Product and supplier costs
Estimate the total amount paid to suppliers based on your order volume and average product cost.
Ecommerce profit estimator
Dropshipping Profit Calculator
Estimate monthly dropshipping profit after product costs, shipping, advertising, payment processing, refunds, chargebacks, apps, and platform fees.
- Profit margin and net profit
- ROAS and break-even ROAS
- Profit per order and break-even CPA
Business inputs
Enter a typical month of dropshipping sales and costs.
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Marketing costs
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Fees and loss assumptions
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Fixed monthly costs
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What it calculates
Understand your true dropshipping economics
Revenue alone does not tell you whether a dropshipping product is profitable. This calculator combines product, fulfillment, marketing, transaction, refund, chargeback, and recurring operating expenses in one complete estimate.
Shipping and handling
Include supplier shipping, fulfillment, packaging, and order-handling expenses for every sale.
Advertising efficiency
Measure current ROAS, current CPA, break-even ROAS, and the maximum CPA your margins can support.
Transaction fees
Add percentage-based payment costs, fixed charges per transaction, and optional platform fees.
Refund and chargeback losses
Account for revenue lost to refunds, chargeback amounts, and the extra fee charged per dispute.
Net profit and margin
See the money left after every entered cost, along with profit per order and overall profit margin.
How it works
Calculate dropshipping profit in four steps
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Enter sales volume
Add your expected monthly orders and average order value to calculate gross revenue.
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Add fulfillment costs
Enter product, shipping, and handling cost per order using your supplier's real prices.
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Include marketing and fees
Add ad spend, payment costs, platform fees, refunds, chargebacks, apps, and subscriptions.
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Review profitability
Compare net profit, margin, ROAS, CPA, and break-even targets before scaling your product.
Profit formula
How dropshipping profit is calculated
The calculator first estimates gross revenue, then subtracts every variable and fixed cost entered. Break-even metrics show how much you can afford to spend on customer acquisition without losing money.
Core formula
Net Profit = Gross Revenue − Product Costs − Shipping & Handling − Advertising − Payment Fees − Platform Fees − Refund Losses − Chargeback Losses − Fixed Monthly Expenses
Frequently asked questions
Dropshipping profit calculator FAQs
A healthy margin depends on product category, competition, refund rate, advertising costs, and repeat purchases. Many sellers target enough margin to absorb rising ad costs and unexpected losses rather than relying on a single fixed percentage.
Dropshipping profit equals revenue minus product costs, supplier shipping, handling, advertising, payment processing, platform fees, refund losses, chargeback losses, app subscriptions, and other business expenses.
Break-even CPA is the maximum amount you can spend to acquire one customer before profit reaches zero. Spending less than this amount may produce profit, while spending more usually creates a loss unless repeat purchases improve lifetime value.
Break-even ROAS is the minimum revenue generated per unit of ad spend required to avoid losing money. A campaign above break-even ROAS is profitable based on the entered assumptions, while a lower result indicates a loss.
Yes. Refunds reduce collected revenue and may leave you responsible for product, shipping, payment, and support expenses. Using a realistic refund rate provides a safer estimate than assuming every order remains completed.
Actual profit can change because of tax, currency conversion, supplier price changes, shipping zones, discounts, failed deliveries, fraud, returns, customer support, ad performance, and other expenses not entered into the calculator.