What will your online store really cost?
Free calculators for start-up costs, platform fees and break-even points. Every number is shown, so you can change it and see what happens.
- Total monthly cost
- $249
- Share of your sales
- 5%
- Cost per order
- $2.24
Running this Shopify store costs about $249 a month, which is 5% of your sales or $2.24 per order. $70.25 of that is fixed and $178 is card fees that grow with sales.
All calculators
- Print-on-demand startup costSamples, platform, ads and the orders you need each month to break even.Open calculator
- Dropshipping startup costLaunch budget, break-even ad return and the monthly cost of keeping a store open.Open calculator
- Etsy shop startup costListing, transaction and processing fees, plus what a sale earns after materials and postage.Open calculator
- Website costFirst-year cost, renewal cost and the total over the years you plan to run a site.Open calculator
- Shopify monthly costPlan, card fees, apps and domain, and what share of your sales they take.Open calculator
- Shopify vs Etsy feesSide-by-side monthly fees and the sales volume where Shopify becomes cheaper.Open calculator
- E-commerce break-evenHow many orders a month you need to cover fixed costs and a profit target.Open calculator
- Startup runwayHow many months your savings last, with and without growth.Open calculator
Guides
- How much does it really cost to start a print-on-demand store?The one-time and monthly costs of a print-on-demand store, with three worked budgets.Read the guide
- Shopify vs Etsy: which costs less at different sales volumes?Fee tables for ten to a thousand orders a month, and where the two cross.Read the guide
- The hidden costs of launching an online store in your first 90 daysCosts that rarely appear in a start-up budget, and how to plan for them.Read the guide
How the numbers work
Each calculator uses published platform fees, shows every line of the sum and lets you change any input. Fee figures live in one place and carry a review date, so you can see how current they are. Read the methodology to see what we check and what we cannot.
StartupCostLab is run by Tomas. The calculators give planning estimates, not advice, and some links on the site are affiliate links.