Calculate Shopify profit after production, packaging, postage, advertising, payment-processing charges, and an allocated share of your monthly Shopify subscription. Unlike a simple fee calculator, this tool can estimate break-even and target-margin list prices after merchandise discounts and buyer-paid shipping.
Shopify Handmade Profit & Break-even Calculator
US illustrative plan presets. Actual Shopify fees depend on your country, plan, and payment provider.
Order profit and pricing results
| Payment processing fee | $1.31 |
|---|---|
| Additional Shopify transaction fee | $0.00 |
| Subscription cost allocated to order | $0.49 |
| Hands-on order labor | $3.00 |
| Items’ direct production expense | $10.00 |
| Buyer shipping charge minus postage | $1.00 |
Fee model: processing and any additional Shopify transaction fee are applied to buyer-paid merchandise after discounts plus charged shipping. Fixed processing cost is charged once per order. Shopify Payments normally has no third-party transaction fee; a third-party gateway can change the fee structure. Sales tax, VAT, currency conversion, refunds of fees, and complex provider rules are excluded.
Buyer revenue = (items × list price × (1 − merchandise discount %)) + shipping charged. Per-order costs = manufacturing cost of items + packaging + actual postage + hands-on labor + advertising + reserve for losses + monthly subscription ÷ forecast orders. Processing fees include a percentage of modeled revenue and a fixed charge. Profit = revenue − all modeled costs − payment fees − any extra transaction fee. Break-even price solves profit = 0, while the target price solves profit ÷ buyer-paid revenue = target net margin.
Worked example for a handmade Shopify store
Suppose you sell one item for $29.99 and charge $5 shipping. You spend $10 making it, $1 on packaging, $4 on postage, ten minutes on labor valued at $18 per hour, $2 on advertising and $0.50 on expected return losses. On a $39 monthly Basic subscription spread across 80 completed orders, the subscription allocation is about $0.49 per order. With an illustrative 2.9% + $0.30 card rate, the example returns a modeled $12.69 profit per order and 36.3% net margin, before excluded taxes and other costs.
How Shopify Payments and third-party providers differ
The official Shopify US pricing page lists online standard card rates starting at 2.9% + $0.30 for Basic, with different rates on Grow and Advanced. The monthly plan price is different from the annual-billing equivalent. The presets here use the published US monthly-billed plan prices as an example; they are not verified rates for every store.
Shopify states that stores using Shopify Payments as their sole payment provider generally do not pay an additional third-party transaction fee for orders processed with Shopify Payments. If you use an external gateway, both platform fees and gateway fees can apply, subject to plan and payment-method rules. See Shopify’s payment-fee guidance and third-party fee rules.
Why allocate a subscription to orders?
A $39 monthly plan is not a cost for every sale, but it is also not free. Allocating that amount across expected completed orders exposes its effect on unit economics. If monthly orders are lower than forecast, the effective subscription burden per sale is higher. Apps, themes, domain expenses and marketing subscriptions should be entered separately rather than assumed to be included.
Pricing and discount considerations
The discount field reduces the merchandise subtotal, not the buyer’s separately stated shipping charge. The break-even and target-margin outputs solve for a new list price using the current order quantity, the same percentage discount, and entered shipping terms. A different sales mix or shipping policy may require recalculating.
Frequently asked questions
Do I enter the full Shopify subscription each time?
No. Enter the monthly subscription price and your expected number of monthly orders. The tool distributes the subscription cost over those orders.
Are payment fees and Shopify transaction fees the same?
No. A card processor may charge a percentage plus a fixed amount, while a Shopify third-party transaction fee may apply depending on the provider and plan. Keep the extra platform rate at zero unless it actually applies to your store.
Does this calculator handle multi-currency Shopify Markets orders?
Not automatically. Enter amounts in one consistent currency. Foreign exchange, localization surcharges, taxes and other market-specific charges need separate treatment.
Does the break-even result guarantee profit?
No. It reflects modeled expenses only. Refunds, taxes, failed items, unsold inventory, and cost volatility can change the true outcome.
Is this calculator affiliated with Shopify?
No. MakerCostCalc is independent, and Shopify’s trademarks belong to their respective owners.
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