Etsy’s Regulatory Operating Fee, by country
Etsy charges sellers in nine countries an extra percentage on every order, on top of the 6.5% transaction fee. It changed in seven of them on 22 June 2026, and most fee articles still quote the old numbers — we found pages ranking on page one of Google publishing “0.32%” for the UK and inventing a fee for Germany, which does not have one at all.
Fee mechanics only — nothing here is tax advice. Not affiliated with Etsy, Inc.
The short answer
Every current rate, and what changed on 22 June 2026
Etsy announced the change on 22 April 2026; it took effect on 22 June 2026. The right-hand column is what the fee actually costs on a $30 item with $6 shipping — a $36 order — because a percentage on its own tells you nothing.
| Seller country | Rate now | Before 22 Jun 2026 | Cost on a $36 order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 1.97% | no published prior rate | $0.71 |
| Turkey | 1.67% | 2.27% | $0.60 |
| France | 1.14% | 0.47% | $0.41 |
| Spain | 0.88% | 0.72% | $0.32 |
| Italy | 0.80% | 0.32% | $0.29 |
| Canada | 0.50% | no published prior rate | $0.18 |
| United Kingdom | 0.48% | 0.32% | $0.17 |
| India | 0.05% | 0.29% | $0.02 |
| Vietnam | 1.24% | no published prior rate | not in our calculator — see below |
Read from Etsy’s Regulatory Operating Fee page on 18 August 2026. These are the same figures our fee calculator runs on — one dataset, so the two cannot disagree.
Who got hit, who got a discount
Countries with no regulatory operating fee
This is the half of the answer that is usually missing, and getting it wrong costs you real money in your pricing spreadsheet.
Of the 32 seller countries in our calculator, 24 have no regulatory operating fee at all:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, United States
The two worth calling out are the two most likely to be misreported:
- Germany — no regulatory operating fee. Germany is not on Etsy’s published list. We found a page ranking in Google’s top five for “etsy fees germany”, self-labelled “last updated May 2026”, stating that German sellers pay a “0.29% regulatory operating fee”. That figure is India’s old rate, applied to the wrong country. German sellers pay 19% USt on Etsy’s fees, and that is the line that actually matters — see Etsy fees in Germany.
- Australia — no regulatory operating fee. Australian sellers do pay 10% GST on Etsy’s fees. See Etsy fees in Australia.
Why Vietnam is in Etsy’s table but not in our calculator
Because we could not verify one of the inputs, and we would rather show a gap than a confident wrong number.
Etsy lists Vietnam at 1.24%, and Vietnam appears on Etsy’s list of countries where tax on seller fees is charged regardless of whether you supply a VAT ID. What we could not establish from a primary source is the rate actually applied to Etsy’s fees for a Vietnamese seller. Rather than pick a plausible national rate and present the output as a calculation, we left Vietnam out and said why. If you sell from Vietnam and have an Etsy fee invoice showing the rate, send it to hello@growtsy.com and we will add the country.
Where this fee sits in the full stack
On its own the regulatory operating fee is small. It matters because it is the fourth of five lines, and the fifth is charged on the total of the first four.
- $0.20 listing fee — flat, in USD, everywhere, and charged again on every renewal.
- 6.5% transaction fee — on item price plus shipping plus gift wrapping.
- Payment processing — a percentage plus a fixed amount, both set per country.
- Regulatory operating fee — this page, in nine countries.
- VAT or sales tax on all of the above — charged on Etsy’s fees, not on your revenue. This is the line that turns a small percentage into a real one. See VAT on Etsy seller fees.
Run your own numbers in the 32-country fee calculator — no signup, nothing stored, and every line itemised so you can check it against Etsy’s pages yourself.
Common questions
What is the Etsy Regulatory Operating Fee?
It is a country-specific percentage Etsy charges sellers on top of the transaction fee, on the same base — item price plus shipping. Etsy’s own wording is that the fee "is charged on the item price and shipping costs", and that these fees are "set by country and reviewed each year to reflect the cost of doing business in each region, including local laws, taxes, and compliance requirements." It is not optional and it is not part of the headline 6.5%.
Which countries pay the Etsy Regulatory Operating Fee?
Nine: Canada 0.50%, France 1.14%, Hungary 1.97%, India 0.05%, Italy 0.80%, Spain 0.88%, Türkiye 1.67%, the United Kingdom 0.48% and Vietnam 1.24%. Every other seller country pays nothing on this line, including the United States, Germany and Australia. These are the rates in force since 22 June 2026, read from Etsy’s own page on 18 August 2026.
Do German or US Etsy sellers pay a regulatory operating fee?
No. Neither Germany nor the United States appears on Etsy’s published list of countries that charge this fee. If a fee calculator or article applies one to a German or American seller, it is wrong — we found a page ranking in Google’s top five for "etsy fees germany" charging German sellers 0.29%, which is India’s old rate applied to the wrong country. German sellers do pay 19% VAT on Etsy’s fees, which is the line that actually matters there.
When did the Etsy Regulatory Operating Fee change?
Etsy announced the change on 22 April 2026 and it took effect on 22 June 2026. Seven markets changed. France more than doubled from 0.47% to 1.14%, Italy went from 0.32% to 0.80%, Spain from 0.72% to 0.88%, the UK from 0.32% to 0.48%, and Hungary gained a 1.97% fee it did not have before. Two markets went down: India from 0.29% to 0.05% and Türkiye from 2.27% to 1.67%.
Is the Regulatory Operating Fee charged on shipping?
Yes. It uses the same base as the 6.5% transaction fee — the item price plus what you charge the buyer for shipping. So pricing shipping "at cost" still costs you the regulatory operating fee on top of 6.5% of the postage.
How much does the Regulatory Operating Fee actually cost me?
On a $30 item with $6 shipping — a $36 order — it is about 71 cents in Hungary, 60 cents in Türkiye, 41 cents in France, 32 cents in Spain, 29 cents in Italy, 18 cents in Canada, 17 cents in the UK and 2 cents in India. Small per order; charged on every order you will ever ship. Our free fee calculator itemises it alongside every other fee for 32 seller countries.
Knowing the fee is not the same as pricing for it
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