Printify Etsy Profit Calculator 2026 — Fees, Shipping & Margin
Printify calculator for Etsy: enter base cost and shipping to see Etsy fees, profit and margin per order, and whether Printify Premium pays off.
By Marginory teamContent reviewed
POD Provider
Approximate costs (US domestic, June 2025). Verify on provider site.
Selling Platform
US seller using Etsy Payments. Listing fee ($0.20) treated separately. Offsite Ads fee not included — add 12% or 15% if applicable.
Costs & Pricing
For Shopify include your plan cost divided by expected orders. Product quotes are illustrative; replace with your current provider quote.
0, 15 or 12 percent; $100 USD cap modeled.
Full refunds assumed; product, shipping, fees and ads remain paid.
Profit Breakdown
Pricing targets
Compare two scenarios
Save A, change your inputs, then save B. Snapshots remain here until this page reloads.
Scenario A
No snapshot saved.
Scenario B
No snapshot saved.
What this calculator adds up for an Etsy + Printify order
An Etsy order fulfilled by Printify has two separate bills. Etsy deducts its fees from your payout, and Printify charges your card for production and shipping when the order is sent to production. This calculator puts both on one line so the margin you see is what is left after each of them, not just the payout Etsy shows.
The US preset uses Etsy's 6.5% transaction fee, 3% + $0.25 payment processing and the $0.20 fee for the listing that sold. Buyer-paid shipping counts as revenue and is part of Etsy's fee base. Printify's shipping charge is a cost to you and is not in that base.
Worked example: a $28 t-shirt on Etsy
A buyer pays $28 for the shirt and $4.50 shipping, so order revenue is $32.50. The Printify quote is $12.50 for production and $4.75 to ship to the buyer. These are illustrative inputs, not a current catalog price.
| Order revenue (item + buyer shipping) | $32.50 |
| Etsy transaction fee (6.5% of $32.50) | −$2.11 |
| Payment processing (3% + $0.25) | −$1.23 |
| Listing fee for the sold item | −$0.20 |
| Printify production | −$12.50 |
| Printify shipping | −$4.75 |
| Contribution before ads and returns | $11.71 |
| If the sale came from Offsite Ads (15%) | $6.84 |
Etsy keeps $3.54, or 10.9% of the order. The margin before ads is 36.0%. One Offsite Ads sale takes $4.88 and leaves 21.0%, which is why a price that only works without ads is fragile on Etsy.
Etsy settings that change Printify profit
- Free shipping. Etsy gives search priority to US listings with free shipping on orders of $35 or more. If you move $4.50 of shipping into the item price, the fee base stays $32.50; the profit is the same, but the shopper sees one price.
- Processing time. Printify providers usually need a few business days to print. Set Etsy's processing time to the provider's production time, or late dispatches will cost you Star Seller status and refunds that this calculator records as returns.
- Sale events. An Etsy sale discount comes off the item price, but Printify's cost does not move. Test the discounted price in the calculator before joining a site-wide event.
- Variants. A 2XL or 3XL shirt often costs Printify more. Price larger sizes as separate variants instead of averaging, or the most popular plus sizes lose money.
For non-US shops, regulatory operating fees, VAT on fees and currency conversion, use the full Etsy fee calculator — this profile models a US shop only.
Does Printify Premium pay off for this product?
Printify lists Premium at $39 a month or $24.99 a month billed yearly ($299.88), with up to 20% off products. The discount varies by product and provider, so the real saving is your Free quote minus your Premium quote for the same SKU. At a $1.50 saving per item, Premium breaks even at 26 items a month on monthly billing. Below that volume, stay on Free and leave the subscription field at zero.
Plan details from Printify pricing, checked November 7, 2026. Etsy rates from Etsy fees and payments policy, checked October 11, 2026.
Before you publish the listing
Order a sample of the exact product and provider and record it as a one-off launch cost, not a cost on every order. Then compare Printify and Printful quotes for the same garment, and check the Bella+Canvas 3001 profit table for ready-made prices from $19.99 to $34.99. Selling the same design on your own store as well? The Printify Shopify calculator shows how the fee structure differs there. If the margin above looks too thin to bother, read whether Printify is worth it at all — it weighs base cost, print quality and shipping time against the margin you just calculated.
Compare Printify fulfillment quotes
Review the exact provider, product, shipping quote and account plan before pricing. Premium discounts depend on the eligible product.
Review the market, fee bases and exclusions shown with this tool. Published rates and illustrative cost inputs have different certainty. Compare your breakdown with an actual order statement. Sources and methodology.