For Etsy sellers Numbers, not a pitch.
Etsy charges you to list, to sell, to ship, and to be seen.
20 cents per listing and per renewal, 6.5% of the item and the shipping, a payment processing fee on top of both, and 12% to 15% more when an Offsite Ad gets the credit. Brindl charges 10% plus $0.30 on the item price, once, when it sells.
Same order, side by side
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Where the money goes
Etsy and Brindl, line by line.
| What | Etsy | Brindl |
|---|---|---|
| Cut of the sale | 6.5% transaction fee, plus 3% + 25 cents payment processing in the US | 10% + $0.30 |
| Cut of shipping | Both fees apply to the shipping you charge, too | None. Shipping passes through at the real carrier rate |
| Cost to list | 20 cents per listing, again every four months, and again after each sale | Free, and nothing to renew |
| Ads you did not choose | Offsite Ads take 15% of an attributed sale, 12% once you pass $10,000 a year, and above that you cannot opt out | No ad fees. Featuring a listing is optional and flat-priced |
Why sellers cross-list here
Shipping is a cost, not a fee.
Nothing taken from shipping, nothing to list, nothing to renew, and no ad fee you did not choose.
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Nothing taken from shippingYour buyer pays the real carrier rate and it goes straight to the label. Brindl's fee is on the item price alone.
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Free to list, nothing to renewA listing that never sells never costs you anything.
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Released in 3 daysYour cut releases 3 days after the sale and goes to your bank through Stripe, with nothing charged to withdraw.
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Cash and pickup cost nothingList heavy or local items as cash in person and Brindl takes nothing at all.
The honest part
Etsy is the better choice when you want buyers who are already searching for handmade. That intent is the whole product, and it is the one thing a fee comparison cannot capture: people arrive at Etsy having decided to buy something handmade, and they do not yet arrive here that way. Its shipping profiles and international reach are also further along than anything Brindl offers. Switching outright would be bad advice. What makes sense is cross-listing: offer the same item in both places and keep more of it when it sells here. Listing costs nothing, so a listing that does not sell has not cost you anything either.
Ready when you are
Posting takes a couple of minutes. You will need payouts set up before money can reach you, which is a one-time Stripe step.
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Every Etsy figure on this page was checked against Etsy's own published fee pages in September 2026. Brindl's figures come from the same constants checkout uses. Fees change; if one of these is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.