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Free T-Shirt Pricing Calculator: Costs and Earnings

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How much should you charge for a printed shirt? This free t-shirt pricing calculator adds up your costs and shows what is left after a sale. Use your own costs for the shirt and print, whether you use DTF, sublimation or another method.

No sign-up is needed. Keep your costs nearby and enter every amount in the same currency.

Calculadora / Calculator

How to use the calculator

  1. Enter how many shirts you will make.
  2. Add the blank shirt, print and packaging costs for one shirt.
  3. Enter what you want to pay yourself for working on one shirt. Your time counts too.
  4. Enter costs for the whole order only once in that field. The tool splits them between the shirts.
  5. Add your selling price, selling fee and desired earnings per shirt.
  6. Press Calculate. If you change a number, press it again to update the result.

A simple worked example

These numbers are made up for learning. They are not store prices. Press “Load example” to try them in the tool.

We will make 25 shirts. Each one costs: blank shirt $4, print $2, packaging $0.50, pay for your work $1.50 and other costs $0.50. That adds up to $8.50 per shirt.

There is also a $12.50 cost for the whole order. Split between 25 shirts, that is $0.50 each. The final cost is therefore $9 per shirt.

If each shirt sells for $15 and the selling fee is 5%, the fee is $0.75 per shirt. The calculation is $15 − $9 − $0.75 = $5.25 left per shirt. For 25 shirts, that leaves $131.25 after the costs included in this example. All amounts here are USD.

What the results mean

  • Cost per shirt: your costs for one unit, including its share of whole-order costs.
  • Left per shirt: your selling price minus your costs and selling fee. A negative number means you lose money at that price.
  • Left for the whole order: the amount left per shirt multiplied by the number of shirts.
  • Price for your desired earnings: a price that covers your costs, the fee and the amount you want to earn. It is rounded up to two decimal places.

Common questions

Does changing the currency convert the amounts?

No. It only changes how amounts are displayed. If you choose pesos, enter your costs in pesos too. Do not mix currencies.

What goes in other costs?

You can add an amount for electricity, test prints or supplies used per shirt. Shipping, setup or a fixed payment fee can go in whole-order costs. Do not count the same cost twice.

Is the percentage fee based on sales or earnings?

This tool applies it to your selling price. A 5% fee on a $15 sale takes $0.75. If your service charges differently, adjust your costs to match.

Is this my final profit?

It is what is left after the costs you entered. Taxes, returns, rent and other costs you leave out are not automatically deducted. The result also does not guarantee that customers will buy at that price.

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