Price for a target profit on Etsy
sellerprofit_price_for_marginWorks out the item price at which one Etsy order keeps a target profit after Etsy's fees (listing, 6.5% transaction, 3% + $0.25 processing), the average Offsite Ads fee, Etsy Ads spread over orders, materials, packaging and the label. The target is dollars per order or a share of the order; with neither, it returns the break-even price. Call it when a seller asks what to charge, how to price for a profit, or what their break-even price is on Etsy. Pass materials, label cost, shipping charged and the shop's Offsite Ads rate (12-percent, 15-percent or off); packaging, the Offsite share, ad spend with orders, and targetProfitPerOrder or targetMargin are optional. Returns the price, the order at that price line by line, the break-even price and what each extra dollar keeps. US dollars; dated Etsy rules with sources. Free, no sign-in. Takes numbers only; nothing is stored.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| orders | No | Orders a month. Needed only with adsMonthlySpend. | |
| labelCost | Yes | The shipping label, US dollars. | |
| materials | Yes | Materials and supplies per item, US dollars. | |
| packaging | No | Packaging per order in US dollars, or mailer (about $1), box (about $3) or not-sure. Left out: $1, a weakly sourced typical figure, flagged as a default. | |
| offsiteAds | Yes | The shop's Offsite Ads rate: 12-percent (past $10,000 in any 12 months), 15-percent (under $10,000, on), or off. | |
| offsiteShare | No | Share of sales from Offsite Ads: a fraction, or under-5, 5-14, 15-24, 25-plus. Left out: Etsy's typical 10%, flagged. | |
| targetMargin | No | The profit one order should keep as a share of the order (item + shipping), such as 0.25. Or send targetProfitPerOrder. | |
| adsMonthlySpend | No | Optional: Etsy Ads spend a month, US dollars, spread over orders. Needs orders. | |
| shippingCharged | No | What the buyer pays for shipping, US dollars (0 if free). | |
| targetProfitPerOrder | No | The profit one order should keep after every cost, US dollars. Or send targetMargin. Neither: the break-even price. |
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| text | Yes | ||
| rates | Yes | Which rules the numbers use, as of when, and where they come from. | |
| target | Yes | ||
| platform | Yes | ||
| itemPrice | Yes | The item price to charge, US dollars, before shipping. | |
| orderTotal | Yes | ||
| assumptions | Yes | ||
| atThatPrice | Yes | One order at that price, as the engine works it out (costs as positive dollars). Kept can differ from the target by a cent: Etsy rounds each fee. | |
| breakEvenItemPrice | Yes | The item price at which an order keeps $0. | |
| keptPerExtraDollar | Yes | Of each extra dollar the buyer pays, what the seller keeps after Etsy's percentage fees and the average Offsite fee. |