Etsy is built for selling listed products, and still takes 6.5% plus listing and payment fees. commissions.gg takes 0%, forever, and is built for custom commission work.
Etsy is a storefront for finished products. Custom commission work needs a different toolset.
Etsy takes a 6.5% transaction fee, plus per-listing and payment-processing fees. commissions.gg takes 0%, forever.
No commission queue, no character profiles, and no client chat for the back-and-forth custom work requires.
Etsy has no commission payment protection and no AI monitoring. commissions.gg gives you both, built for human artists.
Fees and features at a glance. commissions.gg is the only platform that wins every row.
| Feature | commissions.gg You are here |
VGen | Ko-fi | Artistree | Fiverr | Etsy | Patreon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creator commission | 0% forever | 5% | 5% | 0%* | 20% | 6.5% | 10% |
| Built for commissions | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Memberships | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Digital shop | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Personal feed | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Built-in queue | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Character profiles | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Mass messages | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Discounts & promos | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tips with no platform cut | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 0% client platform fee | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Anti-AI monitoring | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Creator controls prices & terms | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | – | ✓ |
| Custom music player | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Custom mouse | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Competitor fees from each platform's public terms, April 2026. *Artistree's creator fee is 0%, but clients pay 6.5% plus $2.60 on commissions under $100. Subject to change.
Everything custom work needs, none of the per-listing fees.
No 6.5%, no per-listing charge. What you charge is what you get, forever.
A real commission pipeline for the back-and-forth: queue, character profiles, and direct client chat.
Paid instantly with PayPal, or card payments are safely held through Commissions.gg until approval or resolution. If a payment dispute escalates, Commissions.gg can help with an evidence package.
Active monitoring keeps the marketplace built for human artists, not AI output.
Run a shop for finished pieces and offer memberships, alongside your commissions.
Bring your audience, keep your contacts, link from anywhere. Your business stays yours.
Earning $2,000 a month in commissions on Etsy? That 6.5% is $1,560 a year, before listing and payment fees. On commissions.gg, you keep all of it, forever.
Start keeping 100%commissions.gg is an Etsy alternative built specifically for art commissions, not physical or digital products. It charges 0% commission versus Etsy's 6.5% transaction fee plus listing and payment fees, and adds a commission workflow with payment protection, a built-in queue, client chat, and anti-AI monitoring.
Etsy charges a 6.5% transaction fee plus per-listing and payment-processing fees. commissions.gg charges 0% commission, forever, for both artists and clients, with only standard payment-processing fees applying.
Etsy is built for selling listed products, not custom commission work. It has no commission queue, no character profiles, and no payment protection workflow. commissions.gg is built for the back-and-forth of custom commissions.
Yes. Alongside commissions, artists on commissions.gg can run a digital shop to sell finished work, plus offer memberships, all in one place.
Yes. How you get paid depends on the method: with PayPal you receive payment instantly as the artist; card payments are safely held through Commissions.gg until the commission is approved or resolved, protecting both sides. Commissions.gg helps both sides resolve issues based on site records and can help with an evidence package if a payment dispute escalates.
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