Etsy vs Poshmark fees: $0.20 + 6.5% + 3% + $0.25 on item + shipping vs 20% on item only
Etsy splits its fees into four lines charged on item plus shipping, and Poshmark bundles everything into one 20% commission charged on the item only. Comparing “6.5% vs 20%” misleads. This page works the same $50 item both ways, handles the shipping label honestly, and shows where Offsite Ads flips the answer.
Etsy fee data checked against the Etsy legal fees page, Etsy Payments policy and Offsite Ads help; Poshmark fee data last checked from the Poshmark Fee Policy. United States, USD.
Feebrief is not affiliated with Etsy or Poshmark and is not an official calculator. Rates change; confirm on the linked fee pages before pricing.
Short answer: Poshmark’s percentage is higher, Etsy’s fees usually are not
On the same $50 item with $5 buyer-paid shipping and no sales tax, a US seller banks $44.32 on Etsy after the $0.20 listing, 6.5% transaction fee and 3% + $0.25 processing fee on the $55.00 order, and after spending the $5 shipping charge on the label. On Poshmark the seller banks $40.00 after the 20% commission on the item, and the buyer pays Poshmark’s label directly. Etsy keeps $4.32 more.
If the Etsy order came from an Offsite Ad, Etsy also takes 15% or 12% of $55.00, Etsy banks $36.07 or $37.72, and Poshmark keeps $3.93 or $2.28 more instead. Assumptions: US, tax $0, the Etsy shipping charge equals the label cost. Etsy’s always-on fees are lower; Offsite Ads is what can flip the result.
Etsy vs Poshmark seller fees side by side (US, as of Oct 2026)
| Fee line | Etsy | Poshmark seller fees and take-home estimator | Charged on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listing / monthly | $0.20 per listing published or renewed (four months or until sold) | $0 listing, $0 monthly for basic selling | Etsy: per listing, independent of price |
| Sale percentage | 6.5% transaction fee | 20% commission when the sale price is $15 or more | Etsy: item + shipping + gift wrap, US sales tax excluded. Poshmark: item price only; buyer-paid shipping is not in the base per Feebrief’s fee data (confirm edge cases on the Poshmark Fee Policy) |
| Flat fee on small sales | None (percentages apply at every price) | Under-$15 flat fee: $2.95 instead of 20% when the sale price is under $15 | Poshmark: sale price |
| Payment processing | 3% + $0.25 per order | Included in the commission (no separate line) | Etsy: gross order including shipping and tax when applicable |
| Shipping | Seller collects buyer-paid shipping in the order, pays fees on it, and buys the label out of it | Buyer pays Poshmark’s shipping charge; seller receives a prepaid label; shipping money does not enter the payout | Etsy: fee-bearing. Poshmark: outside the payout |
| Optional advertising | Offsite Ads: 15% of the attributed order while the shop is under $10k trailing 365-day sales (opt-out allowed); 12% and mandatory once the shop reaches $10k in any 365-day window; never more than $100 per order | None in the default schedule (promotional tools are not covered here) | Etsy: attributed order amount |
Poshmark figures come from Feebrief’s fee data (last checked 2026-10-26) and the Poshmark Fee Policy; Etsy figures were compiled from Etsy’s public pages on 2026-10-31. Poshmark Canada uses different thresholds and is not covered.
What each percentage is charged on, and who pays the label
Two different bases sit behind the two headline percentages. For the full Etsy breakdown, see Etsy seller fees explained (what each fee is charged on).
- Etsy’s 6.5% applies to item + shipping + gift wrap and excludes US sales tax; its 3% + $0.25 applies to the gross order including shipping and tax when applicable. The seller pays fees on shipping money that then leaves again to buy a label. On the hero basket the $5 of shipping costs about $0.48 in fees.
- Poshmark’s 20% applies to the item only. The buyer pays Poshmark’s shipping charge for the prepaid label, so the shipping costs the Poshmark seller $0 in fees and never reaches the seller’s payout.
- The result: Poshmark’s percentage is more than double Etsy’s combined 9.5%, but it is charged on a smaller base and the seller handles no shipping money.
