Etsy Profit Calculator Australia

Etsy fees for Australian shops: GST and the currency question

Etsy pays Australian shops in Australian dollars, and that one fact settles a lot. If your listings are priced in AUD, Etsy has nothing to convert and no conversion fee is charged. Price them in another currency and Etsy keeps 2.5% of every sale for converting it. On an A$42.00 order that would be 2.5% of A$42.00, or A$1.05. That is more than the listing fee and the GST in the mug example below put together.

The other thing to know is GST. Etsy adds 10% GST to each fee it charges an Australian shop, unless you have given Etsy your GST ID. Once Etsy has that ID, its invoices to you carry no GST, under the reverse-charge rules. These rates were confirmed against Etsy Help on 24 September 2026. The currency conversion and VAT on seller fees articles explain both rules.

Amounts Etsy sets in US dollars

A few figures are fixed in US dollars and converted at the market rate on the day, with no 2.5% added. The listing fee is $0.20, about A$0.28. The cap on any one Offsite Ads fee is $100, about A$140.64. The optional Etsy Plus plan is $10 a month, and for that you receive 15 listing credits and $5 of advertising credit. Our A$ figures use the exchange rate from 23 September 2026, so expect small movements.

An A$35 ceramic mug, one fee at a time

The mug sells for A$35.00 with A$7.00 postage to a buyer in Australia. Clay, glaze and firing came to A$11.00, and posting it costs A$5.50. The seller has not given Etsy a GST ID. The buyer pays A$42.00.

Listing fee, A$0.28. Charged when the listing goes live, again when it renews after four months or after a sale, and once more for each extra unit a buyer takes from one multi-quantity listing.

Transaction fee, A$2.73. This is 6.5% of A$42.00. It covers item price, postage and gift wrap, plus any personalisation, and Etsy charges it on the whole listed price, tax built into that price included.

Payment processing, A$1.51. Here 3% of A$42.00 gives A$1.26, and the fixed A$0.25 brings it to A$1.51. Etsy's payment processing page lists the rates. A refund returns a proportional part of it.

GST, A$0.45. The three fees above total A$4.52. Ten per cent of that is A$0.452, shown as A$0.45.

What is left. Etsy takes A$4.97 in all, 11.83% of the order. After A$16.50 of costs you keep A$20.53, a 48.88% margin.

Buyers at home and overseas

The mug went to a domestic buyer, so processing ran at 3% + A$0.25. A buyer outside Australia moves that to 4% + A$0.25. Nothing else on the order changes, but the extra percentage point, plus GST on it if Etsy lacks your GST ID, comes out of your profit. If you post overseas, set international postage high enough to carry it.

Orders that came from an ad

A shopper who clicks an Etsy ad on Bing, Pinterest, Google, Instagram or Facebook and then buys within 30 days triggers the Offsite Ads fee. It is 15% of the order, or 12% after your shop makes $10,000 within 365 days. On the mug, 15% of A$42.00 is A$6.30. GST adds 10% of that, A$0.63, and the profit slides from A$20.53 to A$13.60. You can opt out until the shop reaches $10,000. After that the ads stay on.

No regulatory operating fee in Australia

Etsy adds a regulatory operating fee to orders in some countries, but Australian shops are not charged it. Etsy last changed those rates on 22 June 2026, and plenty of other calculators still show the earlier figures. Etsy's regulatory operating fee page names the countries it covers.

Calculator settings for an Australian shop

Fill in the price and the postage you charge, plus gift wrap, a discount or a quantity where relevant. Then add your own costs: making or buying the item, your time, the postage label, packaging and advertising. Keep the country on Australia. Choose a domestic or overseas buyer, tick the GST box only if Etsy has your GST ID, and use the Offsite Ads setting only for sales an ad brought in. The “What price I need” mode then works in reverse. For the mug, an A$21.00 profit needs a price of A$35.53, and a 40% margin needs A$27.47.

Where Australian margins leak

• Listings in a foreign currency. Moving them to AUD takes the 2.5% fee off every sale.
• A missing GST ID. If you are registered, giving Etsy your ID removes A$0.45 of GST from the mug order alone.
• Overseas postage that ignores the 4% rate. Build the extra point into your international postage prices.
• Late planning for Offsite Ads. Price for the 12% rate before the $10,000 mark, because opting out ends there.

Questions from Australian sellers

Can I avoid the currency conversion fee?

Yes. Etsy pays Australian shops in AUD, so listings priced in AUD never attract the 2.5% charge.

Is GST added to the Offsite Ads fee too?

Yes, unless Etsy has your GST ID. On the mug order the A$6.30 ad fee carries A$0.63 of GST.

What does the GST box in the calculator change?

Ticking it tells the calculator that Etsy holds your GST ID. The 10% GST line then drops out, so on the mug Etsy's total falls by A$0.45 and your profit rises by the same amount.