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How Much Did I Actually Earn?

Enter the real numbers from a completed sale and see what you actually kept.

Selling price is only the beginning. Add the fees, shipping, product costs and other expenses that actually happened on the sale.

No account. No email. Sale values stay in this page and clear when you leave or reload. All amounts in USD.

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Know what you actually kept.

  • Calculate earnings from actual sale numbers
  • See where your sale revenue went
  • Download a spreadsheet that does the math
  • Personalize a printable sale worksheet
Useful for one sale. Ready for the next.

Check a sale online, copy the spreadsheet for each order, or keep a printed worksheet.

1. The Sale

Start with the item price. Enter fees and costs from your completed transaction.

Per item, before the discount below.

Discount, shipping charged & tax (optional)

Total dollar discount for the order.

Shipping revenue paid by the buyer.

Use this if sales tax appears in the transaction total but was collected/remitted by the marketplace.

2. Actual Fees

Enter what was actually charged. Use dollar amounts, not fee percentages.

Payment processing, advertising & other fees (optional)
3. Actual Costs

Product cost is per item. All other costs are totals for this transaction.

Actual cost to produce or acquire one item; multiplied by quantity.

What you actually paid for the shipping label or postage.

Packaging & other sale costs (optional)

Other direct expenses for this sale, such as customization supplies.

You Actually Earned

Enter an item selling price to see your result. Add your actual fees and costs as you go.

Customer Paid
Total Fees
Total Costs
Profit Margin

Where Did My Sale Go?

Seller revenue, excluding marketplace-collected tax.

Download Spreadsheet

An Excel workbook with automatic calculations, yellow input cells, protected formulas, and a worked example. Add your shop name and duplicate the Sale tab for each order. This downloads a blank template; values entered above stay in this page.

Print Blank Worksheet

Only the costs you enter are included. Add all direct expenses for a complete picture of this sale.

Selling Price Is Not Profit

What the buyer pays also covers marketplace and payment fees, shipping, product costs, packaging, advertising, and other direct expenses. What remains is your actual earnings from the costs entered.

Estimate Before the Sale. Measure After the Sale.

Before a sale, use estimates to decide whether a price makes sense. After a sale, use actual transaction numbers to see what happened. Plan your next price with the Etsy Profit Calculator.

Shipping Charged vs. Shipping Cost

Shipping charged to the customer is revenue collected. Actual shipping cost is what you paid for postage. They may be different. Marketplace-collected sales tax passes through and does not increase your earnings.

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Make It Yours

Prefer a paper copy? Print a blank worksheet for one completed sale. Add your shop name, your logo, both, or neither. Calculator values are not sent or included in the PDF.

Up to 80 characters.

PNG, JPG, or WebP up to 5 MB. Your logo is used only to create this PDF and is not saved to your Maker Forge account.

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How Much Did I Actually Earn?
Sale Profit Worksheet

1. The Sale

Discount and shipping are order totals. Tax is pass-through money.

Product / Order
Date
Selling Price Per Item$
Quantity
Discount Applied$
Shipping Charged$
Tax Collected$

4. Results

Use the calculation guide below.

Customer Paid (incl. tax)$
Seller Revenue (excl. tax)$
Total Fees$
Total Costs$
You Actually Earned$
Profit Margin%

2. Actual Fees

Enter what was actually charged.

Marketplace Fee$
Payment Processing$
Advertising Fee$
Other Fees$

3. Actual Costs

Only product cost multiplies by quantity.

Product Cost Per Item$
Packaging$
Actual Shipping Cost$
Other Costs$
Calculation guide

Seller revenue = selling price × quantity − discount + shipping charged.

Customer paid = seller revenue + marketplace tax.

Total costs = product cost per item × quantity + packaging + actual shipping + other costs.

Earnings = seller revenue − total fees − total costs.

Margin = earnings ÷ seller revenue × 100. Leave blank if revenue is zero.

Use the actual numbers from the completed transaction whenever possible.

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Doing This for Every Sale Gets Old

This calculator is great for checking one sale. Maker Forge is built to help you track costs, fees, orders and profitability across your products and sales without rebuilding the math every time.

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