A free print on demand profit calculator that takes the print cost, shipping and Etsy's or your store's fees off each sale and shows your monthly profit.
Pick where you sell and enter your price and print costs to see your profit per sale and per month.
Your numbers
Your sale
Etsy fees are its US rates, taken from the total with shipping.
Your profit
Enter a price to see your profit.
Where these numbers come from
This free print on demand profit calculator shows what each sale leaves you after the print cost, the shipping and the fees where you sell.
Pick Etsy or your own store, enter your price, what you charge for shipping and what your print provider charges you. It also shows your monthly profit and the price for the profit you want.
Here's what a print on demand sale really costs, with an example on Etsy and on your own store.
TL;DRKey takeaways
What is a print on demand profit calculator?
A print on demand profit calculator takes the print provider's cost and your selling fees off each sale to show your profit.
A print provider prints and ships each order when it comes in, so you never hold stock, but every sale pays for its own printing.
Who is the print on demand profit calculator for?
It's for designers selling on shirts, mugs, posters and more:
- Etsy fee calculator – sellers checking Etsy's fees on their own.
- Dropshipping profit calculator – sellers comparing print on demand with dropshipping.
- Profit margin calculator – anyone checking margin and markup.
- Post image generator – sellers making images to promote their designs.
It runs in your browser, and nothing you enter leaves your device.
How to use the print on demand profit calculator
An example
A $29.99 shirt with $5.99 shipping on Etsy, printed for $13.50 and shipped for $5.99 by the print provider:
| Line | Amount |
|---|---|
| You charge (with shipping) | $35.98 |
| Etsy's fees | −$3.87 |
| Printing | −$13.50 |
| Shipping to the buyer | −$5.99 |
| Profit | $12.62 |
At 50 sales a month, that's $631.09. The same sale on your own store, paid by card, has $1.34 in fees instead of $3.87, but you bring every buyer yourself.
How to price print on demand
Print costs are fixed per item, so a low price leaves almost nothing. Price from the profit you want per sale, then check the design sells at that price before you add more.
Where to sell print on demand
Here are three places to sell print on demand, with each one's fees from its own pricing page. Fourthwall makes and ships the products from its own catalog, so you don't need a separate print provider.
Etsy- Fee
- 6.5% of the price plus shipping, 3% + $0.25 processing and $0.20 a listing (US)
- What it is
- A marketplace with its own buyers
Shopify- Fee
- From $29 a month billed yearly, plus 2.9% + $0.30 per card with Shopify Payments
- What it is
- Your own online store
Fourthwall- Fee
- The catalog product's listed cost comes off each sale; no fee on your own products
- What it is
- A creator store that makes and ships merch from its catalog
Print on Demand Profit Calculator FAQs
Questions about the print on demand profit calculator? Here's what to know.
A print on demand profit calculator takes the print cost, shipping and selling fees off each sale to show your profit.
It depends on your price and costs: a $29.99 shirt on Etsy that costs $13.50 to print leaves about $12.62.
Yes, the same listing, transaction and payment processing fees as any Etsy sale.
Etsy brings buyers but takes more in fees.
Your own store keeps more of each sale, but you bring every buyer yourself.
Yes, it's free, with no sign-up.
Your numbers are saved in your browser, so they're there when you come back.
Nothing you enter is sent to navid.me.
I did. I'm Navid Moazzez, and I made the print on demand profit calculator as one of my free tools on navid.me.
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Navid Moazzez
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Navid Moazzez helps creators and founders master AI and build their own AI Operating System (AI OS) to automate their business and life.
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