Etsy Profit Calculator France

Etsy in France: the regulatory operating fee and the fees it stacks on

On 22 June 2026 Etsy raised the regulatory operating fee for shops paid into a French bank account from 0.47% to 1.14%. Most other fee calculators have not been updated and still use the old rates. If you set your prices before the summer, they were built on a fee less than half the current one.

What the 1.14% is charged on

The fee is charged on the item, its shipping and any gift wrap, on every order. Etsy introduced it to cover local digital services taxes. The 20% VAT on fees is added to it as well.

On a €26.50 order the change looks like this. At the old rate, €26.50 × 0.47% comes to about €0.12. At the new rate, €26.50 × 1.14% comes to about €0.30. Add 20% VAT and the €0.30 becomes €0.36.

How it stacks with the transaction fee

The 6.5% transaction fee uses exactly the same base. Personalization charges count, and the base is the full listed price, VAT included if you built it in. So on every order a French shop pays 6.5% + 1.14% = 7.64% of that base before anything else.

Payment processing then takes 4% + €0.30 of the item price and shipping. VAT at 20% goes on top of all three, and on the listing fee too.

A pair of earrings, fee by fee

Take a pair of ceramic earrings listed at €22.00 with €4.50 shipping. Clay and glaze come to €7.00 and the label to €3.50. No VAT ID is on file with Etsy. The buyer pays €26.50.

Etsy keeps 16.08% of the order. After your €10.50 of costs, €11.74 is yours, a 44.3% margin. The two percentage fees on the same base, €1.72 + €0.30 = €2.02, are the biggest part of the bill. If that buyer clicked an Offsite Ad first, the fee bill grows by €3.97 and the profit shrinks to €6.98.

The other fees on a French account

Listing a product costs $0.20, which Etsy converts at the day's rate to about €0.17. You pay it to publish, each time it renews, which happens after four months or when it sells, and for every extra unit sold from a listing with several in stock.

Offsite Ads only cost you when a sale started with an Etsy ad on Google, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest or Bing within the previous 30 days. The rate is 15%, falling to 12% for a shop with $10,000 made in any 365-day stretch, capped at $100 (about €87.32) per order. You can opt out while under $10,000, not after.

Listings priced in a currency other than EUR lose 2.5% of each sale to conversion. We took every rate here from Etsy Help and checked them on 24 September 2026. Dollar figures are converted with the 23 September 2026 exchange rate. Etsy describes the new charge on its regulatory operating fee help page.

Checking a French order in the calculator

With France selected as the country, the regulatory operating fee is added automatically at 1.14%, so there is nothing to switch on. Enter what the buyer pays for the item and for shipping, plus gift wrap, a discount or a quantity if the order has them. Then list your costs: the product, your time, the postage label, packaging and any advertising.

Two settings change the answer. The VAT box removes the 20% once Etsy holds your VAT ID. The Offsite Ads switch should stay off unless the order really came from an ad. Each fee then gets its own line.

For pricing, open "What price I need" and type in a target. With the earring costs, €13.00 of profit calls for a €23.48 price and a 40% margin calls for €19.52.

Where a French shop can win some back

• Reprice anything set before 22 June 2026. The regulatory fee more than doubled, and old prices do not account for it.
• Don't count on free shipping to save fees. Shipping folded into the item price still pays 6.5%, 1.14% and processing.
• Register your VAT ID with Etsy. The 20% then comes off, €0.71 on the earring order.
• Treat 16.08% as the floor, not the total. An Offsite Ads order adds to it, so check your margin with the ad switch on too.

French sellers ask

When did the regulatory operating fee in France change?

On 22 June 2026, when it went from 0.47% to 1.14%. A calculator that still charges 0.47% will overstate your profit on every order.

Is VAT added to the regulatory operating fee?

Yes, unless Etsy has your VAT ID. The 20% applies to it like any other fee, so the €0.30 on the earring order costs €0.36 in total.

Can free shipping get me out of the regulatory fee?

No. The fee is charged on item price, shipping and gift wrap together. Moving the postage into the item price leaves the base where it was.

Do buyers outside France change the fees I pay?

They don't. Etsy charges according to where your payout account is held. A French account gets the 1.14% regulatory fee and 20% VAT on fees whoever the buyer is.