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Profit margin calculator.

Enter your price and your costs to see exactly what you make on every sale, your profit, your net margin and your markup. Most owners can name their revenue but not this. Now you can.

Your sale
£
Your costs
£
£
Tip: work these out on the marketplace fee calculator.
£
£
What should I charge?
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charge £0.00
Profit per sale
£0.00
Net margin
0%
Markup
0%
Gross margin
0%
Costs as % of price
0%
Sale price£0.00
− Item cost£0.00
− Fees£0.00
− Postage£0.00
− Packaging & other£0.00
= Profit£0.00
Margin is profit as a % of your price. Markup is profit as a % of your cost. They're easy to mix up, and mixing them up is how sellers underprice.

Margin vs markup, the thing that trips everyone up

Say an item costs you £10 and you sell it for £20. Your profit is £10. As a margin (profit ÷ price) that's 50%. As a markup (profit ÷ cost) it's 100%. Same £10 profit, two very different percentages. If someone tells you to "add 50%" and you apply it as margin when they meant markup, you leave money on the table on every single sale.

The formulas

Profit = Sale price − all costs
Net margin % = Profit ÷ Sale price × 100
Markup % = Profit ÷ Total cost × 100
Gross margin % = (Sale price − item cost) ÷ Sale price × 100

The number most sellers should watch is net margin, because it's after the fees, postage and packaging that quietly eat the profit. Know it for your typical sale and you'll price with confidence.