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Working out profit when you sell on Shopify and your own online shop

The kinds of charges to look for, and how to turn them into a profit figure.

Independent site, not connected with Shopify and your own online shop. No Shopify and your own online shop fee or rate is stated here; read them on the official page: shopify.com. Fee names are general and may change.

How selling works here

Shopify and similar services let you build your own online shop; there is no marketplace commission, but you pay for the shop software and for each payment, and you must find the customers yourself.

The fees to expect

Look for a monthly subscription, a percentage and a fixed fee for each card or UPI payment, the cost of any apps and themes, and the cost of advertising to bring visitors.

What to look up before you list

Write down: the plan price, the payment gateway fee for your payment methods, the extra fee if you use an outside gateway, and how much you will spend on ads to get one order.

Fill the calculator in this order

  1. Cost of the unit and packaging, from your own books.
  2. Commission and other percent fees, from the rate card.
  3. Fixed fee and shipping, from the charges for your weight and area.
  4. GST or sales tax on the product and on the fees, from your tax adviser.
  5. Return rate and loss per return, from your last few weeks of orders or from similar products.
  6. Advertising per order, from your ad report.

Then open the profit calculator and compare the profit with what the platform pays you in the first settlement. If they differ, find the line that explains the difference.

Common questions

Does this page list Shopify and your own online shop fees?

No. Fees and rates change and differ by category, so the page lists the kinds of fee to look up and where. Type the real numbers from your own seller account into the calculator.

Is this site connected with Shopify and your own online shop?

No. This is an independent site. The name is used only to say where the fees are, and belongs to its owner.

Keep going

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.