Payhip Break-Even Calculator
You invest in course creation, tools, maybe Plus or Pro monthly, and want to know how many $19.99 sales it takes to cover all that after Payhip 5% and Stripe 2.9% plus $0.30. Enter sale price, plan, Payhip fee, processing, monthly fixed and initial investment, and per-unit variable costs to see contribution margin per sale, breakeven units and revenue, and projected profit at 100, 500, 1000 sales plus months to breakeven at different volumes.
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Inputs
Values update results instantly. Adjust fee assumptions to match your seller dashboard.
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Product
Price per unit of digital product.
Plan
Your Payhip plan determines transaction fee.
Fees
Payhip transaction percent based on plan.
Stripe or PayPal percent fee.
Fixed per transaction.
Fixed costs
Tools, hosting, monthly plan fee if applicable.
Course creation, setup, one-time costs.
Variable costs
Variable hosting or delivery per sale.
Ad spend per sale.
Results
Live estimates based on your inputs and editable fee assumptions.
Contribution per unit
$18.11
Profit per sale before fixed costs.
Breakeven units
0
Sales to cover fixed costs.
Breakeven revenue
$0.00
Revenue at breakeven.
Profit at 100 units
$1,811.08
Net beyond breakeven at 100.
Profit at 500 units
$9,055.39
Net at 500.
Profit at 1,000 units
$18,110.79
Net at 1000.
Months to BE at 30/mo
0
At 30 sales per month.
Months to BE at 100/mo
0
At 100 sales per month.
What this means
No fixed costs, every sale adds $18.11 contribution, profit immediate. At 100 units $1811.08.
Payhip profit by volume
Interactive breakdown of fees, costs, and remaining profit.
Distribution
- Payhip fee$1.005.0%
- Processing$0.884.4%
- Contribution$18.1190.6%
Total $19.99 · 3 segments · interactive
Line-item breakdown
Dollar amounts, share of revenue, and visual proportion.
- Sale price
- $19.99
- Fee per unit
- $1.88
- Variable cost per unit
- $0.00
- Contribution per unit
- $18.11
- Total fixed costs
- $0.00
- Breakeven units
- 0
- Breakeven revenue
- $0.00
- Profit at 100
- $1,811.08
- Profit at 500
- $9,055.39
- Profit at 1000
- $18,110.79
- Months at 30/mo
- 0
- Months at 100/mo
- 0
Assumptions used
- • Sale $19.99 plan free at 5.0% Payhip + 2.9% + $0.30
- • Variable cost $0.00 product + $0.00 marketing per unit
- • Fixed $0.00 monthly + $0.00 initial = $0.00
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Generated 9/16/2026, 7:47:20 AM · Currency USD
Inputs
- Sale price: 19.99
- Payhip plan: free
- Payhip fee (%): 5
- Payment processing (%): 2.9
- Fixed processing fee: 0.3
- Monthly fixed costs: 0
- Initial investment: 0
- Product cost per unit: 0
- Marketing per unit: 0
Results
- Sale price: $19.99
- Fee per unit: $1.88
- Variable cost per unit: $0.00
- Contribution per unit: $18.11
- Total fixed costs: $0.00
- Breakeven units: 0
- Breakeven revenue: $0.00
- Profit at 100: $1,811.08
- Profit at 500: $9,055.39
- Profit at 1000: $18,110.79
- Months at 30/mo: 0
- Months at 100/mo: 0
Interpretation
No fixed costs, every sale adds $18.11 contribution, profit immediate. At 100 units $1811.08.
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
- 1FeePerUnit = salePrice × transaction% + salePrice × proc% + fixed.
- 2Contribution = salePrice − feePerUnit − productCostPerUnit − marketingCostPerUnit.
- 3TotalFixed = monthlyFixed + initial.
- 4BreakEvenUnits = totalFixed / contribution if contribution positive.
- 5BreakEvenRevenue = breakEvenUnits × salePrice.
- 6ProfitAtX = X × contribution − totalFixed.
- 7MonthsAtYPerMonth = breakEvenUnits / Y.
Formulas
- Fee/unit = price × payhip% + price × proc% + fixed
- Contribution = price − fee/unit − productCost − marketing
- TotalFixed = monthlyFixed + initial
- BreakevenUnits = totalFixed ÷ contribution
- BreakevenRevenue = breakevenUnits × price
- Profit@X = X × contribution − totalFixed
Important assumptions
- Contribution per unit = salePrice − payhipFeePerUnit − processingFeePerUnit − productCostPerUnit − marketingPerUnit.
- Total fixed = monthlyFixed + initialInvestment as if recovering in current period; months to BE divides fixed by contribution.
- Fees per unit = salePrice × txn% + salePrice × proc% + fixed.
- If contribution <=0, breakeven impossible, validation or interpretation flags.
- Monthly fixed costs field expected to include Plus $29 or Pro $99 if you track per month; initial covers one-time creation.
Sources & review
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Use these official references to locate the policy, plan, or help details behind the editable inputs.
Official references
Use the current terms
These official references are starting points for published policies, pricing, or help. They do not validate every default in this calculator. Rates, plans, eligibility, regions, and account terms can change, so compare the editable fields with your account before relying on the result.
Defaults are editable estimates. Match them to your current account, provider statement, official authority, lender, or adviser before making a pricing or investment decision.
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
$19.99 ebook with $100 course creation cost
Price $19.99, Free 5% + 2.9% + $0.30, $100 initial, $0 monthly, no variable costs.
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