Fulfillment Cost per Order
Total the storage, picking and shipping cost per order.
About Fulfillment Cost per Order
Fulfillment economics combines fixed storage amortized per order with the variable costs of picking, packing and shipping each box. Third-party and in-house fulfillment both look cheap until the full per-order cost is totaled, which is the number to compare against competitors.
Formula
Fulfillment Cost per Order
Fulfillment cost = storage allocation + picking + packing + shipping
- allocation
- Monthly storage spread across the month's orders
Worked example
With the default values below, Fulfillment Cost per Order returns Allocated Storage per Order of $0.38. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Picking and packing per orderminimum 0
- 2.5
- Monthly storage costminimum 0
- 300
- Orders per monthminimum 1
- 800
- Shipping cost per orderminimum 0
- 6
- Packaging per orderminimum 0
- 1.2
Results
- Allocated Storage per Order
- $0.38
- Variable Cost per Order
- $9.70
- Fulfillment Cost per Order
- $10.08
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Fulfillment Cost per Order
- 3Allocated Storage per Order= 0.38
- 4Variable Cost per Order= 9.70
- 5Fulfillment Cost per Order= 10.08
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 5 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
- This is an estimate for general information and not professional financial, tax or legal advice. See the full disclaimer for the limits that apply to this kind of calculator.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How is Fulfillment Cost per Order calculated?
Fulfillment cost = storage allocation + picking + packing + shipping Fulfillment economics combines fixed storage amortized per order with the variable costs of picking, packing and shipping each box.
Why does Fulfillment Cost per Order matter?
Third-party and in-house fulfillment both look cheap until the full per-order cost is totaled, which is the number to compare against competitors.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 5 inputs: Picking and packing per order, Monthly storage cost, Orders per month, Shipping cost per order, Packaging per order. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.