Net Cost, Sell Price & Net Profit Calculator - JavaScript Demo

Help Sheet

The Sell Price & Profit Calculator is a simplistic calculator to help compute the selling price and net profit for items sold retail.

You enter some figures relating to the cost of the items, and the Sell Price & Profit Calculator tells you how much to sell the item for, and what your net profit on the item is.

Enter these values into the Sell Price & Profit Calculator
Item Name	Enter the name of the item for which you are calculating sell price and profit. You may leave this field blank.
Cost per Unit	Enter your cost per unit in this box. For example, if you are a grocer and you buy canned peaches in a carton of 12 cans, your "unit" is the carton. If a carton of canned peaches costs $37.28, you would enter 37.28 in the Cost per Unit box. You must enter a number greater than 0 in this field.
Shipping Cost per Unit	Enter the amount it cost you to have the unit delivered. If you paid shipping for multiple units of the same or different goods, divide the shipping cost by the number of units. For example, if you bought 3 cartons of canned goods, and the total shipping or freight cost was $30.00, you would divide the total shipping by 3 and enter 10.00 in the Shipping Cost per Unit box. If you weren't charged shipping or freight for delivery, enter a 0 in this box.
Pieces per Unit	Enter the number of individual pieces in the unit. For example, if you bought canned peaches in a carton containing 12 cans, you would enter 12 in the Pieces per Unit box. If your shipped unit contains only one piece, for example if you bought filing cabinets that come one to a carton, enter 1 in the Pieces per Unit box.
Markup	Enter the amount you want to markup the item for resale. For example, if you want to markup an item by 15%, then enter 15 in the Markup box. If you just want to calculate the Net Cost of your item, enter a 0 in this box.
Sales Tax Rate	Enter the rate of sales tax you must charge when selling an item. For example, if sales tax in your area is 8.5%, then you would enter 8.5 in the Sales Tax Rate box. If there is no sales tax in your area, or the item is exempt from sales tax, enter 0 in the Sales Tax box.

The Sell Price Calculator computes these values for you
Cost per Piece	The cost of each individual piece, after you click the Calculate Now button. This is simply the cost of the unit divided by the number of pieces in the unit. For example, if a unit (carton) of candy bars costs $10.00 and contains 10 candy bars, the "Cost per Piece" is $1.00.
Shipping Cost per Piece	Displays the cost of shipping/freight for each individual piece. This is the cost of shipping the unit divided by the number of pieces in the unit. For example, if it costs $1.00 to ship a unit of candy bars to you, and a unit contains 10 candy bars, then the "Shipping Cost per Piece" is $0.10.
Net Cost per Piece	The Net Cost of each piece in your unit. The Net Cost is the sum of the Cost per Piece and the Shipping Cost per Piece. For example, if the Cost per Piece of an item is 1.00 and the Shipping Cost per Piece is $0.10 then the "Net Cost per Piece" is $1.10.
Sell Price	The price at which you should sell the item, using the percent markup you entered in the Markup box. The Sell Price is calculated on the Cost per Piece, and does not include a markup on your shipping costs.
Sales Tax	The amount of Sales Tax you will have to charge for the item, based on the Sell Price and the Sales Tax Rate you entered.
Sell Price Including Sales Tax	If you want to price items with sales tax included, this box displays the Sell Price with the correct amount of Sales Tax added to it.
Net Profit per Piece	Your net profit on each individual piece as a dollar value. This is the Sell Price less the Net Cost per Piece.
Net Profit per Piece (%)	Your net profit on each piece as a percentage. Note that your net profit percentage will not equal your markup if you have entered any shipping costs. The markup is calculated based on the Cost per Piece, and *does not* include a markup on shipping. The markup alone is your gross profit.
Net Profit per Unit	Your net profit on an entire unit as a dollar value.
Net Profit per Unit (%)	Your net profit on an entire unit as a percentage. Note that your net profit percentage will not equal your markup if you have entered any shipping costs. The markup is calculated based on the Cost per Piece, and *does not* include a markup on shipping.