Calculate your Faire commission, payment processing fees, and profit margin — updated for the current Faire fee structure.
How Faire Fees Work (Quick Answer)
Faire charges a 15% commission on marketplace orders plus a $10 new customer fee on first orders from new retailers. Payment processing ranges from 1.9% to 3.5% (+ $0.30) depending on your payout speed. Faire Direct orders (your own retailers) have 0% commission — you only pay processing. Enter your numbers below to see your exact fees and profit.
Know your true product costs before listing on Faire. Craftybase tracks materials, labor, and overhead so you can set wholesale prices that actually turn a profit.
Faire's fee structure has three components: a marketplace commission, a payment processing fee, and (for first-time orders) a new customer fee. How much you end up paying depends on where the retailer came from and how quickly you want to get paid.
Marketplace Commission: 15%
When a retailer discovers your products through Faire's marketplace and places an order, Faire takes a 15% commission on the product subtotal (not including shipping). This applies to both first orders and reorders from Faire-sourced retailers.
If the retailer came through your own Faire Direct link — meaning they're an existing wholesale customer you invited to Faire — the commission drops to 0%. You'll still pay payment processing, but that's it.
New Customer Fee: $10
On a retailer's first order with your brand, Faire charges a flat $10 new customer fee. This only applies once per retailer and only to Faire-sourced customers (not Faire Direct). It's meant to cover Faire's cost of bringing that retailer to your brand.
Payment Processing: 1.9% to 3.5%
Every order — whether marketplace or Faire Direct — incurs a payment processing fee. The rate depends on your chosen payout speed:
Payout Speed
Processing Rate
Per-Transaction Fee
Fee on a $200 Order
Next day
3.5%
$0.30
$7.30
30 days
2.4%
$0.30
$5.10
60 days
1.9%
$0.30
$4.10
Payment processing applies to the full transaction amount (product price + shipping).
Pricing wholesale correctly starts with knowing your costs. If you're guessing at material and labor costs, your Faire margins might be thinner than you think. Craftybase tracks your true cost of goods — materials, labor, packaging, and overhead — so you can set wholesale prices that work.
Faire's fees are a percentage of your sale price. If your cost of goods is fuzzy, you won't know whether a 15% commission leaves you profitable or underwater. Before listing on Faire, calculate your per-unit cost including materials, labor, packaging, and a share of overhead. That number is your floor — everything above it minus Faire fees is your margin.
2. Use Faire Direct for Existing Retailers
If you already have wholesale accounts, invite them to order through your Faire Direct link. You'll pay 0% commission — just the payment processing fee. For a $200 order on 30-day payout, that's $5.10 instead of $35.10. Over a year of reorders, the savings add up fast.
3. Choose Your Payout Speed Strategically
The difference between next-day and 60-day payouts on a $200 order is $3.20. That might not sound like much on a single order, but if you're doing $5,000/month on Faire, switching from next-day to 30-day saves roughly $55/month. Choose the slowest payout speed your cash flow can handle.
4. Factor Faire Fees into Your Wholesale Price
Many makers set their wholesale price at 50% of retail and call it a day. But that formula doesn't account for Faire's commission and processing fees. If you're selling exclusively through Faire, build those fees into your pricing so they come out of margin you've planned for — not margin you assumed you'd keep.
5. Watch for the New Customer Fee Impact on Small Orders
The $10 new customer fee is flat, which means it hits small orders harder. On a $50 first order, that fee alone represents 20% of the sale. If your products are lower-priced, consider setting Faire minimums high enough that the $10 fee becomes a smaller percentage of the total.
Who Should Use This Calculator?
This Faire fee calculator is built for any maker or brand selling wholesale through Faire. Specifically:
Handmade sellers listing products on Faire for the first time who want to understand the fee structure before setting prices.
Established Faire brands comparing the cost difference between marketplace orders and Faire Direct orders.
Wholesale pricing planners working out whether their current margins can absorb Faire's commission and processing fees.
For marketplace orders (retailers who find you through Faire), you'll pay a 15% commission on the product subtotal plus a payment processing fee that ranges from 1.9% to 3.5% (plus $0.30 per transaction) depending on your payout speed. First orders from new retailers also include a one-time $10 new customer fee. For Faire Direct orders (your own retailers), you pay 0% commission — just the processing fee.
Faire Direct is a feature that lets you invite your existing wholesale customers to order through Faire using a unique link. Orders placed through your Faire Direct link have 0% commission — you only pay the payment processing fee. This makes Faire Direct one of the most cost-effective ways to manage wholesale orders if you already have retailer relationships.
Faire's 15% marketplace commission applies only to the product subtotal — not to shipping charges. However, the payment processing fee (1.9%–3.5% + $0.30) is calculated on the full transaction amount, which includes shipping. Our calculator above accounts for this distinction automatically.
It depends on your cash flow. Next-day payouts (3.5% + $0.30) make sense if you need cash immediately to buy materials for your next batch. The 30-day option (2.4% + $0.30) is a good middle ground for most sellers. If your business can wait 60 days, you'll get the lowest rate (1.9% + $0.30). Use the calculator above to compare the dollar difference at each speed for your typical order size.
Start by listing every material in your product's recipe. For each material, calculate a unit cost based on your purchase history (including shipping and taxes you paid on the materials). Multiply by the amount used per product. Then add your labor: track how long each product takes to make and multiply by your hourly rate. Finally, divide any fixed overheads (rent, equipment, insurance) across your monthly production volume. This gives you a true per-unit cost. If that sounds like a lot of spreadsheet work, Craftybase does all of this automatically.
Faire's effective fee rate for marketplace orders is typically 17–19% (commission + processing), which is higher than Etsy's ~12–15% or Shopify's ~3–5% (payment processing only, no commission). However, Faire is a wholesale channel — your order sizes are usually much larger, and you're selling in bulk. The fee percentage is higher, but the margin per order in dollar terms can still be significantly better than retail. Use our Etsy fee calculator and Shopify fee calculator to compare.
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