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Profit Check inputs and result cards for contribution, margin, and break-even.
What each input means
- Scenario name — a label so you can save this estimate later.
- Use Printify cost — optional. If you have Printify listings in Mascori, you can pull that cost instead of typing it. Otherwise enter cost manually.
- Product cost — what you pay to produce one unit (blank, print, or wholesale).
- Shipping cost — what you pay to ship one order, if it is not already inside product cost.
- Selling price — what the customer pays you before their taxes.
- Transaction fee % — a percent you expect to pay (platform or payment). You enter this; Market Smart does not fetch live marketplace fees.
- Fixed transaction fee — a per-order amount, such as a payment processor’s fixed fee.
- Advertising allowance — what you are willing to spend on ads for one sale.
- Packaging — boxes, mailers, inserts.
- Other costs — extras you want to include on one unit.
What you get back
- Revenue — the selling price you entered.
- Marketplace/selling fees — percent plus fixed fee.
- Estimated contribution — money left on one unit after product, shipping, fees, ads, packaging, and other costs. That leftover is the “contribution” toward your time and overhead.
- Margin — contribution as a percent of selling price.
- Break-even price — the price where contribution would be about zero with the same costs and fee percent.
- Suggested selling price — a higher price than break-even so you have room (it is a planning hint, not a required price).
Fees and advertising are estimates you entered. This is not marketplace payout data and not a promise of how many units you will sell.
Example: POD t-shirt
Try: product cost 12.50, shipping 0 (included in the blank), selling price 24.99, fee 6.5%, fixed fee 0.30, ads 1.00. You should see about 9.57 contribution and about 38.3% margin, with a break-even near 14.76 and a suggested price near 19.93. If 38% margin feels tight after your own time, raise the price or lower ads — do not rely on the Opportunity Score alone.
Example: mug
Try: cost 8.00, shipping 4.50, price 18.99, fee 6.5%, fixed 0.30, ads 0.50, packaging 0.40. Contribution is about 4.06 (about 21.4% margin). Shipping ate a lot of the ticket. Either raise the price, include shipping in the listed price, or pick a product with cheaper fulfillment.
Example: sweatshirt
Try: cost 22.00, shipping 0, price 39.99, fee 6.5%, fixed 0.30, ads 1.50. Contribution is about 13.59 (about 34.0% margin), break-even near 25.45, suggested near 34.36. Higher ticket, more room — still not a sales guarantee.
Save the scenario if you want it in Saved Opportunities.