Stakk vs Etsy

A marketplace that brings buyers, or a store at your own link.

The short answer

Etsy is a marketplace where buyers search for things to buy. Stakk is your own store at one link, for selling to the people who already follow you.

On Etsy a US seller pays $0.20 per listing, 6.5% of the order and 3% + $0.25 for payment processing, as checked on 22 October 2026. Stakk has no monthly or setup fee and charges from 10% + $0.50 per sale, card processing included.

How do Stakk and Etsy compare side by side?

Facts about Etsy read on its fees policy, payments policy, off-platform policy and help center, 22 October 2026. "Not checked yet" means we have not read it at the source yet.
WhatStakkEtsy
Monthly fee$0$0. Etsy Plus is an optional $10 a month. A set-up fee may apply
Fee per sale from your own linkFrom 10% + $0.50, card processing included$0.20 per listing, renewed every 4 months. 6.5% of the order. 3% + $0.25 payment processing (US)
Fee back when you refundNoYes. Transaction and processing fees come back if you refund in Shop Manager
Order bump before payingYes, on every accountNone found in Etsy's help center
One-click upsell after payingYes, on every accountNone found in Etsy's help center
Where the buyer's money goesYour own Stripe accountEtsy first, into your Etsy payment account
When you get paidOn Stripe's schedule. No minimum and no hold by StakkDaily, weekly, every 2 weeks or monthly to your bank. Etsy may hold some in reserve
Who is the legal sellerYouYou. Etsy collects and pays US sales tax for you
Subscriptions and membershipsNoNone found in Etsy's help center
Where your files liveWhere you keep them. Stakk emails the buyer your linkYou upload them to Etsy: up to 5 files, 20MB each

When is Etsy the better pick?

Pick Etsy if any of these is you.

  • You need buyers to find you. Etsy is a marketplace that people already search. If you have no audience yet, that is worth a lot, and no fee table shows it.
  • You have a few products that sell steadily. On a $20 download with no shipping or sales tax, a US seller pays Etsy $2.35, counting one $0.20 listing fee, using Etsy's rates checked on 22 October 2026. Stakk takes $2.50 on the same sale.
  • You refund often. When you refund a buyer in Shop Manager, Etsy gives back its transaction and processing fees. Stakk's fee is not returned.
  • You want someone else to handle sales tax. Etsy collects and pays sales tax on orders to US buyers, and VAT on digital downloads in some countries. On Stakk you are the seller.
  • You want Etsy to host your files. You upload up to five files to each listing, 20MB each. Stakk sends a link to a file you keep somewhere else.

Stakk is also the wrong pick if you need what it does not do. It has no subscriptions, no memberships, no course player, no booking calendar and no file hosting. Every price is one-off, $1 to $999, and it pays out through Stripe only.

Who should pick Stakk over Etsy?

  • You have a big catalog. Etsy charges $0.20 for every listing, whether it sells or not, and again every four months if it renews. Forty listings cost $8.00 every four months before anything sells. Stakk has no monthly or setup fee, and its fee comes out of each sale.
  • You sell to people who already follow you. On Etsy your listing sits among everyone else's. On Stakk your store is one link, stakk.store/yourname, made for your bio and built for phones.
  • You want the money in your own account. On Etsy each sale goes to your Etsy payment account first. Etsy then pays it to your bank on a schedule, and it can hold some in reserve. On Stakk the buyer pays into your own Stripe account, Stakk never holds it, and Stripe pays you on its own schedule.
  • You want a bump and an upsell. Stakk has an order bump before paying and a one-click upsell after paying, on every account. We found neither in Etsy's help center.
  • You want one fee with card processing in it. From 10% + $0.50 per sale, card processing included. On Etsy, payment processing is a separate fee on top of the 6.5%.

Questions people ask

Is Etsy cheaper than Stakk?

On one $20 download with no shipping or sales tax, a US seller pays Etsy $2.35, counting one $0.20 listing fee, and Stakk takes $2.50. Each listing that does not sell still costs $0.20 every four months it renews. Etsy's rates were checked on 22 October 2026.

Does Etsy charge a listing fee?

Yes. Etsy charges $0.20 per listing, whether or not it sells, and a listing expires after four months. If auto-renew is on, it charges $0.20 again.

Can I sell on Etsy and Stakk at the same time?

Yes, you can run an Etsy shop and a Stakk store side by side. Etsy's rules do not let you send Etsy buyers to buy somewhere else, such as your own store. Use Etsy for people who search there, and your Stakk link for the people who already follow you.

Where can I read more about Etsy?

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