When starting a new dropshipping and Print on Demand business, having a clear understanding of its profit margin is important. It helps you create strategies that can increase your profit in the long run and assist in business expansion.
A good profit margin for online dropshipping and Print on Demand business can range between 15%-35%. However, it depends on your niche, product quality, costs of goods, demand, and market structure.Â
If you are selling a low-cost product or working in a competitive industry, your profit margin will remain lower in comparison to the one working in a niche industry. Here, the demand is more as competitors are less, so you can make high profits.
You can calculate the dropshipping profit margin using the following inputs and an authentic Profit Margin Calculator.
Once you have all these inputs in hand, you can easily determine the profit margin for dropshipping and print on demand business.
Profit margin = ((Selling Price) – (Product Price + Product’s GST + Min Printing Cost + Printing GST + Shipping))
Let us take an example to understand the profit margin formula for dropshipping and print on demand business.Â
You want to sell unisex Supima T-shirts for ₹700 each. What will be your profit margin?
The cost of unisex Supima T-shirts is ₹265, and you pay 5% GST on the product, which is ₹13.25.
Now, you can select a product type, which can be either plain t-shirts or printed t-shirts. For printed t-shirts, your minimum cost is ₹100, and you pay 5% GST on it, which is ₹5.
You must also consider the shipping charge, which is ₹50 for prepaid orders.Â
Now, let us put all this data in our profit margin calculator to determine how much profit you can make from selling the Unisex Supima T-shirts.Â
Profit margin= ((Selling Price) – (Product cost + GST on product + Min printing costs + Printing GST + Shipping charges))
So, profit margin = ((700) – (265 + 13.25 + 100 + 5 + 50)) = ₹266.7
You can have a profit margin of ₹266.7 for one unisex Supima T-shirt.