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We are building CraftMargin, a $10/month tool that turns material costs and your Etsy order export into per-product profit and a year-end cost of goods sold summary. These articles are the research behind it, written so they are useful whether or not you ever pay us anything.
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Etsy fees in 2026: what you actually keep on a $30 sale
All four fees stated plainly, then three products worked out to the cent — including a $75 quilt that loses $15.78 once the hours are counted.
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Cost of goods sold on Schedule C, for a handmade shop
What Part III is asking for, why receipts alone cannot answer it, and why your own hours are a real cost for pricing but not a deductible one on the form.
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Craftybase is now Stocksmith: what changed, and what to use instead
The July 2026 rebrand, the tiers that are not on the pricing page, and an honest assessment of four alternatives when $99/month is more than your shop makes.
Try the calculator first
The free Etsy profit calculator applies the 2026 fee schedule, including the Offsite Ads cap, and needs no signup. It is the same code that produced the numbers in these articles.