Shopify Alternatives for Etsy Sellers: Honest Cost Guide
Compare Shopify alternatives for Etsy sellers on real cost, sourced to each platform’s pricing page, so you can pick with open eyes.
Cost of Traffic: Own Store vs Etsy Compared
Etsy’s traffic feels free until you add it up. Compare the real cost of traffic: own store vs Etsy, fees included, before you decide where to sell.
Shopify vs Etsy Fees UK: How VAT Changes the Math
UK and EU fees differ from the US versions, and VAT moves who owes what. Etsy and Shopify rates plus UK and EU VAT rules, read September 11, 2026.
Shopify Payments vs Etsy Payments Fees: Card Costs Compared
Etsy Payments: 3% + $0.25. Shopify Payments on Basic: 2.9% + 30¢ (US, September 2026). Where each card fee lands and why it is rarely the real gap.
Shopify App Costs Per Month: How the Charges Actually Work
Shopify publishes no app price. How app charges are billed, read from Shopify’s own help center on September 8, 2026, and what makes the bill grow.
TikTok Shop Seller Fees: What TikTok Publishes, by Market
TikTok Shop’s own seller docs, read September 8, 2026: the US referral fee, the UK commission fee, category exceptions and why your market decides.
eBay Seller Fees Explained: Final Value, Insertion, Stores
eBay’s own fee pages, read September 8, 2026: final value fees by category, the per-order fee, insertion fees and what a Store changes.
Amazon Seller Fees Explained: What Amazon Publishes
Amazon’s fee stack, from the fee schedule Amazon publishes itself: plan fees, referral percentages by category, and the FBA rates it does not publish.
Etsy vs Shopify Fee Calculator: How to Use It Honestly
Our Etsy vs Shopify fee calculator takes three numbers. How to find them, check the result against official rates, and see what it leaves out.
Etsy to Shopify Break-Even Point: Compute Your Own
Published Etsy to Shopify break-even points disagree because they answer three different questions. Here are the three formulas and your own inputs.
Etsy Offsite Ads: The 12%/15% Rule and the $10k Trap
Etsy’s Offsite Ads fee is 15%, or 12% once a shop passes $10,000. Cross that line and the opt-out is gone for good. Etsy’s figures, read Sept 7, 2026.
Trust Signals the Marketplace Supplied, and How to Rebuild Them
Your store feels sketchy because a stranger has none of the reassurance the platform used to provide. Here is exactly what was removed, item by item.
Does Blogging Work for a Product Store? Honestly
For most small stores the answer is yes and not for the reason it is usually sold. The three kinds of post that earn their place, and the one that never does.
An Email List From Zero: The First 90 Days
The only channel a platform cannot take away, and the one most sellers start in month eight. What to offer, who to ask, and what to actually send.
Product Pages That Do Not Read Like Marketplace Listings
A listing was written for someone already on a shopping site. A product page is written for a stranger who arrived from nowhere. Five things change.