Same sale on both: $50 item + $5 shipping
Hero basket: $50 item, $5 buyer-paid shipping on Etsy, order total $55.00, no gift wrap, no sales tax, one Etsy listing attributed to this sale. On Poshmark the buyer pays Poshmark’s label separately. Each fee line is rounded half-up to the cent; live invoices may differ by a cent.
| Line | Etsy | Poshmark |
|---|---|---|
| Money the seller receives | $55.00 (item + shipping) | $50.00 (item only; buyer’s shipping goes to Poshmark) |
| Listing | $0.20 (paid at publish; shown as sunk) | $0.00 |
| Sale percentage | 6.5% × $55.00 = $3.575, rounded to $3.58 | 20% × $50.00 = $10.00 |
| Processing | 3% × $55.00 + $0.25 = $1.65 + $0.25 = $1.90 | Included |
| Order-side fees | $5.48 | $10.00 |
| Payout from the order | $49.52 | $40.00 |
| Net after the $0.20 listing | $49.32 | $40.00 |
| Label paid by seller | $5.00 (assumed equal to the shipping charged) | $0.00 (prepaid label, buyer-funded) |
| Banked from the item | $44.32 | $40.00 |
The $5 label line is an assumption, not a quoted carrier price. If your label costs more or less than what you charge, move the Etsy figure by that difference. If an Etsy seller offers free shipping and absorbs the label, the item-only net falls by the full label cost.
Same sale with Offsite Ads attributed
| Etsy scenario | Offsite Ads fee | Etsy order-side fees | Etsy banked from the item | Gap vs Poshmark $40.00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not attributed | $0.00 | $5.48 | $44.32 | Etsy keeps $4.32 more |
| Attributed, shop under $10k (15%) | 15% × $55.00 = $8.25 | $13.73 | $36.07 | Poshmark keeps $3.93 more |
| Attributed, shop at or above $10k (12%) | 12% × $55.00 = $6.60 | $12.08 | $37.72 | Poshmark keeps $2.28 more |
The share of a shop’s orders that are attributed is shop-specific and not published, so all three rows are shown and you can pick the one that matches your shop. The 12% row is derived from the published rate. Opt-out and the $10k rule are covered in how to reduce Etsy fees (Offsite Ads opt-out rules).
Two more baskets: $12 item and $100 item
| $12 + $5 shipping (Etsy order $17.00) | Etsy order-side fees | Etsy banked from the item | Poshmark fee | Poshmark net | Who keeps more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Offsite Ads | 6.5% × $17.00 = $1.105, rounded to $1.11; 3% × $17.00 + $0.25 = $0.76; total $1.87 | $17.00 − $1.87 − $0.20 − $5.00 = $9.93 | Flat $2.95 (sale under $15) | $9.05 | Etsy by $0.88 |
| Offsite Ads 15% | $1.87 + $2.55 = $4.42 | $7.38 | $2.95 | $9.05 | Poshmark by $1.67 |
| Offsite Ads 12% | $1.87 + $2.04 = $3.91 | $7.89 | $2.95 | $9.05 | Poshmark by $1.16 |
| $100 + $8 shipping (Etsy order $108.00) | Etsy order-side fees | Etsy banked from the item | Poshmark fee | Poshmark net | Who keeps more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Offsite Ads | 6.5% × $108.00 = $7.02; 3% × $108.00 + $0.25 = $3.49; total $10.51 | $108.00 − $10.51 − $0.20 − $8.00 = $89.29 | 20% × $100.00 = $20.00 | $80.00 | Etsy by $9.29 |
| Offsite Ads 15% | $10.51 + $16.20 = $26.71 | $73.09 | $20.00 | $80.00 | Poshmark by $6.91 |
| Offsite Ads 12% | $10.51 + $12.96 = $23.47 | $76.33 | $20.00 | $80.00 | Poshmark by $3.67 |
Under $15 Poshmark’s flat $2.95 costs a $12 item 24.6% and a $14.99 item 19.7%, so the flat fee narrows Etsy’s lead without reversing it. The $14.99 vs $15.00 arithmetic is on Poshmark seller fees and take-home estimator.
Why Etsy’s always-on fees stay below Poshmark’s, and when they do not
Etsy’s two percentages sum to 9.5% plus $0.25 per order, plus the $0.20 listing, charged on item plus shipping. Poshmark charges 20% on the item alone. With item price P at $15 or more and $5 of shipping passed through to the label:
Etsy fees = 0.095(P + $5) + $0.45, Poshmark fee = 0.20P, so Poshmark costs 0.105P − $0.925 more.
- Without Offsite Ads, that gap is positive at every price above about $8.81, below the $15 floor of the 20% rule, so Etsy’s always-on fees are lower at every price in that band. Under $15, Etsy’s fees on this basket stay below Poshmark’s flat $2.95 as well.
- With Offsite Ads at 15% Etsy’s fees become 0.245(P + $5) + $0.45, and at 12% 0.215(P + $5) + $0.45. Both are above Poshmark’s 0.20P at every price, so Poshmark is cheaper until Etsy’s $100 per-order cap binds, at a $666.67 order total for 15% and $833.33 for 12%.
- Past the cap the comparison turns again, but only at very large orders; we do not claim a crossover. If an Etsy seller offers free shipping, the always-on conclusion holds, but the seller funds the label from the item price.
