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Seller supply
Digital Shipping Scale
Weigh packages before purchasing postage and reduce unexpected shipping-cost differences.
Use it when: Sellers who buy postage by the package's actual weight
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Shipping quietly eats eBay margins. Enter what buyers pay, what you actually pay the carrier, plus packaging and insurance, and see per-order profit or loss on shipping. Add your free shipping share and monthly order volume to see monthly shipping economics and true cost per order.
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Test how shipping, fulfillment, or package choices change the economics of your eBay offer. It covers shipping charged to actual postage, packaging, and insurance plus free shipping impact on eBay.
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Inputs
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Shipping charged
USD
Flat shipping you charge when not free.
Your shipping costs
USD
Carrier label cost per order.
USD
Box, mailer, tape, inserts.
USD
Add insurance or signature fee per order if used.
Free shipping mix
%
Share of orders where shipping is free.
Monthly order volume to model.
Results
Live estimates based on your inputs and editable fee assumptions.
Charged per paid order
$4.99
Shipping revenue when not free.
True cost per order
$6.00
Postage + packaging + insurance.
Shipping P&L per paid order
-$1.01
Positive means you earn on shipping, negative means loss.
Free orders per month
8
Estimated free shipping orders.
Monthly free shipping cost
$48.00
Cost of free shipping orders per month.
Net monthly shipping result
-$90.42
Paid shipping profit minus free shipping cost.
Effective cost per order
$1.81
Abs net monthly shipping divided by total orders.
What this means
You spend about $90.42 more on shipping per month than you collect. Per paid order you lose $1.01. Free orders 8 out of 50 cost $48.00.
Monthly shipping economics
Interactive breakdown of fees, costs, and remaining profit.
Distribution
- Postage$262.5067.2%
- Packaging$37.509.6%
- Shipping loss$90.4223.2%
Total $390.42 · 3 segments · interactive
Line-item breakdown
Dollar amounts, share of revenue, and visual proportion.
- Charged per paid order
- $4.99
- True cost per order
- $6.00
- P&L per paid order
- -$1.01
- Total orders / month
- 50
- Free orders / month
- 8
- Paid orders / month
- 42
- Free shipping monthly cost
- $48.00
- Paid shipping revenue
- $209.58
- Paid shipping cost
- $252.00
- Net monthly shipping
- -$90.42
- Effective cost per order
- $1.81
499.0%
600.0%
101.0%
4800.0%
20958.0%
25200.0%
9042.0%
180.8%
Assumptions used
- • True cost $6.00 = postage $5.25 + packaging $0.75 + insurance $0.00
- • Free 15% → 8 free of 50
- • Net monthly $-90.42
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Generated 9/9/2026, 5:53:14 PM · Currency USD
Inputs
- Shipping charged to buyer (per paid order): 4.99
- Actual postage per order: 5.25
- Packaging materials per order: 0.75
- Insurance or signature per order: 0
- Percent of orders with free shipping: 15
- Average orders per month: 50
Results
- Charged per paid order: $4.99
- True cost per order: $6.00
- P&L per paid order: -$1.01
- Total orders / month: 50
- Free orders / month: 8
- Paid orders / month: 42
- Free shipping monthly cost: $48.00
- Paid shipping revenue: $209.58
- Paid shipping cost: $252.00
- Net monthly shipping: -$90.42
- Effective cost per order: $1.81
Interpretation
You spend about $90.42 more on shipping per month than you collect. Per paid order you lose $1.01. Free orders 8 out of 50 cost $48.00.
How it works
Methodology & formulas
This calculator is transparent by design. Review the steps and formulas so you can trust the estimate and adjust assumptions when your dashboard differs.
Calculation steps
- 1True cost per order = actualPostageCost + packagingMaterials + insuranceCost.
- 2Shipping P&L per paid order = shippingCharged minus true cost per order.
- 3Free orders = round(avgMonthlyOrders × freeShippingPercent / 100).
- 4Paid orders = avgMonthlyOrders minus freeOrders.
- 5Free shipping monthly cost = freeOrders × true cost per order.
- 6Paid shipping revenue = paidOrders × shippingCharged.
- 7Paid shipping cost = paidOrders × true cost per order.
- 8Net monthly = paidRevenue − freeCost − paidCost.
- 9Effective cost per order = abs(netMonthly) ÷ avgMonthlyOrders.
Formulas
- True cost = postage + packaging + insurance
- P&L per paid = charged − true cost
- Free orders = avgOrders × free% ÷ 100
- Free cost = freeOrders × true cost
- Paid revenue = paidOrders × charged
- Net monthly = paidRevenue − freeCost − paidOrders×true cost
- Effective cost per order = abs(netMonthly) ÷ avgOrders
Important assumptions
- Shipping cost per order equals postage plus packaging materials plus insurance/signature.
- Paid orders count equals total monthly orders minus free shipping share.
- Free shipping orders generate no shipping revenue but still incur full shipping cost.
- Net monthly shipping equals paid shipping profit minus free shipping cost.
- Effective cost per order shows magnitude of shipping economics spread across all orders.
- This does not include eBay fee impact on shipping charged, which is modeled in profit calculator.
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Calculator model reviewed: August 9, 2026
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Calculator model reviewed: August 9, 2026. This date covers the page and calculator guidance, not a guarantee that every live platform rate or term was re-audited on that date.
Worked example
Mixed free and flat shipping
Charge $4.99 flat when not free, postage $5.25, packaging $0.75, insurance $0, 15% free, 50 orders per month.
True cost $6.00 per order, loss $1.01 per paid order. Free orders ~8 costing $48, paid 42 generate $209.58 revenue vs $252 cost, net monthly about -$90.42, effective cost about $1.81 per order.
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