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 €0.95 more per unit than eBay.de — €8.41 against €7.46. 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 | eBay.de | Etsy |
|---|---|---|
| Apparel & Accessories | 12% to €990, then 3% on the rest | 6.5% |
| Footwear | 12% to €100, then 7% | 6.5% |
| Consumer Electronics | 7% | 6.5% |
| Electronics Accessories | 12% | 6.5% |
| Computers | 7% | 6.5% |
| Beauty, Health & Personal Care | 14% | 6.5% |
| Baby Products | 14% | 6.5% |
| Home & Kitchen | 13% | 6.5% |
| Furniture | 13% | 6.5% |
| Jewelry | 16% to €500, then 3% on the rest | 6.5% |
| Watches | 14% to €500, then 3% on the rest | 6.5% |
| Toys & Games | 14% | 6.5% |
| Grocery & Gourmet | 14% | 6.5% |
| Pet Supplies | 14% | 6.5% |
| Sports & Outdoors | 13% | 6.5% |
| Office Products | 14% | 6.5% |
| Automotive & Powersports | 14% | 6.5% |
| Tools & Home Improvement | 13% | 6.5% |
| Bags, Luggage & Backpacks | 14% | 6.5% |
| Media (Books, DVD, Music, Software) | 14% | 6.5% |
| Other / General | 14% | 6.5% |
| eBay.de | Etsy | |
|---|---|---|
| Commission charged on | Item price + shipping you charge | Item price + shipping you charge |
| Payment processing | No separate fee — bundled into the commission | 4% + €0.30 |
| Per-order / closing fee | €0.35 up to €10, €0.45 above that | €0.18 per order |
| Fixed monthly cost | None | None |
| Rates verified | Yes — 2026-10-15 | Yes — 2026-10-15 |
Sources: eBay.de 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.
GERMANY ONLY. Renamed from ebay-eu for the same reason amazon-eu became amazon-de: a record carrying market DE while displaying “(EU)” conflates one country with a continent, and eBay rates differ sharply between European sites. The old id still resolves via the alias. Re-sourced from eBay.de’s own business-seller fee page. The flat 11% carried here since July was wrong: German rates run 7% (computers and consumer electronics) to 16% (watches and jewellery), and clothing is marginal at 12% up to €990 then 3%. The fixed fee is €0.35 per order at or under €10 and €0.45 above, not a flat €0.35. IMPORTANT CAVEAT: these are the rates for sellers with Top-Rated or above-average service status; below-standard sellers pay more, so this record shows the best case. eBay.de’s business fee page does not list a regulatory operating fee, unlike eBay.co.uk, so none is modelled. Sneakers at €100 or more are 7%, shop-versus-no-shop thresholds differ for watches and jewellery, and refurbished and used conditions are 5%; none of those variants are modelled. REGULATORY FEE: checked and eBay.de charges NONE, unlike eBay.co.uk’s 0.35%. Its business fee page lists only an international fee (1.2% UK, 1.6% Europe/US/Canada, 3.3% elsewhere, and only when the buyer is outside the eurozone and Sweden) and a 3% currency conversion fee, neither of which applies to a domestic euro sale. The absence is deliberate, not an omission. 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 €7.46 on eBay.de — a gap of roughly €0.95. That ordering can flip with a different price or category, so run your own numbers before committing.
eBay.de charges 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.