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Fees compared: one sale on Etsy, Shopify and Amazon

Type in one sale. You'll see each platform's fees line by line, its plan cost per order if you add your orders, what's left, and which takes least at your numbers.

Before shipping and tax.

0 if shipping is free.

Shopify's plan and Amazon's Professional plan are counted on each order only with it.

On Etsy, did the sale come from an Offsite Ad?
On Shopify, the plan

Paid through Shopify Payments.

How the plan is paid

It sets the referral fee.

On Amazon, who ships it
On Amazon, the selling plan

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Lowest fees at your numbers

Shopify

$1.71 in fees and plan prices per order, against $3.78 on Etsy and $5.65 on Amazon. Fees are one part of where to sell: traffic, ads and buyers differ by platform, and so does the work each one takes.

One sale on Etsy: Offsite Ads off

  • What the buyer pays

    item + shipping

    $35.00

  • Listing fee

    $0.20 for each sale (the listing renews)

    −$0.20

  • Transaction fee

    6.5% × $35.00

    −$2.28

  • Payment processing

    3% × $35.00 + $0.25

    −$1.30

  • Fees on this sale

    the lines above

    −$3.78

  • Share of the sale

    $3.78 ÷ $35.00

    10.8%

  • Left before your costs

    $35.00 − $3.78

    $31.22

One order on a Shopify store: Basic plan, Shopify Payments (lowest at your numbers)

  • What the buyer pays

    item + shipping

    $35.00

  • Card fee, Shopify Payments

    2.9% × $35.00 + $0.30

    −$1.32

  • Basic plan, billed every month

    $39.00 a month ÷ 100 orders

    −$0.39

  • Fees and plan on each order

    $1.32 + $0.39

    −$1.71

  • Share of the sale

    $1.71 ÷ $35.00

    4.9%

  • Left before your costs

    $35.00 − $1.71

    $33.29

One unit on Amazon: Everything Else, you ship it, Professional plan

  • What the buyer pays

    item + shipping

    $35.00

  • Referral fee, Everything Else

    15.0% × $35.00

    −$5.25

  • Professional plan

    $39.99 a month ÷ 100 orders

    −$0.40

  • Fees and plan on each order

    $5.25 + $0.40

    −$5.65

  • Share of the sale

    $5.65 ÷ $35.00

    16.1%

  • Left before your costs

    $35.00 − $5.65

    $29.35

Good to know

  • On Amazon, we counted you shipping it, with the buyer paying the same shipping as on Etsy and Shopify.
  • Amazon's referral fee is charged here on price + shipping: Amazon's pricing page says an item's total price includes shipping (sell.amazon.com/pricing, read October 15, 2026).
  • On Shopify, card fees are worked on the whole order, shipping included: Shopify's staff say so in its forum, but no official page does.
  • Card fees assume a standard US card paid in US dollars. On Shopify, premium cards (such as Amex and business cards) cost more and cards from abroad add more: the fees on one Shopify order calculator counts them. The Etsy column has no 2.5% currency conversion fee, which Etsy charges only when a shop lists in a currency other than its payment account's.
  • No monthly fee is counted for Etsy. Sales tax is left out everywhere.
  • We assumed: Amazon category: Everything Else (15%). Your category sets the referral fee.
  • We assumed: Cards and currency: Standard US cards, paid in US dollars. Premium cards, cards from abroad and Etsy's currency conversion would cost more.

Etsy fees as of October 5, 2026 (Fees & Payments Policy) and July 31, 2026 (Payments Policy), checked October 13, 2026. Shopify fees as of October 13, 2026 (shopify.com/pricing, which carries no date, and Shopify Help, both read that day). Amazon referral fees, the media closing fee and the plans as of October 13, 2026 (sell.amazon.com/pricing, official), checked October 13, 2026. Fixed formulas; no AI computes a number.

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