Shopify Basic Fee Calculator

Estimate selling price, fees, profit, target margin, and break-even price for Shopify with the Basic preset. Entry Shopify plan with a higher payment-processing rate.

Calculator tool
Enter your values to calculate the recommended selling price.
Include shipping
Include payment fee
Include ads fee
Result
Estimated outputs based on your inputs.
Run a calculation to see results.
Example calculation
Scenario
Example for Shopify Basic: product cost 55, shipping 0, desired profit 18.
Inputs
  • product_cost = 55
  • shipping = 0
  • desired_profit = 18
  • marketplace_fee_percent = 0
  • payment_fee_percent = 2.9
Expected Result
Recommended price: $ 75.18 | Profit margin: 23.94% | Total fees: $ 2.18
Compute
Recommended price = (55 + 0 + 18) / (1 - 2.9%)
Recommended price = 73 / 0.971
Recommended price = 75.18
Verify Profit
Total percentage fees on the sale = 2.18
75.18 - 2.18 - 55 - 0 = 18
Marketplace explanation

This page preloads the Basic setup for Shopify. It is a useful starting point when you want to model Entry Shopify plan with a higher payment-processing rate.

  • Marketplace fee baseline: 0%.
  • Payment fee baseline: 2.9%.
  • Combined percentage fees in this preset: 2.9%.
  • Entry Shopify plan with a higher payment-processing rate.
Break-even shortcut

This calculator can also work as a Shopify break-even calculator.

Shopify Basic break-even calculator
FAQ
Preset snapshot

The Basic preset starts from a saved fee mix for Shopify, so you can test prices quickly before fine-tuning individual values.

0% marketplace fee
2.9% payment fee
2.9% combined percentage fees

Use this page when you want a faster baseline for Shopify pricing with about 2.9% in combined percentage fees before manual edits.

Focuses on payment processing only and excludes subscription or app costs.

When this preset fits

This page is the Shopify entry-plan baseline and is best when you want to model payment-processing costs without assuming lower card rates from higher plans.

Use this preset if
You want the highest of the saved Shopify processing presets as a starting point.
You are pricing as if you are still on the entry Shopify plan.
You want to compare the entry plan against Grow or Advanced before changing platforms.
Choose another preset instead if
Shopify Grow Fee Calculator: you already use a mid-tier Shopify plan with a lower card rate
Shopify Advanced Fee Calculator: you want the lowest saved Shopify processing assumption
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