Offsite Ad Fee

[#1]

Similar question: 

First; frustrated that Etsy opt'ed me into Offsite Ads without my permission. 

I have an item for sale that sells for $10. 

Total transaction cost was $22.23.  

Etsy is taking $3.13 in Offsite Ads (15% of the $22.23).  

An Advertising Fee should be assessed only on the value of the item sold not on the shipping fee, transaction fee, or taxes. 

This math reduces a seller's margin not by 15% but by 31.3% in my example.  

How does this get disputed? 

[TreeSeedMan]

I don’t know if providing financial info is allowed on here, but I paid over $30,000 in seller fees last year.  Let’s just leave it at that.

[dayspringcollectible]

@TreeSeedMan 

Of course, a lot of that would be listing fees and commissions.  However, you're averaging over 10,000 sales per year since opening your shop.  Raise your price by $1 to offset the Off-site ad fees and you'll take a big bite out of those fees.   Your items will still be so inexpensive it shouldn't hurt sales at all.