Shopify Break-Even Calculator
Break-even tells you the minimum daily orders that keep your Shopify store from losing money. Enter your fixed monthly overhead (Shopify plan, apps, marketing retainer, other), variable cost per unit, transaction fee percent, selling price, and shipping cost you pay. The calculator works out contribution per unit, break-even units per month, break-even revenue, and daily sales target to cover all costs.
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Fixed monthly costs
Your Shopify subscription per month.
Monthly total for Shopify apps.
Fixed marketing retainer or overhead, not per-order ad spend.
Rent, software, insurance, other monthly fixed.
Per-unit economics
Cost to source or make one unit.
Carrier cost you pay per unit shipped.
Payment processing percent per order.
Price customer pays per unit.
Results
Live estimates based on your inputs and editable fee assumptions.
Total fixed costs / month
$514.00
Sum of all monthly fixed overhead.
Variable cost per unit
$18.15
Product + shipping + transaction fee dollar amount.
Contribution per unit
$21.84
Selling price minus variable costs.
Contribution margin %
54.6%
Contribution as percent of selling price.
Break-even units / month
24
Units needed per month to break even.
Break-even revenue / month
$959.76
Revenue needed per month to break even.
Daily sales target
0.80
Units per day to break even (30 day month).
Daily revenue target
$31.99
Revenue per day to break even.
What this means
You need 24 units per month ($959.76) to break even on $514.00 fixed. Contribution $21.84 per unit (54.6% margin) covers fixed after 24 sales. Daily target ~0.8 units / $31.99.
Break-even cost structure
Interactive breakdown of fees, costs, and remaining profit.
Distribution
- Fixed monthly$514.0034.9%
- Product cost per BE unit$288.0019.5%
- Shipping per BE unit$119.768.1%
- Fees per BE unit$27.831.9%
- Contribution buffer$524.1735.6%
Total $1,473.76 · 5 segments · interactive
Line-item breakdown
Dollar amounts, share of revenue, and visual proportion.
- Fixed costs / month
- $514.00
- Product cost per unit
- $12.00
- Shipping per unit
- $4.99
- Fee amount per unit
- $1.16
- Variable cost per unit
- $18.15
- Contribution per unit
- $21.84
- Contribution margin
- 54.6%
- Break-even units / month
- 24
- Break-even revenue / month
- $959.76
- Daily units target
- 0.80
- Daily revenue target
- $31.99
Assumptions used
- • Fixed $514.00 = 39+75+300+100
- • Variable $18.15 = product $12.00 + ship $4.99 + fee $1.16
- • Contribution $21.84 at $39.99 price
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Generated 9/10/2026, 8:12:23 PM · Currency USD
Inputs
- Shopify plan cost (monthly): 39
- App costs (monthly): 75
- Marketing costs (monthly): 300
- Other fixed costs (monthly): 100
- Product cost per unit: 12
- Shipping cost you pay per unit: 4.99
- Transaction fee %: 2.9
- Selling price per unit: 39.99
Results
- Fixed costs / month: $514.00
- Product cost per unit: $12.00
- Shipping per unit: $4.99
- Fee amount per unit: $1.16
- Variable cost per unit: $18.15
- Contribution per unit: $21.84
- Contribution margin: 54.6%
- Break-even units / month: 24
- Break-even revenue / month: $959.76
- Daily units target: 0.80
- Daily revenue target: $31.99
Interpretation
You need 24 units per month ($959.76) to break even on $514.00 fixed. Contribution $21.84 per unit (54.6% margin) covers fixed after 24 sales. Daily target ~0.8 units / $31.99.
How it works
How the Shopify Break-Even Calculator works
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
- 1Sum fixed monthly costs.
- 2Calculate transaction fee amount = sellingPrice × transactionFeePercent.
- 3Total variable per unit = productCost + shippingCost + transaction fee amount.
- 4Contribution per unit = selling price − variable per unit.
- 5If contribution is zero or negative, break-even is unattainable at this price.
- 6Break-even units = total fixed ÷ contribution per unit, ceiling rounded.
- 7Break-even revenue = break-even units × selling price.
- 8Daily targets divide monthly values by 30.
Formulas
- Fixed = plan + apps + marketing + other
- Fee amount = sellingPrice × fee%
- Variable per unit = productCost + shippingCost + feeAmount
- Contribution = sellingPrice − variablePerUnit
- Contribution margin = contribution ÷ sellingPrice ×100
- Break-even units = fixed ÷ contribution (if contribution >0)
- Break-even revenue = BE units × sellingPrice
- Daily BE units = BE units ÷30
Important assumptions
- Total fixed = Shopify plan + app costs + marketing + other fixed.
- Variable per unit = product cost + shipping cost + sellingPrice × transactionFee%.
- Contribution per unit = selling price minus variable cost per unit.
- Contribution margin = contribution ÷ selling price.
- Break-even units = total fixed ÷ contribution per unit when contribution >0.
- Break-even revenue = break-even units × selling price.
- Daily target assumes 30 day month.
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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
Worked example for Shopify Break-Even: Store with $514 fixed, $39.99 price
Plan $39, apps $75, marketing $300, other $100 = $514 fixed. Product $12, shipping $4.99, fee 2.9%, price $39.99.
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