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Ecommerce profitability case studies

Hypothetical businesses worked end to end with Profyza's calculators: the starting figures, the order of calculation, the scenarios and the decision the numbers point to.

The figures in these case studies describe hypothetical businesses. They are not any real company's data and they are not industry benchmarks.

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Break-even ROAS calculator

Find out how much you can pay for a sale or a click without losing money.

Etsy profit calculator

Strip out the fees, the tax, the materials, the shipping and the ads.

≈ 4 minutes Calculate my Etsy profit

Contribution margin calculator

What each order really leaves you, and how much of that you can spend winning the customer.

Landed cost calculator

What each imported unit really costs once it is sitting in your warehouse, ready to sell.

≈ 4 minutes Work out my landed cost

Maximum profitable CAC calculator

How much you can afford to pay for a customer without giving up your profit.

≈ 3 minutes Work out my maximum CAC

CAC payback period calculator

How many months it takes to recover what you paid to acquire a customer.

Reorder point calculator

The stock level at which you have to place the order to avoid running out.

Safety stock calculator

How many buffer units you need so a deviation does not leave you out of stock.

≈ 4 minutes Work out my safety stock

Inventory carrying cost calculator

What a full warehouse costs you per year, and what share of your inventory that is.

Stockout cost calculator

What running out of stock really cost you, in lost contribution and extra spending.

Bundle profitability calculator

Whether the bundle you are building leaves more money than selling the same items separately.

Maximum profitable discount calculator

How far you can cut the price without falling below the margin you want to keep.

Discount break-even sales calculator

How many more units you have to sell so a discount does not leave you worse off.

Minimum profitable price calculator

The price below which you lose money, and the one your target margin needs.

Cash conversion cycle calculator

How many days pass between paying your supplier and collecting from your customer.

≈ 4 minutes Work out my cash cycle

MOQ profitability calculator

Whether the supplier's minimum order pays off once you have paid to hold it.

Sales channel profitability comparison

Which sales channel leaves most per order for the same product and its real costs.