Free Etsy Shipping Calculator
Etsy takes about 9.5% of the shipping you charge, not just the item. Enter your numbers and see what shipping actually leaves you, what you need to charge to break even, and the item price that makes free shipping work.
0 if you offer free shipping
Label + packaging
Your shipping, after Etsy
Etsy's 6.5% transaction fee and the ~3% payment processing percentage both apply to the shipping you charge, not just the item. That's roughly 9.5% of every shipping dollar, which is why charging exactly what postage costs you loses money on every order. (Payment processing varies by country, and the $0.25 flat fee is charged per order, not per shipping.)
Break-even shipping charge
$5.52
Charge at least this to cover your postage after Etsy takes its share.
Free-shipping item price
$30.51
Price the item here if you want to offer free shipping and still cover postage.
For context, this whole order ($29.99) carries about $3.10 in Etsy fees before your product cost. Want the full fee breakdown instead? Use the Etsy fee calculator.
Pricing shipping right protects your margin. But will the product actually sell?
Trendlytic shows what's already selling across Etsy, Redbubble, Amazon Merch & TeePublic (store-first, with a live USPTO trademark check on every keyword), so you validate demand before you make it.
The fee nobody mentions
Etsy's transaction and payment fees apply to your shipping charge too. Most shipping advice quietly ignores that.
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Runs entirely in your browser. No account, no email, nothing sent to a server. Ever.
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Made by Trendlytic, a tool sellers use to find what's actually selling on Etsy, Redbubble, TeePublic, and Amazon Merch.
Why sellers lose money on Etsy shipping
The mistake is small and very common: you look up the label price, charge the buyer exactly that, and assume shipping is covered. It isn't. Etsy's 6.5% transaction fee applies to the whole order, shipping included, and the payment processing percentage does too. So a $5 shipping charge hands roughly 48 cents to Etsy before you buy the label, and you eat the difference on every single order.
- Know your real postage. Weigh the packed item, not the item. Boxes, mailers, and filler push more orders into the next rate band than sellers expect.
- Charge above break-even. Because Etsy takes about 9.5% of the shipping charge, you need a little over 10% on top of your postage just to come out level.
- If you go free, price for it.Free shipping helps you in Etsy search and with buyers, but only works if the item price absorbs the postage and Etsy's cut on it.
- Check the whole order, not just shipping. The listing fee, the flat payment fee, and Offsite Ads all sit on top. The Etsy fee calculator breaks the full order down, and Etsy fees explained walks through every one.
Pricing shipping right protects margin — it can't create demand
Getting shipping right is defensive. It stops a slow leak. It doesn't make anyone want the product. If a listing isn't selling, the fix is almost never the shipping line, it's that the niche was crowded or the demand was never there to begin with.
That's the part Trendlytic handles: it pulls what's genuinely selling across Etsy, Redbubble, TeePublic, and Amazon Merch so you can see demand and saturation before you make a product, and it runs a live USPTO trademark check on every keyword. It's $5/month for 100 searches, with a free trial and no card required.
Frequently asked questions
Does Etsy charge fees on shipping?
Yes, and this catches a lot of sellers out. Etsy's 6.5% transaction fee applies to the full order, which includes the shipping you charge, and the payment processing percentage (about 3% in the US) applies to it too. So roughly 9.5% of every shipping dollar goes to Etsy before you've paid for a single label.
How much should I charge for shipping on Etsy?
At minimum, enough to cover your postage after Etsy's cut. Because Etsy takes about 9.5% of the shipping you charge, you need to charge a little over 10% more than your actual postage just to break even. This calculator gives you that break-even number from your own postage cost.
Is free shipping on Etsy worth it?
It can be, because Etsy favours listings that offer free domestic shipping and buyers respond to it, but free shipping is never free for you. You absorb the postage. The workable version is to build the postage (plus Etsy's cut on it) into the item price, which is the free-shipping price this calculator gives you.
Why am I losing money on Etsy shipping?
Usually one of two reasons. Either you're charging exactly what postage costs you, which loses money because Etsy takes about 9.5% of that shipping charge, or your packaging weight pushes the real label cost above what you estimated. Enter both numbers above and you'll see the gap immediately.
Does this calculator use real USPS or UPS rates?
No, and it's honest about that. Real postage depends on carrier, weight, dimensions, and destination, so you enter your own postage cost from your carrier or Etsy's label price. Everything after that, Etsy's cut on shipping, your net, and your break-even charge, is arithmetic this tool does for you.
Is this Etsy shipping calculator free?
Completely free, with no account and no sign-up. It runs entirely in your browser, so nothing is sent to a server.