How much to charge for a sweatshirt on Etsy

How much should you charge for a sweatshirt on Etsy?

With a $17.50 cost per sweatshirt (Gildan 18000 Heavy Blend Crewneck Sweatshirt, printed and shipped) and $4.99 shipping, the lowest price that keeps a 30% margin after Etsy's fees is $24.99; $30.99 keeps 40%. Below $14.99 the sale loses money.

With a $17.50 cost per item (Gildan 18000 Heavy Blend Crewneck Sweatshirt, printed and shipped) and $4.99 shipping. Public US fee rates; Shopify excludes the monthly plan; Amazon uses its clothing referral tiers.

The table works out the same sweatshirt on all four marketplaces. Put in your own cost, shipping and margin in the profit calculator.

What do best-selling sweatshirts sell for?

Best-selling sweatshirts on Etsy have a median price of $9.10 across the keywords below. At that price a sweatshirt that costs $17.50 keeps −$5.20, a margin of -36.9%.

Median price of the best-selling listings we found for each keyword on Etsy, Amazon, TikTok Shop, Shopify (kept for a day); marketplaces without data yet are left out. Open a keyword for the listings behind it.

Prices are what buyers pay now, after any sale, for the best sellers of the last 7 days, and they are kept for a day. Open a keyword for the listings behind it, or check your own niche in the price check.

What does a sweatshirt cost to make?

About $17.50 for a Gildan 18000 Heavy Blend Crewneck Sweatshirt printed and shipped to a US buyer, the cheapest supplier price in our catalog. A crewneck sweatshirt uses more fabric than a t-shirt but less than a hoodie, so its cost sits between the two.

Your cost per item is the blank, the print and the supplier's shipping to the buyer. Add a second print location, packaging inserts or gift wrap if you offer them, and use that total in every price you work out.

How much do Etsy fees take from a sweatshirt sale?

At $24.99 plus $4.99 shipping, Etsy takes $3.30, 11.0% of what the buyer pays: the $0.20 listing fee, a 6.5% transaction fee and 3% + $0.25 payment processing, on price plus shipping.

When a sale comes from an Etsy ad on another site, Offsite Ads add 15% of the order (capped at $100). Every line is in the Etsy fee calculator and in Etsy fees for print on demand.

Is it cheaper to sell sweatshirts on Amazon, TikTok Shop or Shopify?

Shopify charges the least per order, before its monthly plan, and Amazon's referral fee here is 5% / 10% / 17%. For a 30% margin this sweatshirt needs $28.99 on Amazon, $22.99 on TikTok Shop and $21.99 on Shopify.

Lower fees do not bring sales by themselves: Etsy and Amazon send you buyers who are already searching, a Shopify store needs its own traffic. See Etsy vs Amazon fees and Etsy vs Shopify fees.

How can you charge more than the market for a sweatshirt?

Sell to a niche, not to everyone. A design made for a clearly named buyer (a job, a hobby, a family role, a town) competes on the design, so it does not have to be the cheapest listing.

• Personalize it: a name, a date or a photo lets you charge for the work and makes price comparison harder.
• Offer a second item: a small discount on two items spreads the payment processing fee over a bigger order.
• Price for the season: gift seasons bring buyers who care more about the design and delivery date than about a dollar.
• Show the product well: clear mockups and real photos support a higher price; check images in the price check listings to see what sells.

Sweatshirt or hoodie: which should you list?

List the same design as both when you can. The sweatshirt is cheaper to make and can sell for less, the hoodie sells at a higher price to buyers who want a hood; both sell best from autumn to the holidays.

Compare the numbers in how much to charge for a hoodie on Etsy.