Profit calculator for selling 3D prints
Enter your sale price, what the item costs you and the fees of the place where you sell. You see the profit per sale, the margin and the price at which you break even.
How the numbers are calculated
Which fees should I enter?
The ones of the place where you sell. Most marketplaces take a percentage of what the buyer pays, often including shipping, plus a fixed amount per sale or per listing. Payment processing usually adds another percentage and a small fixed amount. The fields are generic so they fit any shop; look up the current rates, because they change.
How is the profit calculated?
The buyer pays the sale price plus shipping. From that we take the tax that is included in the price, the percentage fees and fixed fees, and your own costs: making the item, packaging and what shipping costs you. What is left is your profit per sale.
How does the tax field work?
It treats the tax as included in what the buyer pays. With 21 % tax and a buyer paying 20.00, the tax part is 20.00 − 20.00 / 1.21 = 3.47. Leave it at 0 if you don't charge tax. Tax rules differ per country and per seller; this is an estimate and not tax advice.
What is the break-even price?
The sale price at which you make exactly nothing: fees, tax and costs equal what the buyer pays. Below it you lose money on every sale. If fees and tax together take all of each sale, no such price exists and the calculator says so.
May I sell prints made with these tools?
You may sell the prints you make with these tools. You don't need to ask first.
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