Thinkific Fee Calculator
Model a monthly Thinkific sales scenario with the plan and payment setup you actually use. Native Thinkific Payments or TCommerce starts with 0% additional platform fee on paid plans in the researched model, while third-party gateway scenarios use editable starting assumptions such as Basic at 5%, Start at 2%, Grow at 1%, and Plus at 0%. Processing, plan prices, and optional service fees vary, so every material input stays visible.
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Estimate what Thinkific keeps from each sale before you set a price or list a product. It covers Break down Thinkific plan, platform, processing, and optional fees for a course or membership business.
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Inputs
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Plan
A planning label only. Keep the plan price field editable.
Choose the cadence behind your editable monthly plan equivalent.
Payment setup
Native Thinkific Payments or TCommerce starts at 0% additional platform fee in the researched model.
Sales
Average course, membership, or payment-plan charge per sale.
Completed paid sales in the month.
Plan cost
Enter 54 for Basic monthly or 40 as the annual-billing monthly equivalent. Edit for your actual plan.
Platform fees
Native starting assumption is 0%. Third-party research examples are Basic 5%, Start 2%, Grow 1%, Plus 0%.
Payment fees
Editable gateway estimate. Country, card, currency, and payment method can change it.
Fixed payment fee per transaction.
Optional fees
International, conversion, payment-plan, tax-solution, or other percentage allowance.
Editable fixed allowance for optional services or other charges.
Results
Live estimates based on your inputs and editable fee assumptions.
Gross monthly sales
$1,980.00
Average sale price times monthly sales.
Thinkific platform fee
$0.00
Based on your editable platform rate.
Payment processing
$63.42
Percentage plus fixed fees.
Optional fee stack
$0.00
International, conversion, tax-solution, or other allowance.
Monthly plan cost
$54.00
Fixed plan cost in the month.
Total fees and plan cost
$117.42
All modeled deductions.
Estimated net payout
$1,862.58
Gross sales less modeled fees and plan cost.
Effective fee rate
5.9%
Fees and plan cost as a share of gross sales.
What this means
With native payments, modeled deductions are 117.42 on 1980.00 gross sales. The 0% platform assumption is editable, and processing remains separate.
Thinkific monthly fee breakdown
Interactive breakdown of fees, costs, and remaining profit.
Distribution
- Processing$63.423.2%
- Plan cost$54.002.7%
- Net payout$1,862.5894.1%
Total $1,980.00 · 3 segments · interactive
Line-item breakdown
Dollar amounts, share of revenue, and visual proportion.
- Gross monthly sales
- $1,980.00
- Thinkific platform fee
- $0.00
- Payment processing
- $63.42
- Optional fee stack
- $0.00
- Monthly plan cost
- $54.00
- Total fees and plan cost
- $117.42
- Estimated net payout
- $1,862.58
- Effective fee rate
- 5.9%
Assumptions used
- • basic plan, monthly billing context
- • Native payments at 0.0% platform rate
- • Processing 2.9% + 0.30 per sale
- • Plan cost 54.00 per month allocated across 20 sales
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Generated 9/10/2026, 1:20:22 AM · Currency USD
Inputs
- Thinkific plan context: basic
- Billing cadence: monthly
- Payment setup: native
- Average sale price: 99
- Sales per month: 20
- Plan cost per month: 54
- Thinkific platform fee %: 0
- Payment processing %: 2.9
- Processing fixed fee per sale: 0.3
- Optional fee allowance %: 0
- Optional fee per sale: 0
Results
- Gross monthly sales: $1,980.00
- Thinkific platform fee: $0.00
- Payment processing: $63.42
- Optional fee stack: $0.00
- Monthly plan cost: $54.00
- Total fees and plan cost: $117.42
- Estimated net payout: $1,862.58
- Effective fee rate: 5.9%
Interpretation
With native payments, modeled deductions are 117.42 on 1980.00 gross sales. The 0% platform assumption is editable, and processing remains separate.
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
- 1GrossSales = salePrice × monthlySales.
- 2PlatformFee = GrossSales × platformFeePercent.
- 3ProcessingFee = GrossSales × processingPercent + processingFixed × monthlySales.
- 4OptionalFees = GrossSales × optionalFeePercent + optionalFeePerSale × monthlySales.
- 5TotalFees = platform fee + processing + optional fees + monthly plan cost.
- 6NetPayout = GrossSales − TotalFees and EffectiveFeeRate = TotalFees ÷ GrossSales × 100.
Formulas
- Gross sales = average sale price × monthly sales
- Platform fee = gross sales × platform fee %
- Processing = gross sales × processing % + fixed fee × sales
- Optional fees = gross sales × optional % + optional fee × sales
- Total = platform + processing + optional + plan cost
- Net payout = gross sales − total; effective rate = total ÷ gross × 100
Important assumptions
- Basic is shown as 54 monthly or 40 monthly equivalent on annual billing, Start as 109 or 82, and Grow as 219 or 164. Plus is custom. These are editable starting assumptions, not guarantees.
- Native Thinkific Payments or TCommerce uses a 0% additional platform transaction fee starting assumption on paid plans in the researched model.
- Third-party gateway starting examples are Basic 5%, Start 2%, Grow 1%, and Plus 0%. Set the platform rate yourself to match your account and country.
- Processing percentage and fixed fee are separate from platform fee and vary by country, card, currency, and payment method.
- The plan cost is treated as a monthly fixed cost. Optional fees are user-entered allowances. Refund processing treatment can differ and is not assumed to be returned.
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
Basic plan with native payments
20 monthly sales at 99, Basic monthly plan at 54, native payment setup, 0% platform fee, and 2.9% plus 0.30 processing.
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