Every fee both marketplaces charge a US seller, side by side — then the same product run through both so you can see what actually lands in your pocket.
On a $29.99 item with $8.00 of product cost and $5.00 of shipping, TikTok Shop leaves you about $1.50 more per unit than Etsy — $15.19 against $13.69. 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 | Etsy | TikTok Shop |
|---|---|---|
| Apparel & Accessories | 6.5% | 6% |
| Footwear | 6.5% | 6% |
| Consumer Electronics | 6.5% | 6% |
| Electronics Accessories | 6.5% | 6% |
| Computers | 6.5% | 6% |
| Beauty, Health & Personal Care | 6.5% | 6% |
| Baby Products | 6.5% | 6% |
| Home & Kitchen | 6.5% | 6% |
| Furniture | 6.5% | 6% |
| Jewelry | 6.5% | 5% |
| Watches | 6.5% | 6% |
| Toys & Games | 6.5% | 6% |
| Grocery & Gourmet | 6.5% | 6% |
| Pet Supplies | 6.5% | 6% |
| Sports & Outdoors | 6.5% | 6% |
| Office Products | 6.5% | 6% |
| Automotive & Powersports | 6.5% | 6% |
| Tools & Home Improvement | 6.5% | 6% |
| Bags, Luggage & Backpacks | 6.5% | 6% |
| Media (Books, DVD, Music, Software) | 6.5% | 6% |
| Other / General | 6.5% | 6% |
| Etsy | TikTok Shop | |
|---|---|---|
| Commission charged on | Item price + shipping you charge | Item price + shipping you charge |
| Payment processing | 3% + $0.25 | No separate fee — bundled into the commission |
| Per-order / closing fee | $0.20 per order | None |
| Fixed monthly cost | None | None |
| Rates verified | Yes — 2026-10-15 | Partly — contains estimates (2026-07-09) |
Sources: Etsy fee schedule · TikTok Shop 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.
Transaction fee 6.5% on item plus shipping plus gift wrap, $0.20 listing fee, Etsy Payments 3% + $0.25, all confirmed this pass. The United States is NOT one of the nine countries where Etsy charges a regulatory operating fee, so none is modelled. Offsite Ads is 15%, or 12% once a shop passes $10,000 in trailing 365-day sales, capped at $100 per attributed order, and applies only to attributed orders. STILL UNVERIFIED after the October 2026 re-sourcing attempt. TikTok’s own fee pages are disallowed to our fetcher by robots.txt, and we do not work around that, so no official figure could be read this pass. The 6% referral fee (select jewelry 5%) covering commission and payment processing is carried forward from July 2026 and should be treated as an estimate. Creator and affiliate commission, often 10 to 20%, is not included. Check seller.tiktokglobalshop.com yourself before relying on these numbers.
On a $29.99 product costing $8.00 with $5.00 shipping, TikTok Shop nets about $15.19 per unit versus $13.69 on Etsy — a gap of roughly $1.50. That ordering can flip with a different price or category, so run your own numbers before committing.
Etsy charges 6.5% in the general category and TikTok Shop charges 6%. Both vary by category — the full table on this page lists every one.
US marketplaces collect and remit sales tax as facilitators, so it never touches your margin. The comparison above is after all seller-side fees.
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.