Profit per order on Amazon, Flipkart or Meesho after fees, GST, returns and ads
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 23 Oct 2026, except the 18% GST on marketplace fees, whose entry in 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) was not re-read that day, and Meesho's fee page, which refused the request.Profit per order on Amazon, Flipkart or Meesho: a ₹999 item at 18% GST costing ₹350, with a 15% referral fee, shipping, packaging, ads and 8% returns, leaves ₹199.56, a 19.98% margin, and ₹716.64 reaches your bank. The break-even price is ₹712.87, counting 18% GST on the fees, 0.5% TCS and 0.1% TDS.
₹199.56
20% of the selling price, 57% on the product costAn estimate from the figures you enter, not tax advice.
| Out of ₹999.00 | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Product cost | ₹350.00 | 35% |
| Marketplace fees | ₹234.85 | 23.5% |
| GST to the government | ₹152.39 | 15.3% |
| Ads | ₹40.00 | 4% |
| Packaging | ₹15.00 | 1.5% |
| Returns | ₹7.20 | 0.7% |
| Profit | ₹199.56 | 20% |
Referral is charged on the price including GST, as Amazon and Flipkart charge it. Returns are spread across all orders: 8% × ₹90.00 = ₹7.20 per order.
Rates and rules read from the sources listed on this page (the earliest on 23 Oct 2026); they may have changed since. Not covered by that date: the 18% GST on marketplace fees, whose entry in 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) was not re-read that day, and Meesho's fee page, which refused the request.
Choose your Marketplace; the hint under it says where to find your category's fees.
Enter the Selling price, GST included, the Product cost, before GST, and the GST on the product.
Fill in the marketplace fees, Shipping fee, Packaging per order and Ad spend per unit sold.
Add the share of Orders returned and the Cost of one return.
Read the Profit or Loss, the Break-even price and Paid into your bank, then press Share result.
Selling on Amazon, Flipkart or Meesho looks profitable until every deduction is counted. This calculator takes one order and follows the money: the price the buyer pays, the GST inside it, the marketplace's fees, your product cost, packaging, advertising and the cost of the orders that come back.
The fees are yours to enter. Referral and commission rates depend on the category and often on the price band inside it; closing, fixed and shipping fees depend on price and weight; and marketplaces revise them several times a year. Where a marketplace publishes a rate on a public page, the calculator offers it as a pick with the date it was read: Flipkart's zero commission on fashion, and Amazon.in's referral fee for twelve common categories. Everything else comes from your own fee page, and what you type always wins. The example numbers are there to show how it works, not to be trusted.
The tax is fixed, and it is dated. Marketplace fees carry 18% GST, which a GST-registered seller claims back. The marketplace also holds back GST TCS of 0.5% of the value before GST (since 10 July 2024) and income-tax TDS of 0.1% of the gross amount (since 1 October 2024, section 393 of the Income-tax Act 2025). Both are credited to you and claimed later, so they reduce the payout but not the profit. Product GST uses the rates in force since 22 September 2025: 0, 5, 18 or 40%.
Profit and payout are different numbers. Profit is what you keep after all costs. Payout is what lands in your bank, before you pay the supplier and after the marketplace takes its fees with GST and the TCS and TDS it holds. The break-even price is the lowest selling price that still covers every cost.
The model assumes a GST-registered seller claiming input tax credit, which is how most marketplace sellers operate.
Take the selling price and remove the GST inside it. Subtract the product cost, the marketplace fees (referral or commission, closing or fixed fee, shipping), packaging, advertising per unit and the average cost of returns. What remains is the profit per order. This calculator does each step and shows the breakdown, the margin and the break-even price.
Marketplaces hold back two small amounts on every sale and pay them to the government in your name. GST TCS is 0.5% of the value before GST, since 10 July 2024, and income-tax TDS is 0.1% of the gross amount, since 1 October 2024. You claim both back, so they lower the payout, not the profit.
Not for a GST-registered seller. Marketplace fees carry 18% GST, which is deducted from your payout, but you claim it as input tax credit against the GST you owe on sales. That is why this calculator counts it in the payout and not in the profit. An unregistered seller cannot claim it, so it would be a real cost.
Meesho charges no commission on most categories, which is why the Meesho page sets the commission and fixed fee to zero. Shipping, penalties and returns still apply, and returns decide most Meesho margins. Check the payment breakdown for an order in the Supplier Panel and enter the figures you see there.
On Amazon.in, use Fee Preview in Seller Central or the fee schedule for your category. On Flipkart, open the Rate Card in Seller Hub. On Meesho, open the payment breakdown of an order in the Supplier Panel. Fees change several times a year, so check them before relying on a calculation.
Each return costs reverse shipping and sometimes the product itself. Enter the share of orders returned and what one return costs you; the calculator spreads that across every order. At a 10% return rate, a return that costs ₹100 takes ₹10 from the profit of every order sold, which is often more than the packaging.
Rates and rules change; check the source before you rely on a figure.
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