Marka vs Etsy (2026)
Etsy's fees on a CA$80.00 sale come to about CA$8.53 (6.5% + 0.5% regulatory + US$0.20 listing, plus payment processing); Marka's marketplace fee is 0%. You keep CA$77.38 on Marka after Stripe processing (2.9% + CA$0.30), against CA$71.47 on Etsy. Choose Marka to keep more of each sale; stay on Etsy for its established handmade buyer base.
Four reasons Etsy sellers move.
Etsy fees stack: a US$0.20 listing fee, a 6.5% transaction fee, 3% + CA$0.25 payment processing on domestic orders, a 0.5% regulatory operating fee, and sometimes Offsite Ads on top. On a CA$80 sale, you net about CA$71.47. Same sale on Marka: CA$77.38 after Stripe processing.
Etsy can put a payment account reserve on a shop, holding a percentage of each sale of a physical item until tracking shows the order in transit or a default holding period passes. Marka uses Stripe direct charges — the buyer's card pays your own Stripe account, and Marka holds no reserve and no escrow. Stripe pays your bank on its standard schedule (3 business days in Canada; your first payout usually takes 7–14 days).
Etsy import is rolling out next. Today: list directly on Marka while keeping your Etsy shop. Soon: connect both and mirror inventory automatically.
Etsy now allows resellers and machine-made. Marka enforces authority guards so external-channel listings can't be silently edited, and MARKA-authority items are editorially curated. Your handmade story stays yours.
Marka vs. Etsy, line by line.
Etsy fees read from its own pages on .
Want Etsy's fee on its own, with a calculator? Etsy seller fees in Canada (2026) works it out at five sale prices, from its own help pages.
Where Etsy is still strong.
We're not pretending Etsy has nothing going for it. There are real reasons to keep your shop there. Marka is built to work alongside it, not replace it.
Try Marka. Keep Etsy.
Add Marka as a free additional sales channel. If it doesn't earn its keep, cancel — your Etsy shop never noticed.
