Etsy fees in the UK: what a UK shop pays on one order
A shop with a UK bank account pays a 6.5% transaction fee, 4% + £0.20 payment processing, a 0.48% regulatory operating fee and a $0.20 USD listing fee. Here is how they add up on one order, and a link to try your own numbers.
What is specific to the UK
Payment processing
4% + £0.20 on each order, stated in pounds. Etsy sets this by the country of your bank account. A US shop pays 3% + $0.25 USD, for comparison. Etsy describes the fee as charged on the item total including shipping and any applicable sales tax, and the calculator leaves sales tax out. Source: What are payment processing fees.
Regulatory operating fee
0.48%, charged on item price plus shipping (and gift wrap). The UK is on Etsy's list of countries that charge it. The US, Germany and Australia are not on that list. The calculator applies the 0.48% to quantity × price − discount + shipping charged, and it has no gift-wrap box. Source: What is a regulatory operating fee.
The rest of the bill
Etsy states these without naming a country, so the calculator uses them for UK shops too: a 6.5% transaction fee (Etsy fee basics), a $0.20 USD listing fee (fees and taxes for selling on Etsy) and, only on orders Etsy attributes to its ads off Etsy, an Offsite Ads fee of 15%, or 12% once your shop has made $10,000 USD or more in any consecutive 365 days, never more than $100 USD per order (how Etsy's Offsite Ads work). The main page explains each fee.
Which amounts are in which currency
Pounds: the 4% + £0.20 processing fee, as Etsy states it, and every amount in the example. US dollars: the $0.20 listing fee, the $100 Offsite Ads cap and the $10,000 threshold, which Etsy states only in USD. You enter the listing fee in your shop currency, so the calculator's 0.20 is a plain placeholder, not Etsy's USD amount converted. No exchange rates are stated or used here.
A worked example
One order from a UK shop, using the calculator's United Kingdom preset. It has no discount and is not an Offsite Ads sale. The amounts are round numbers, not a typical order.
The order
| Item price | £24.00 |
|---|---|
| Quantity | 1 |
| Shipping you charged | £3.50 |
| Shipping you paid | £2.85 |
| Cost per item | £7.00 |
Where the money goes
| Order totalquantity × price − discount + shipping charged | £27.50 |
|---|---|
| Listing fee£0.20 × 1 item, as entered, not converted | £0.20 |
| Transaction fee6.5% | £1.79 |
| Payment processing fee4% + £0.20 per order | £1.30 |
| Regulatory operating fee0.48% | £0.13 |
| Total Etsy fees | £3.42 |
| Cost of your items | £7.00 |
| Shipping you paid | £2.85 |
| Net profit | £14.23 |
| Profit marginnet profit ÷ order total | 51.7% |
The calculator puts Etsy's fees on this order at £3.42 and what you keep at £14.23. The regulatory operating fee is £0.13 of the fees, a line that a shop in Germany or Australia would not have.
Open the calculator with the UK rates filled in
Type your own order there. Every rate can be edited.
Assumptions and sources
- Rates were checked on 2026-11-03 from Etsy's help pages and may change without notice. None of those pages shows an effective date. We read the help pages, not Etsy's formal Fees & Payments Policy, which would not load.
- Sales tax and refunds are excluded.
- Results are estimates. Compare them with your Etsy payment statements.
- Fees are worked out on the order total after your discount. The listing fee is counted once per item sold.
- Not included: the 2.5% currency conversion fee, the shop set-up fee, Etsy Ads, and taxes Etsy withholds from some sellers, such as India's TCS and TDS.
- Etsy states the listing fee and the Offsite Ads cap in USD. The calculator treats them as plain numbers in your shop currency and does no currency conversion, so enter your own amounts.