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Practical Retailer

Break-Even Calculator

Find how many units, and how many dollars of sales, it takes to cover your fixed costs.

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Rent, payroll, software and the like, for one period.

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What each sale costs you: the item, packaging, card fees.

Your results get their own link, and we email you a copy.

How to read it

Every unit you sell contributes its price minus its variable cost toward your fixed costs: rent, payroll, software, insurance. Break-even is the point where those contributions add up to the fixed costs. Past it, each sale is profit.

Use the fixed costs for the period you care about, usually a month, and the average price and variable cost of what you sell.