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Profit Margin Calculator

Enter your cost and your selling price. See your profit per unit, your margin percent, and your markup percent, side by side.

Your numbers

$

What one finished item costs you to make.

$

Adds a total profit figure below.

Your results

Profit per unit
Margin %
Markup %

Markup is measured against your cost. Margin is measured against your selling price. A $4 cost sold for $6 is a 50% markup but a 33% margin. Margin is the number that tells you what you actually keep.

How to use it

Enter your cost per unit and your selling price per unit. Both fields are required. Add the number of units sold if you want a total-profit figure alongside the per-unit numbers.

To work backward from a target markup or price instead, use the Markup Calculator.

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FAQ

Profit margin, frequently asked

What’s the difference between margin and markup?

Margin is measured against your selling price; markup is measured against your cost. A $4 cost sold for $6 is a 50% markup but only a 33% margin.

What’s a good profit margin for handmade goods?

It depends on your channel and how much of your own time the price has to cover. There’s no single right number, decide on purpose whether the margin you land on actually pays for your time and risk.

Why is my profit negative?

Your selling price is below your cost per unit. That means every sale currently loses money, worth fixing the price or the cost before you sell more of it.

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Traders Till computes profit per unit, margin, and markup from your real logged costs and sales, so you’re not re-running this by hand.

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