Etsy fee change ยท January 4, 2027
Etsy's Share & Save refund goes back to 4 percent on January 4.
For the holiday season, Etsy refunds the full 6.5 percent transaction fee on orders you drive to your own shop through Share & Save links. That higher refund runs through January 4, 2027. After that date the refund is the standard 4 percent again. Nothing else about the program changes. This page shows what the step down costs on a real order.
This page is one entry in the fee change tracker, the standing log of marketplace and carrier changes. The program rules below are from Etsy's own Help Center article on Share & Save, and the holiday end date is from Etsy's own seller announcement of the holiday terms. Both were read on November 11, 2026.
Before you repriceThe research tools sellers use for this call
A smaller refund means each self-driven order keeps a little less. Whether your prices can carry that difference is a research question: what buyers pay for listings like yours, and which search terms bring them in. eRank covers the search term side, titles and tags. EverBee covers product research and sales estimates while you browse. Our full side by side is on the Etsy research tools page.
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Who it fits: Etsy sellers deciding whether the January step down becomes a price change.
The short version
- What changes: the Share & Save refund on eligible orders drops from 6.5 percent of the order total to 4 percent. The refund is the part of the fee Etsy gives back when a buyer arrives through your own link.
- When: the 6.5 percent refund applies through January 4, 2027. The 4 percent refund applies after that date.
- What it costs: 2.5 percent of the order total on each eligible order. On a $40 order that is $1.00. On a $30 order it is $0.75.
- Who it touches: sellers enrolled in Share & Save, and only on orders that come through their own trackable links. Orders Etsy finds for you are not in this program and do not change.
How Share & Save worksA refund for traffic you bring yourself
Share & Save is Etsy's program for sellers who promote their own shops. You enroll in Shop Manager under Marketing, then share your trackable shop or listing links in the places you control: social posts and bios, email lists, newsletters. If a buyer places an order within 30 days of clicking a link you shared, Etsy refunds part of the order total to your payment account, right away.
The refund is worked out the same way as Etsy's transaction fee. Etsy gives this example in its Help Center article: on an order that comes to $100 before taxes, with shipping and gift wrap counted in, a 4 percent refund puts $4 back in your payment account. The transaction fee on that order is 6.5 percent, so at the standard refund you still pay a net 2.5 percent in transaction fees on an order you drove yourself. At the holiday refund of 6.5 percent, the refund covered the whole transaction fee.
Two rules decide whether an order counts. The order follows the last link the buyer clicked before buying, so if the buyer visits through an Etsy Offsite Ad after your link, the order is not eligible. And links sent through Etsy Messages or placed in listing descriptions do not count. You can leave the program and rejoin at any time, but clicks made while you are out earn nothing.
Who it fits: sellers who bring their own buyers from social media, email, or a website, and who price with the refund counted in.
| Order type | Share & Save refund | Total Etsy fees | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| Order Etsy found for you (no Share & Save) | None | $4.25 | $35.75 |
| Eligible order, holiday refund through January 4, 2027 | 6.5 percent, $2.60 back | $1.65 | $38.35 |
| Eligible order, standard refund after January 4, 2027 | 4 percent, $1.60 back | $2.65 | $37.35 |
A $40 order total for a US seller: $0.20 listing fee, 6.5 percent transaction fee ($2.60), and Etsy Payments processing of 3 percent plus $0.25 ($1.45), before any refund. The January step down is the move from the middle row to the bottom row: $1.00 less kept on every eligible $40 order.
Your numbersWhat the step down costs at your volume
Enter a typical order and how many Share & Save orders you get in a month. The calculator uses the same fee math as this site's Etsy fee calculator: a $0.20 listing fee, a 6.5 percent transaction fee on price plus shipping, and processing of 3 percent plus $0.25, with the refund taken off the order total.
Share & Save step down calculator
Who it fits: any seller enrolled in Share & Save who wants the January number before it arrives.
Before January 4What to do with this date
Keep sharing your links through the holidays. Orders that come through them while the holiday refund runs keep the full 6.5 percent back. The links do not change when the rate does. The same link earns 4 percent after January 4.
Reprice with the standard refund in the math. After January 4, an order you drive yourself carries a net transaction cost of 2.5 percent, not zero. Run a typical sale through the Etsy fee calculator and compare what you keep at both refunds before you decide on new prices.
Watch the last click. A buyer who clicks an Offsite Ad after your link takes the order out of Share & Save. That rule does not change in January, and it is worth more money than the rate change on any single order.
Who it fits: sellers whose January prices were set while the holiday refund was running.
Sources and how this entry is kept
The program rules, the standard 4 percent refund, the 30 day window, and the way the refund is worked out are from Etsy's own Help Center article, How to Save on Etsy Fees with the Share & Save Program, read on November 11, 2026. The holiday refund of 6.5 percent and its end date are from Etsy's own seller announcement of the Share & Save holiday promotion, which states that the 6.5 percent refund applies through January 4, 2027, after which the refund will be 4 percent. The promotion terms page Etsy links from that announcement is the final word on eligibility details.
This entry sits in the fee change tracker alongside every other change in the log, including the January 2027 carrier changes and the Amazon fee changes for January 2027.
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