Seller profit by product

Different products lose money in different places: returns for clothes, breakage for candles, weight for books. These examples show where.

The numbers are made up, so the margins are not benchmarks. What carries over is the method and which cost to check first for each kind of product.

• T-shirts and clothingMargin 28.7% in the example
• Handmade candles and home decorMargin 12.1% in the example
• Spices and packaged foodMargin 8.4% in the example
• Phone cases and accessoriesMargin 9.7% in the example
• Books and printed materialMargin 11.4% in the example
• Artificial jewelleryMargin 39.6% in the example
• Stickers and print-on-demandMargin 6.9% in the example
• Plants and garden itemsMargin 15.8% in the example

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Fee percentages, GST rates and other figures in the examples on this site are made up to show the working. They are not the fees or rates of any marketplace or country: type the numbers from your own seller account and from the tax authority. Checked 14 November 2026.