ArtKit vs. Etsy Fees for Artists

On ArtKit, the platform fee is 5% plus payment processing. Stripe processing is typically 2.9% + 30 cents per card transaction. On a $500 sale, that means about $25 to ArtKit and about $14.80 to Stripe, or roughly $39.80 total before shipping, tax, or optional services.

Large art marketplaces and gallery-like platforms can take 35% to 50% once commission, listing, promotion, and payment fees are counted together. At 35%, the same $500 sale costs $175. At 50%, it costs $250. The gap is the money that can fund better packaging, studio time, or collector follow-up.

Etsy can be useful for early discovery, especially for artists who are testing demand and have not built an audience yet. The tradeoff is that the customer relationship lives inside a marketplace experience.

ArtKit is built for artists who want a home base: branded pages, an owned domain, collector inquiries, email capture, and direct commerce without sending buyers through a crowded marketplace grid.

Keep marketplace listings for discovery while adding your ArtKit storefront to packaging inserts, Instagram bio links, collector emails, and commission conversations.