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Etsy fees in Australia: domestic and international orders

For a shop with an Australian bank account, Etsy's payment processing fee is 3% + A$0.25 on a domestic order and 4% + A$0.25 on an international one. Here is one order worked out both ways, and a link to try your own numbers.

What is specific to Australia

Payment processing

3% + A$0.25 on domestic orders and 4% + A$0.25 on international orders, stated in Australian dollars. Etsy sets this by the country of your bank account. The calculator's Australia preset fills in the domestic 3%. For an international order, change the percentage to 4. Source: What are payment processing fees.

No regulatory operating fee

Etsy lists the countries that charge a regulatory operating fee, and Australia is not among them. The calculator uses 0% and the example shows A$0.00. Check your statement, and edit the rate if a line appears. 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 Australian 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

A$ means Australian dollars: the A$0.25 in the processing fee, as Etsy states it, and every amount in the example. A plain $ with USD after it means US dollars, which is how Etsy states the $0.20 listing fee, the $100 Offsite Ads cap and the $10,000 threshold. Enter the listing fee in your shop currency: the A$0.20 in the example is the calculator's placeholder, not a conversion. No exchange rates are used.

A worked example

One order from an Australian shop, using the calculator's Australia preset, which is the domestic rate. No discount and no Offsite Ads. Round numbers, not a typical order.

The order

The example order
Item priceA$42.00
Quantity1
Shipping you chargedA$9.50
Shipping you paidA$9.20
Cost per itemA$14.00

Where the money goes

Fees and profit for the example order, domestic rate
Order totalquantity × price − discount + shipping chargedA$51.50
Listing feeA$0.20 × 1 item, as entered, not convertedA$0.20
Transaction fee6.5%A$3.35
Payment processing fee3% + A$0.25 per order, the domestic rateA$1.80
Regulatory operating fee0%A$0.00
Total Etsy feesA$5.35
Cost of your itemsA$14.00
Shipping you paidA$9.20
Net profitA$22.95
Profit marginnet profit ÷ order total44.6%

On this domestic order the calculator puts Etsy's fees at A$5.35 and what you keep at A$22.95. For the same order from an international buyer, with the processing percentage changed to 4, the processing fee is A$2.31 instead of A$1.80, and what you keep is A$22.44.

Open the calculator with the Australia rates filled in

Then type your own order, and change the processing percentage to 4 for an international one. Every rate can be edited.

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