Enter prices and currency
Enter the cost price per unit, the selling price per unit and pick your currency.
Gross profit, margin percentage and markup per unitBuy for 60, sell for 100, profit is 40. Simple, until someone asks for the margin and the markup, and they turn out different. This calculator takes cost and selling price and returns profit per unit, margin percent and markup percent at once.
Gross profit, margin percentage and markup per unit
Revenue
$ 100.00
Total cost
$ 70.00
Profit per unit
$ 30.00
Margin
30.00%
Markup
42.86%
Quantity
1
Margin is profit divided by revenue. Markup is profit divided by cost. Same profit, two different percentages.
Enter the cost price per unit, the selling price per unit and pick your currency.
Enter the quantity you plan to sell (leave it at 1 for a single unit).
Read revenue, total cost, gross profit, margin percent, markup percent and profit per unit.
Many sellers work out a markup when they think they are setting a margin, and end up earning less than planned per sale. This calculator keeps the two apart, showing both percentages with the money figures. Enter your cost and selling prices to instantly see revenue, total cost, gross profit and profit per unit, and get a plain warning if the numbers show a loss.
Cost in, price out, truth in the middle.
Retailers use it to set shelf prices: decide the margin you need, enter your cost, and get the selling price that delivers it.
Resellers check whether a wholesale deal leaves enough room, and marketplace sellers account for all fees before committing to any deal.
A 20% sale on a 25% margin product wipes out most of the profit; test discount plans here before the promotion goes live.
Service businesses make sure hourly rates cover overhead with profit left over, rather than just barely breaking even, each month.
Where strategy actually lives.
Decide the margin you need, say 30%, enter your cost, and the tool tells you the selling price that actually delivers it.
Margin is profit as a share of the selling price while markup is profit as a share of cost, and confusing them quietly underprices you.
Compare two products and the higher revenue one is not always the better business; margin reveals which one actually pays the bills.
No ambiguity, no spreadsheet formula to mistype: cost in, price out, truth in the middle.