Every fee both marketplaces charge a European seller, side by side — then the same product run through both so you can see what actually lands in your pocket.
On a €27.99 item with €7.00 of product cost and €4.50 of shipping, Etsy leaves you about €0.16 more per unit than bol.com — €8.41 against €7.41 – €9.09. That is before advertising, and it can reverse at a different price point or in a different category, which is exactly why the calculator below takes your numbers.
Dataset 2026.10 · worked with the same engine as every Farolane calculator · example uses the general category; ranges reflect published commission bands.
| Category | bol.com | Etsy |
|---|---|---|
| Apparel & Accessories | 8–14% | 6.5% |
| Footwear | 8–14% | 6.5% |
| Consumer Electronics | 3–8% | 6.5% |
| Electronics Accessories | 8–14% | 6.5% |
| Computers | 8–14% | 6.5% |
| Beauty, Health & Personal Care | 6–12% | 6.5% |
| Baby Products | 8–14% | 6.5% |
| Home & Kitchen | 6–12% | 6.5% |
| Furniture | 8–14% | 6.5% |
| Jewelry | 10–14% | 6.5% |
| Watches | 8–14% | 6.5% |
| Toys & Games | 6–12% | 6.5% |
| Grocery & Gourmet | 5–10% | 6.5% |
| Pet Supplies | 8–14% | 6.5% |
| Sports & Outdoors | 8–14% | 6.5% |
| Office Products | 8–14% | 6.5% |
| Automotive & Powersports | 8–14% | 6.5% |
| Tools & Home Improvement | 8–14% | 6.5% |
| Bags, Luggage & Backpacks | 8–14% | 6.5% |
| Media (Books, DVD, Music, Software) | 8–14% | 6.5% |
| Other / General | 8–14% | 6.5% |
| bol.com | Etsy | |
|---|---|---|
| Commission charged on | Item price only | Item price + shipping you charge |
| Payment processing | No separate fee — bundled into the commission | 4% + €0.30 |
| Per-order / closing fee | €0.50 per order | €0.18 per order |
| Fixed monthly cost | None | None |
| Rates verified | Partly — contains estimates (2026-10-15) | Yes — 2026-10-15 |
Sources: bol.com fee schedule · Etsy fee schedule
Both figures come from the same calculation: order revenue minus commission on whichever base the platform actually uses, minus per-order and payment fees, minus the consumption tax sitting inside your price where that applies, minus your product cost and shipping. No midpoints are invented — where a marketplace publishes a band, you see the band.
COVERAGE: bol.com is a single marketplace serving the Netherlands and Belgium, so unlike the former amazon-eu and ebay-eu this record is not standing in for a continent and needs no rename. Modelled at Dutch VAT (21%), which is also the Belgian rate. Commission is a variable percentage plus a fixed amount per item, both depending on item type, with the fixed amount also depending on selling price including VAT. bol.com publishes the full category table only as a download or inside the seller account, so only one category could be confirmed publicly (Kitchen Merchandise, 5 to 12.5% variable plus €0.05 to €0.95 fixed). The ranges above and the €0.50 fixed estimate remain estimates. 21% Dutch VAT on commission for Dutch companies; reverse charge for EU companies outside the Netherlands. Logistics via bol fulfilment fees are on a separate page and are not modelled. GERMANY ONLY, renamed from etsy-eu. VERIFIED this pass. Etsy publishes payment processing per country, and Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, France and Spain are all 4% + €0.30, so the euro record is right for every euro market it covers. The 6.5% transaction fee and the €0.18 listing fee come from Etsy’s fee policy. This record is Germany-led (19% VAT): Germany and the Netherlands are NOT among the nine countries with a regulatory operating fee, so none is modelled here, but France (1.14%), Italy (0.80%) and Spain (0.88%) DO carry one and selling from those countries would cost more than this record shows.
On a €27.99 product costing €7.00 with €4.50 shipping, Etsy nets about €8.41 per unit versus €8.25 on bol.com — a gap of roughly €0.16. That ordering can flip with a different price or category, so run your own numbers before committing.
bol.com charges 8–14% in the general category and Etsy charges 6.5%. Both vary by category — the full table on this page lists every one.
Yes. In Europe your listed price is VAT-inclusive, so the tax inside the price is removed from revenue before margin is calculated.
Yes, and most established sellers do — the point of comparing is knowing which one deserves your ad budget and your best pricing. The Goal Planner can split a monthly profit target across both channels at once.