Handmade & Print-on-Demand Pricing and Profit Calculator

Type in what one item costs you to make and ship, plus your platform's current fees. You'll see the profit at your price and the prices that would break even or hit the profit or margin you're aiming for.

Costs for one item

Materials or print-on-demand base cost ($) Your time (hours) Pay yourself ($/hour) Packaging ($) Shipping you pay ($)

Your platform's fees

Type your selling platform's current fees. Add every percent fee together (for example a transaction fee plus a payment processing fee), and every fixed per-order fee together. Fees change, so check your platform's fee page.

Percent fees, total (%)Charged on price + shipping charged Fixed fees per order ($)Listing fee, fixed processing fee

Your price

Item price ($) Shipping the buyer pays ($) Target profit per item ($) Target profit margin (%)

Buyer pays

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Fees

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Your costs (incl. your time)

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Profit per item

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Profit margin

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Break-even price: —

Price for your target profit: —

Price for your target margin: —

Profit = what the buyer pays − fees − your costs. Margin = profit ÷ what the buyer pays. Suggested prices are rounded up to the cent; the charm price is the next price ending in .99. Sales tax and income tax aren't included.

How to use it

Pricing by feel can hide costs, especially fees charged on shipping and the value of your own time. This calculator lays out one item's numbers so you can see where the money goes. It doesn't include any platform's fee rates; you type your own, because fees vary by platform and change over time.

1. Enter the costs for one item

Materials or print-on-demand base cost: supplies for one item, or what your print provider charges for the blank and printing.
Your time (hours) and Pay yourself ($/hour): the calculator counts your time as a cost (hours × rate). Leave these at 0 if you'd rather leave labor out.
Packaging: mailers, tissue, stickers, inserts.
Shipping you pay: the postage or the provider's shipping charge for that item.

2. Enter your platform's fees

Add every percent fee together into Percent fees, total, for example a transaction fee plus a payment processing fee. Add every fixed per-order fee together into Fixed fees per order, for example a listing fee plus a fixed processing fee. The calculator applies the percent fees to what the buyer pays: the item price plus the shipping you charge. Check your platform's own fee page for current rates.

3. Enter your price

Type your item price and the shipping the buyer pays. If you offer free shipping, enter 0 for shipping the buyer pays and keep your postage in Shipping you pay.

4. Set targets (optional)

Add a target profit per item in dollars, a target profit margin in percent, or both.

Reading the results

Buyer pays: item price + shipping charged.
Fees: buyer pays × percent fees + fixed fees, rounded to the cent.
Your costs: materials + time + packaging + shipping you pay.
Profit per item: buyer pays − fees − your costs.
Profit margin: profit ÷ buyer pays.
Break-even price: the lowest item price where profit reaches $0.
Price for your target profit and Price for your target margin: the lowest item price that reaches each target.

Each suggested price is worked out exactly from your inputs, then rounded up to the cent so it never falls short. Next to each one is a charm price, the next price ending in .99. If the percent fees plus the target margin reach 100% or more, no price can work, and the calculator says so.

Keep in mind

Results are estimates for one item at the numbers you type. Sales tax, income tax, discounts, ad fees and refunds aren't included unless you add them to your fees or costs. A suggested price is a math result, not a judgment about what buyers in your niche will pay, so it's one input among many when you set prices.

Worked example

These are the numbers loaded by Try an example:

Materials: $6.40
Time: 0.5 hours at $18 an hour = $9.00
Packaging: $1.10
Shipping you pay: $4.75
Percent fees: 9.5% total. Fixed fees: $0.45 per order (example rates only)
Item price: $28.00. Shipping the buyer pays: $4.50
Targets: $10 profit, 30% margin

Results:

Buyer pays: $28.00 + $4.50 = $32.50
Fees: $32.50 × 9.5% + $0.45 = $3.54
Your costs: $6.40 + $9.00 + $1.10 + $4.75 = $21.25
Profit per item: $32.50 − $3.54 − $21.25 = $7.71
Profit margin: $7.71 ÷ $32.50 = 23.7%
Break-even price: $19.48 (charm price $19.99)
Price for $10 profit: $30.53 (charm price $30.99)
Price for a 30% margin: $31.37 (charm price $31.99)

So at $28 the item clears its costs and pays for the half hour of work, with $7.71 on top, and it would take about $2.53 more on the price to reach a $10 profit.

FAQ

Why are the fees charged on shipping too?

Some platforms charge percentage fees on the whole order, including shipping, and the calculator works that way. If your platform doesn't, you can adjust the percent you enter.

Should my time count as a cost?

That's your call. Counting it shows whether the price pays you for the work as well as the materials. Set the hours to 0 to leave it out.

What's the difference between profit and margin?

Profit is a dollar amount per item. Margin is that profit as a percentage of what the buyer pays, which makes items at different prices easier to compare.

Why does it say "Not possible with these fees"?

The percent fees plus the target margin add up to 100% or more, so no price can reach that margin.

Does this include taxes?

No. Sales tax and income tax aren't part of the calculation.