Check whether shipped orders still make a profit.
Charging for shipping does not guarantee profit; the fee must exceed your real shipping cost, which includes packaging and pickup surcharges. Flat-rate and free shipping offers silently convert profitable orders into losses, so checking this per order catches underpriced delivery.
Shipping Profit Margin
Profit per order = price + shipping charged - product cost - shipping cost
Profit per order = price + shipping charged - product cost - shipping cost Charging for shipping does not guarantee profit; the fee must exceed your real shipping cost, which includes packaging and pickup surcharges.
Flat-rate and free shipping offers silently convert profitable orders into losses, so checking this per order catches underpriced delivery.
This calculator takes 4 inputs: Product price, Product cost, Shipping charged, Shipping cost to you. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.