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Most dropshipping stores don't fail because the product is bad — they fail because the numbers never worked. A $30 sale with an $8 product can still lose money once you add shipping, payment processing and what you actually pay for ads per order.
This calculator includes every recurring cost of a dropshipping order. The one most people forget is ad cost per order (CPA): if you spend $200 on ads and get 25 orders, that's $8 per order that has to come out of your margin. The break-even ROAS tells you the minimum return your ads need just to not lose money — if your real ROAS is below it, every sale costs you money.
What each result means
Profit per order
Selling price minus product, shipping, payment fees, ad cost and other per-order costs. What actually lands in your pocket per sale.
Profit margin
Profit divided by selling price. It tells you how much room you have for refunds, price tests and scaling ads before going negative.
Break-even ROAS
Selling price ÷ (price − all non-ad costs). If your ad platform reports a ROAS below this number, the campaign is losing money even though it "makes sales".
Monthly projection
Your per-order numbers multiplied by expected orders — a quick sanity check of whether the store can pay for the time you put into it.
Frequently asked questions
How do I calculate dropshipping profit?
Take your selling price and subtract every per-order cost: what the supplier charges for the product, the shipping you pay, payment processing fees (a percentage plus a fixed part), your ad cost per order, and any extras like refund reserves. What's left is your real profit per order — that's exactly what this calculator does.
What is a good profit margin for dropshipping?
There is no magic number — it depends on your niche, your ad costs and your price point. What matters is that the margin leaves room for refunds and ad-cost swings: a store whose profit disappears when CPA rises by a couple of dollars is fragile. Use the calculator to test pessimistic scenarios, not just the optimistic one.
What costs do people forget most often?
Ad cost per order and payment fees. Card processors charge a percentage plus a fixed amount per transaction, which hits cheap products disproportionately. And ads are a per-order cost like any other: total spend divided by orders. If you ignore either, your "profitable" store may be breaking even or worse.
What is break-even ROAS and why does it matter?
ROAS is revenue divided by ad spend. Break-even ROAS is the minimum ROAS at which a sale stops losing money: selling price divided by your contribution margin. If your break-even is 2.5 and your campaigns run at 2.0, you're paying for the privilege of making sales. Knowing this number before launching ads is the difference between scaling and burning budget.
Does the calculator store my data?
No. Everything runs in your browser — nothing you type is sent to any server, and there's no signup. Refresh the page and it resets to the example numbers.
Can I automate the pricing part?
Yes — that's what Dropsify does. Paste an AliExpress product link and it builds the whole store with prices, checkout with real payment processing, automated order fulfillment and AI-generated marketing videos. You can adjust margins per product and the storefront texts adapt automatically.
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