Idea Lab StudioFees for Etsy sellers in Ireland (2026)
If your Etsy payment account pays out to a bank in Ireland, these are the fees on every sale, worked out for your own prices below.
- a $0.20 listing fee per item (about €0.18), charged again when an item sells and auto-renews;
- a 6.5% transaction fee on the item price, postage and gift wrap;
- a payment processing fee of 4% + €0.30 on the order total, including postage and any tax;
- VAT on fees: Irish shops are charged VAT on Etsy's fees at 23% whether or not they've given Etsy a VAT ID, according to Etsy's VAT help page.
- optional costs: Offsite Ads (15% or 12% of an attributed order, max $100) and a 2.5% currency conversion fee if you list in a different currency from your bank account.
Your Etsy fees on this order
Fees in your payment-account currency. The $0.20 listing fee and $100 Offsite Ads cap are converted at 26 Oct 2026 rates; Etsy uses its own daily rate. How the calculator works.
Worked example
A €20.00 item with €4.00 postage, no VAT ID, no Offsite Ads, €8.00 materials and €4.00 actual postage:
| Line | Amount |
|---|---|
| Buyer pays you | €24.00 |
| Listing fee ($0.20 ≈ €0.18) | −€0.18 |
| Transaction fee 6.5% | −€1.56 |
| Processing 4% + €0.30 | −€1.26 |
| VAT on fees 23% | −€0.69 |
| Total Etsy fees (15.4%) | −€3.69 |
| Your costs | −€12.00 |
| Profit | €8.31 (34.6%) |
Same costs: break-even at an item price of €10.46, and €18.06 for a 30% margin.
What's different for Irish sellers
Ireland is the one EU country where VAT on Etsy's fees doesn't stop when you give Etsy a VAT number. Etsy's EU seller fees are billed by its Irish company, so for an Irish shop they're a domestic supply and carry Irish VAT at 23% either way. Everywhere else in the EU, a valid VAT ID moves the VAT to you under the reverse charge and Etsy stops adding it.
What that means in practice: if you're not VAT-registered, the €0.69 of VAT on the example order below is a plain cost, like the fees themselves. If you are VAT-registered, Etsy still charges it, but it's input VAT you can normally reclaim on your VAT return, so in your accounts it isn't a cost. It still leaves your Etsy balance, though, so your deposits look lower than a German or French registered seller's would.
Irish shops pay 4% + €0.30 processing on the whole order, including postage and any tax collected, and no regulatory operating fee. Revenue receives platform reports (DAC7) for sellers with 30 or more sales or about €2,000 or more in a year. Keep the monthly statement CSVs as your records.
Want this for every order, not just one?
The Profit & VAT Tracker for Etsy sellers reads Etsy's monthly statement CSV (paste it in) and sorts every row into sales, refunds, each fee type, VAT on fees, Etsy Ads, Offsite Ads and postage labels, then shows profit per month and for the tax year. For EU and UK shops, VAT-registered or not. Excel, and built for Google Sheets. If it doesn't read your statement, you get a fix or a refund.
See the tracker ($12.99)Free price calculator spreadsheet (email download)Sold through Payhip by Idea Lab Studio, our own shop, so we earn money if you buy the tracker. The spreadsheet calculator is free (Payhip asks for your email). An organising tool, not tax advice.
Questions
How much does Etsy take from a sale in Ireland?
On a €20.00 item with €4.00 postage, a Ireland-based shop without a VAT ID pays about €3.69 in Etsy fees including VAT on fees, which is 15.4% of what the buyer paid (no Offsite Ads).
What is Etsy's processing fee in Ireland?
4% of the order total (including postage and tax) plus €0.30 per order, based on where your bank account is.
Does Etsy charge VAT on fees in Ireland?
Irish shops are charged VAT on Etsy's fees at 23% whether or not they've given Etsy a VAT ID, according to Etsy's VAT help page.
What is the Offsite Ads fee?
If a buyer clicks an Etsy ad on another site and buys within 30 days, Etsy charges 15% of the order (12% once your shop has made $10,000 in a 365-day period), never more than $100 per order. Shops under $10,000 can opt out.
How do I work out the price I need?
Enter your costs and a target margin. The calculator searches for the lowest item price where your profit after every Etsy fee (and VAT on fees) reaches that margin, and also shows your break-even price.