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Reseller profit calculator
Enter what you paid and what you sold for. The calculator takes off fees, shipping, costs and VAT and shows what you actually make.
What you paid for the item.
What the buyer pays for the item.
Commission or final value fee.
For example a card fee.
Only shipping you pay yourself.
Repairs, cleaning, packaging.
Result
Profit after VAT
€22.50
- Profit before VAT
- €27
- VAT
- €4.50
- Margin
- 22.5%
- Return on investment
- 37.5%
An estimate, not tax advice. Nothing is saved.
Profit after VAT: €22.50
How the profit is worked out
Profit before VAT is the sale price minus the purchase price, the marketplace fee, the payment fee, the shipping you pay and other costs such as repairs, cleaning and packaging.
Under the margin scheme you pay VAT only on the profit: the VAT is the profit times the rate divided by 100 plus the rate. With full VAT it is worked out on the whole sale price instead, and if you are not VAT registered there is no VAT.
The margin is the profit after VAT divided by the sale price. The return on investment (ROI) is the profit after VAT divided by what you spent: the purchase price and the costs.
Questions about profit
How the calculator works and what the numbers mean.
Take the sale price and subtract the purchase price, the marketplace fee, the payment fee, the shipping you pay yourself and any other costs for the item. If you are VAT registered, subtract the VAT too. What is left is your profit.
No, not if the buyer pays the carrier or the marketplace directly. Only enter shipping you pay yourself. If you charge for shipping and send it yourself, include it in the sale price and enter what you pay under shipping.
Margin shows how much of the sale price you keep. ROI shows how much you make on the money you spent. An item bought for €10 and sold for €30 with €10 profit has a 33% margin but a 100% ROI.
If you buy second-hand goods from private sellers and resell them, you usually use the margin scheme. For new goods VAT is charged on the full price. If you are not VAT registered, choose no VAT.
Usually because fees, shipping and VAT take more than you count in your head. On small deals a fixed fee and the shipping can be a large part of the price.
Read more on the blog
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