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3D Print Pricing Calculator for Cost, Profit, and Margin

Enter filament use, print time, labor, packaging, and marketplace fees. The calculator shows seller cost, break-even price, profit, margin, and a target sale price.

Price one finished print

Free to use in this browser. Nothing is saved unless you choose to continue in PlyOps.

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Filament

Start with the slicer numbers and the cost of the spool.

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Making and packing

Use your shop assumptions; zero is valid when you intentionally exclude a cost.

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$/ hr
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Sale

Use a blended fee estimate when the exact marketplace fee mix varies.

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Estimated outcome

Profit at $18.00

$9.35

Meets target

Margin
51.9%
Seller cost
$7.18
Fees
$1.47
Break-even
$8.00

Price for 45% margin

$15.42

Includes the entered seller costs and fee estimate. Shipping and sales tax are not included unless you add them under other cost.

Filament
$2.49
Machine
$1.58
Hands-on labor
$2.10
Packaging
$0.76
Hardware + other
$0.25

Planning estimate only. Check the fee schedule and costs that apply to your shop before setting a final price.

Save this price to a product

Choose an existing product, compare the entered and target prices in its Pricing workspace, then decide what to save. Nothing changes automatically.

This result is available in this tab for up to two hours. Nothing is saved until you review and confirm it. How result handoff works.

See the pricing formulas, examples, and assumptionsOpen the detailed reference when you want to check how the result is calculated or where the tool stops.

How the pricing estimate works

The calculator turns your own cost and fee assumptions into a per-item planning estimate. It is not a marketplace fee quote, tax calculation, accounting record, or guarantee that a product will sell at the suggested price.

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Formulas

Adjusted material use
(model + support and purge) × (1 + waste %) × (1 + reprint allowance %)
Material cost
adjusted material use ÷ spool net weight × spool price
Machine cost
print hours × machine rate per hour
Labor cost
hands-on minutes ÷ 60 × labor rate per hour
Seller cost
material + machine + labor + packaging + hardware and other
Estimated fees
sale price × percentage fee + fixed fee
Profit
sale price − estimated fees − seller cost
Margin
profit ÷ sale price × 100
Break-even price
(seller cost + fixed fee) ÷ (1 − percentage fee)
Target-margin price
(seller cost + fixed fee) ÷ (1 − percentage fee − target margin)

Worked examples

Example marketplace sale

With the calculator defaults, seller cost is about $7.18. At an $18 sale price with a manually entered 6.5% percentage fee and $0.30 fixed fee, estimated fees are $1.47, profit is about $9.35, and margin is about 51.9%.

This is a worked input example, not an Etsy, eBay, or Shopify fee preset.

Example direct sale

Using the same $7.18 seller cost and an $18 sale price with both fee fields set to zero, estimated profit is about $10.82 and margin is about 60.1%. A 45% target-margin price is about $13.05.

Add card processing, storefront, tax, shipping, or other costs when they apply to the sale.

Assumptions and exclusions

  • All inputs are per finished item unless the label says per hour or per spool.
  • The waste and reprint percentages compound rather than simply add.
  • Reprint allowance increases material use only. If a failed print also costs machine time, cleanup labor, or replacement hardware, include those amounts in the related inputs.
  • Shipping, sales tax, refunds, ads, discounts, subscriptions, and currency conversion are excluded unless you add them to the entered costs or blended fee.
  • Machine rate is your own hourly allowance and can include electricity, maintenance, depreciation, and failed-print risk if you choose.
  • Percentage fees are applied to the entered sale price only. Some providers calculate fees on shipping, tax, or other order amounts.
  • A target price becomes impossible when percentage fees plus target margin reach 100% or more.

Check current fee sources

New to the difference between seller cost, markup, profit, and margin? Read the complete 3D print pricing guide before choosing a target.

Marketplace fees change by country, category, account, payment method, ads, seller status, and order composition. Check the provider page that applies to your account, then enter a current blended percentage and fixed amount.