Free Shipping Threshold
Find how much more to spend to unlock free shipping.
About Free Shipping Threshold
Free shipping unlocks at a set cart value, so the amount short tells you how much more you would need to spend to qualify. Adding cheap items just to hit the threshold only saves money if those extras are worth less than the shipping fee.
Formula
Free Shipping Threshold
Amount short = free shipping threshold - cart total
- threshold
- The cart value required for free shipping
Worked example
With the default values below, Free Shipping Threshold returns Amount More to Spend of $8.00. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Cart total
- 42
- Free shipping threshold
- 50
- Shipping cost to avoid
- 7.99
Results
- Amount More to Spend
- $8.00
- Extra Spend Share
- 19.05%
- Worth Padding Cart
- Only if you want more items
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Free Shipping Threshold
- 3Amount More to Spend= 8.00
- 4Extra Spend Share= 19.05
- 5Worth Padding Cart= Only if you want more items
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 3 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.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is Free Shipping Threshold calculated?
Amount short = free shipping threshold - cart total Free shipping unlocks at a set cart value, so the amount short tells you how much more you would need to spend to qualify.
Why does Free Shipping Threshold matter?
Adding cheap items just to hit the threshold only saves money if those extras are worth less than the shipping fee.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 3 inputs: Cart total, Free shipping threshold, Shipping cost to avoid. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.