Print-on-Demand Profit Calculator — Etsy, Shopify and eBay Fees, Printful and Printify Costs

What a print-on-demand sale actually leaves you.

Type your price and what Printful, Printify or Gelato charges you. You get the profit per sale after Etsy, Shopify or eBay fees, refunds, ads and samples, the price that hits your target margin, the most you can pay per sale in ads, and the same sale on the other platforms. Selling on Etsy generally? See the Etsy profit calculator; comparing marketplaces? See the marketplace fee compare.

Everything is computed in this browser tab; nothing is sent anywhere. Independent of Etsy, Shopify, eBay, Printful, Printify and Gelato. This is not tax, legal or financial advice.

1. The sale

Where you sell

Selling price, $

Shipping you charge the buyer, $

Supplier item cost, $ (Printful, Printify, Gelato...)

Supplier shipping cost, $

Refund and return rate, % of orders

Ad spend per sale, $

Sample orders, $ per sale sold

Etsy Offsite Ads: % of your orders it drives

Offsite Ads fee, % of those orders

2. Goals

Target margin, % of order total

Orders per month, optional

Enter a price and the supplier's cost, then click Calculate profit.

Your result

Where the money goes

Line	Per sale

Price for your target margin

Ad spend limit

Price ladder

Price change	Price	Fees	Profit	Margin

The same sale on each platform

Platform	Fees	Profit	Margin

Copyable summary

The model, and what it leaves out

Fees: percentages apply to the order total (price plus the shipping you charge), plus fixed amounts per order. Presets are the author's recollection of US schedules as of 2026-09-29 and are marked verify against the platform's current fee page; every preset can be replaced with the Custom option.
Refunds: a refunded order gives back its revenue but not the fees or the supplier's charge. That is the cautious case; some suppliers reprint free and some platforms return part of a fee.
Target margin: margin here is profit divided by the order total. The price is solved exactly from the fee percentages, so the ladder and the solved price agree.
Offsite Ads: treated as an expected fee, the rate times the share of orders it drives.
Not modelled: sales tax and VAT, currency conversion, monthly plan fees, subscription discounts from suppliers, Etsy regulatory fees outside the US, chargebacks, tiered supplier pricing, income tax, and your time.

Common questions

How do I calculate profit on a print-on-demand shirt?

Start with the order total the buyer pays (price plus any shipping you charge), then subtract the marketplace fees, the supplier's item and shipping cost, refunds, any ad spend per sale and sample orders. What is left is profit. The calculator does this for Etsy, Shopify and eBay presets or your own fee, and shows every line.

What fees does Etsy take on a print-on-demand sale?

At the rates the tool starts with, Etsy charges a 6.5% transaction fee, 3% plus $0.25 payment processing and a $0.20 listing fee that renews on each sale, all on the order total including shipping you charge. Offsite Ads adds 15% (12% once you pass $10,000 a year) on orders it drives. Verify against Etsy's current fee schedule; every rate is editable.

What price should I charge to hit a 30% margin?

Because the fees are mostly percentages of the order total, the price is solved directly: fixed costs divided by one minus refunds, fee percentages and the target margin. Type your target margin and the tool shows that price, then a ladder of prices from 20% below to 30% above yours with the profit at each.

How much can I spend on ads per sale?

Break-even ad spend is the profit per sale before any ad cost; spend more than that per sale and you lose money. The tool shows that figure and the matching break-even return on ad spend (order total divided by it). Put your real cost per sale in the ad spend box to see what is left.

Does this tool send my prices or costs anywhere?

No. It runs in your browser, nothing is uploaded, and it is not tax, legal or financial advice. Fee schedules, supplier prices and tax rules change, so check the current numbers before you rely on a result.