage or sales tax, eBay takes $7.20 and you keep $42.80; Etsy takes $5.20 and you keep $44.80. Postage and tax raise both, eBay’s more.

Do eBay and Etsy charge fees on postage and sales tax?

Both charge on the postage the buyer pays. eBay also charges its final value fee on US sales tax. Etsy leaves sales tax out of its transaction fee, but its payment processing fee is worked out on the whole payment, tax included.

Which is cheaper on a £50 sale in the UK?

For a private seller, eBay: no selling fee at all, while Etsy takes £5.69. For a business seller in eBay’s “everything else” category, Etsy: £5.69 against eBay’s £7.03.

Which one charges to list an item?

Etsy charges $0.20 for every listing. eBay gives US sellers 250 free listings a month, then charges $0.35 each; UK private sellers get 300 free, then pay £0.35.