margin_check
Margin Check
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Show what one sale actually leaves after every cost. FREE.
Subtracts supplier cost, shipping, payment fees, the ad spend that found
the buyer, and anything else — then reports the break-even price so you
know how much room there is. Typical input {"sell_price": 39.99,
"supplier_cost": 12.4, "shipping_cost": 4.2, "ad_cost_per_order": 9}
returns {"revenue": 39.99, "total_cost": 27.06, "profit": 12.93,
"margin_pct": 32.33, "markup_pct": 222.5, "break_even_price": 27.06,
"biggest_cost": "supplier_cost"}.
Use before listing a product. Not for a whole tiered price list — that is
price_ladder — and not for the effect of returns, which is returns_impact. Errors: on invalid, missing, or malformed input this tool never raises a protocol error — it returns {"error": "<what is wrong and how to fix it>"}. Every call is read-only and idempotent, so after correcting the input it is always safe to retry.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| sell_price | number | yes | What the customer pays, excluding tax. Must be above 0. |
| supplier_cost | number | yes | What the supplier charges you per unit. |
| shipping_cost | number | no | Shipping you absorb per order. Default 0. |
| payment_fee_pct | number | no | Processor percentage fee. Default 2.9 — a common published rate, not a statement about your account. |
| payment_fee_fixed | number | no | Processor fixed fee per transaction. Default 0.30. |
| ad_cost_per_order | number | no | Blended acquisition cost per order. Default 0, but leaving it at 0 is the most common way this maths lies. |
| other_cost | number | no | Anything else per order: packaging inserts, app fees, support time. Default 0. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"sell_price": {
"exclusiveMinimum": 0,
"type": "number",
"description": "What the customer pays, excluding tax. Must be above 0."
},
"supplier_cost": {
"exclusiveMinimum": 0,
"type": "number",
"description": "What the supplier charges you per unit."
},
"shipping_cost": {
"default": 0,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "number",
"description": "Shipping you absorb per order. Default 0."
},
"payment_fee_pct": {
"default": 2.9,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "number",
"description": "Processor percentage fee. Default 2.9 — a common\npublished rate, not a statement about your account."
},
"payment_fee_fixed": {
"default": 0.3,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "number",
"description": "Processor fixed fee per transaction. Default 0.30."
},
"ad_cost_per_order": {
"default": 0,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "number",
"description": "Blended acquisition cost per order. Default 0,\nbut leaving it at 0 is the most common way this maths lies."
},
"other_cost": {
"default": 0,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "number",
"description": "Anything else per order: packaging inserts, app fees,\nsupport time. Default 0."
}
},
"required": [
"sell_price",
"supplier_cost"
],
"type": "object"
}