About the Shipping Profit Calculator
Profit or loss on shipping: what customers pay vs your label, packaging and handling costs per order.
Also known as: shipping margin, shipping charge vs cost, free shipping cost, shipping-margin.
How to use this calculator
- Enter shipping charged to customer, label cost, packaging, handling / labor and the other fields.
- The result updates instantly as you type — press Calculate (or Enter) at any time.
- Review the breakdown shown under the main result.
- Use Copy result or Share to save the answer or send a link with your inputs.
Formula
Shipping profit = charged − (label + packaging + handling)
Worked example
Using the values pre-filled in the calculator above:
- Shipping charged to customer = 5.99
- Label cost = 7.4
- Packaging = 0.8
- Handling / labor = 1
- Orders per month = 900
the calculator returns:
- Shipping profit per order: -3.21
- Monthly: -2,889