Shopify Monthly Profit Calculator

Break-even orders = plan cost / gross profit per order. On Basic ($25/mo): if you earn $8 gross profit per order, you need 4 orders just to cover the plan (25 / 8 = 3.1, rounded up). At 50 orders, the $25 plan = $0.50 per order — a small burden. The plan cost matters most at low volume.

Annual billing saves roughly 25% on the plan cost. On Basic: $25/mo monthly vs. $19/mo annually = $72 saved/year. If you're confident you'll use Shopify for 12 months, annual billing is almost always worth it. The savings offset the inflexibility.

Etsy charges ~6.5% transaction fee plus ~3% + $0.25 payment processing (roughly 9.5% total) but no monthly fee. Shopify Basic charges 2.9% + $0.30 per sale but $25/month. The per-sale savings (~6.6% on a $50 item ≈ $3.30) need to cover $25/month: break-even ≈ 8 orders/month (25 / 3.30 ≈ 7.6, rounded up). Above 8 orders, Shopify usually wins on fees — but you must drive your own traffic.

Per-order profit calculators ignore the fixed subscription — a store earning $9/order profit on Basic looks identical to one on Grow at the per-order level, but the Grow store pays $40/month more. Monthly profit only becomes clear once you multiply per-order profit by volume and subtract the plan cost, which is exactly what this calculator does.

Upgrade when the processing rate savings (2.9% → 2.7%, a 0.2 percentage-point drop) exceed the $40/month plan difference. Break-even revenue = $40 / 0.002 = $20,000/month. Below $20k/month revenue, Basic is almost always the better deal unless you specifically need a Grow-only feature.

eBay (~13.6% final value fee) and TikTok Shop (6% flat commission) have no monthly subscription — fees scale purely with sales, so a slow month costs you nothing extra. Shopify's $25–399/month plan cost is fixed regardless of sales volume, meaning a slow month hurts more on Shopify. This is the key trade-off: marketplaces protect you in low-volume months, Shopify rewards you in high-volume months.