Estimate the Poshmark side live; the Etsy side is static
Feebrief’s interactive fee comparer currently covers eBay, Poshmark, Mercari, Depop, Vinted and Whatnot only. The Poshmark column on this page can be checked live on our Poshmark seller fees and take-home estimator. Etsy is not in that data set, so the Etsy column is static arithmetic from Etsy’s published fee pages, not a live Feebrief calculator. See resale marketplace fees compared and how Feebrief estimates seller fees. Examples assume a US seller, no sales tax, Etsy Payments with a US bank account, no gift wrap, no Etsy Ads, one $0.20 listing fee attributed to the sale, and an Etsy shipping charge equal to the label cost so that shipping passes through. Poshmark examples use the US default schedule with basic selling, no seller-paid shipping discount, and the buyer paying Poshmark’s shipping. Offsite Ads rows show the fee only if the order is attributed. Feebrief is not affiliated with Etsy or Poshmark; see the Feebrief disclosure.
What is not in these examples
- Poshmark: the buyer-paid label price, seller-paid shipping discounts on offers and bundles, promotional tools and the Canada schedule; no figures stated here.
- Etsy: Etsy Ads (onsite) budget, Etsy Plus, Pattern, currency conversion and label cost as a fixed dollar; no figures stated here. See Etsy fee calculator (static worked examples) for the by-hand math.
- Sales tax: examples use $0, and state rates are not asserted.
- Payout timing on both sides.
Official fee pages and as-of dates
Open each marketplace’s own page before you price. Etsy figures were compiled 2026-10-31; Poshmark figures come from Feebrief’s fee data, last checked 2026-10-26.
- Etsy legal fees: Etsy fees and policy (compiled 2026-10-31; confirm on the live page)
- Etsy Payments policy: Etsy Payments (compiled 2026-10-31)
- Etsy Help: Offsite Ads: How Etsy’s Offsite Ads work (compiled 2026-10-31)
- Poshmark Fee Policy: Poshmark Fee Policy (rates as of 2026-10-26; confirm shipping and tax edge cases on the live page)
- Poshmark Get Started: Get started on Poshmark (prepaid label; as of 2026-10-26)
Etsy vs Poshmark fees FAQ
Is Poshmark’s 20% really higher than Etsy’s fees?
As a percentage yes, as dollars on the same item usually no. Etsy’s always-on fees are a $0.20 listing, 6.5% transaction and 3% + $0.25 processing on item plus shipping, about 9.5% plus $0.45 fixed. Poshmark’s 20% is charged on the item only with processing included. On a $50 item with $5 shipping a US seller banks $44.32 on Etsy and $40.00 on Poshmark. The order reverses whenever the Etsy sale is attributed to an Offsite Ad at 15% or 12% ($36.07 or $37.72 on Etsy against $40.00 on Poshmark), and Offsite Ads becomes mandatory once a shop reaches $10k in trailing 365-day sales.
Does either platform charge fees on shipping, and who pays the label?
Etsy charges both its 6.5% and its 3% + $0.25 on the buyer-paid shipping, so $5 of shipping costs about $0.48 in fees, and the seller then buys the label out of that $5. On Poshmark the buyer pays Poshmark’s shipping charge, the seller gets a prepaid label, and the shipping money does not enter the seller’s payout or the 20% base as Feebrief’s fee data describes it. If a Poshmark seller offers discounted shipping on an offer, the seller pays the difference; that amount is not in these examples.
What happens to a sale under $15 on Poshmark compared with Etsy?
Poshmark replaces the 20% with a flat $2.95 when the sale price is under $15, so a $12 item pays 24.6% and a $14.99 item pays 19.7%, while a $15.00 item pays $3.00. Etsy has no threshold; a $12 item with $5 shipping pays $1.87 in order-side fees plus the $0.20 listing, and the seller banks $9.93 after the label against $9.05 on Poshmark. The flat fee narrows Etsy’s lead but does not reverse it without Offsite Ads.
Related comparisons
- Etsy seller fees explained (what each fee is charged on)
- Etsy vs eBay fees: the other Etsy pair; unlike Poshmark, eBay includes shipping in its base.
- Etsy fee calculator (static worked examples)
- How to reduce Etsy fees
- Resale marketplace fees compared
- Other Poshmark comparisons: eBay vs Poshmark fees (13.6% + $0.40 vs 20% on item only), Depop vs Poshmark fees, Vinted vs Poshmark fees, Poshmark vs Mercari fees, Poshmark vs Whatnot fees
Disclaimer
Fee rates change and can vary by seller location, payment method, promotions and account type. Feebrief is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by Etsy or Poshmark, and this page is not an official calculator. Always check the marketplace’s official fee pages and your own payout statement for the amount that will actually be deducted. Examples exclude your own shipping label cost, sales tax rates, advertising budgets, subscriptions and one-off penalties unless stated.