Shopify Profit Calculator
Profit per order and per month after Shopify plan, payment-processing and transaction fees, apps and ad spend, plus your break-even ROAS.
Shopify Plus US rates are negotiated. Pick Advanced and edit the rates and plan fee.
Per order
0 if you offer free shipping.
Monthly ad spend ÷ orders.
Basic plan standard online card rate, Oct 2026.
Leave 0 in the US, where sales tax is added at checkout.
Per month
Per month, billed yearly.
Order value = price + shipping charged. Profit per order = order value − VAT − (order value × card % + fixed fee) − transaction fee − COGS − shipping − packaging − ads − (plan + apps) ÷ orders. Break-even ROAS = order value ÷ profit before ads.
Full breakdown per order
| Customer pays | $65.00 |
| Payment processing | -$2.19 |
| Product, shipping and packaging | -$26.50 |
| Profit before ads | $36.32 |
| Ad spend | -$12.00 |
| Plan + apps (share per order) | -$0.25 |
| Net profit per order | $24.07 |
Which plan is cheapest at your volume?
Your inputs run through each plan's Shopify Payments rate and monthly price.
| Plan | Card rate | Plan/mo | Fees/order | Monthly profit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | 2.9% + $0.30 | $19 | $2.19 | $9,627 |
| Grow (best) | 2.7% + $0.30 | $49 | $2.05 | $9,649 |
| Advanced | 2.5% + $0.30 | $299 | $1.93 | $9,451 |
- Forgetting that card fees are charged on shipping too, not just the product price.
- Using a third-party gateway on Basic and paying an extra 2% to Shopify on every order.
- Judging ads by platform ROAS without knowing your break-even ROAS.
- Leaving out app subscriptions, refunds and discount codes, which often add up to several percent of revenue.
- →Use Shopify Payments where it's available to avoid the extra transaction fee.
- →Check the plan comparison each quarter. Growing volume can make a higher plan cheaper.
- →Set campaign ROAS targets comfortably above your break-even ROAS to leave room for returns.
- →Raise average order value with bundles. The fixed card fee and shipping get spread over more revenue.
Next step: test your campaigns against this break-even in the ROAS Calculator, or compare channels with the Amazon FBA and Daraz calculators.
This tool is for informational purposes only. Always verify results with a qualified professional.
What is the Shopify Profit Calculator?
The Shopify Profit Calculator shows what you actually keep from each Shopify order and each month, after every cost that sits between the customer's payment and your bank account. That covers the product itself, shipping and packaging, Shopify Payments card fees or your third-party gateway's fees, Shopify's own transaction fee where it applies, ad spend per order, and the fixed monthly cost of your plan and apps. You get profit per order, net margin, monthly profit, the number of orders you need to cover fixed costs, and the break-even ROAS your ads must reach.
Shopify charges in two ways. Every plan has a monthly subscription. In the US, plans cost $19 (Basic), $49 (Grow) and $299 (Advanced) a month billed yearly. In the UK they cost £19, £49 and £259, with Plus from £1,800 (as of October 2026). Payments are charged per order. With Shopify Payments, US online card rates are 2.9% + 30¢ on Basic, 2.7% + 30¢ on Grow and 2.5% + 30¢ on Advanced. UK rates are 2% + 25p, 1.7% + 25p, 1.5% + 25p and 1.3% + 25p on Plus. These are the standard domestic card rates, and Amex and international cards cost more. If you use a third-party gateway instead, you pay that provider's rate and Shopify adds a transaction fee of 2%, 1%, 0.6% or 0.2% depending on your plan.
Because higher plans trade a bigger subscription for lower per-order fees, the cheapest plan depends on your volume. The plan comparison table runs your exact numbers through every plan and highlights the one that leaves you the most profit, so you know when an upgrade pays for itself. All rates stay editable, because Shopify adjusts them and some stores negotiate their own.
Worked example (US, Basic plan, Shopify Payments): a $60 product with $5 shipping charged, so the customer pays $65. The product costs $18, shipping costs you $7 and packaging $1.50. The card fee is 2.9% + 30¢ = $2.19, and you spend $12 on ads per order. Profit before ads is $36.32, so the break-even ROAS is 1.79. After ads you make $24.31 per order. At 400 orders a month, minus the $19 plan and $80 of apps, monthly profit is $9,627, a 37.0% net margin. At that volume the Grow plan would leave $9,649, so upgrading would save a little.
Use the result to set ad targets. Any campaign with a ROAS below your break-even ROAS loses money on every sale. To dig into campaign performance, take your break-even ROAS to the ROAS Calculator. To compare channels, run the same product through the Amazon FBA and Daraz calculators.
How to Use This Calculator
- 1Choose your region (US or UK). The currency, VAT default and plan rates switch automatically.
- 2Pick your Shopify plan and whether you use Shopify Payments or a third-party payment provider.
- 3Enter the product price and the shipping you charge, then your product cost, shipping cost and packaging per order.
- 4Add your ad spend per order (or customer acquisition cost) and your expected orders per month.
- 5Add monthly app subscriptions and any other fixed monthly costs, and check the plan fee.
- 6Read profit per order, monthly profit, margin and break-even ROAS, then check the plan comparison to see if another plan is cheaper at your volume.