Select your selling country to accurately model referral commissions, FBA/FBN fulfillment weight slabs, 5% UAE VAT or 18% India GST / 20% UK-EU VAT, and Cash-on-Delivery (COD) return rates before you list.
Enter your selling price, product cost, package weight, and category. Get instant side-by-side net payout, fees, commission rates, and real net profit across all three platforms.
Calculate Your Profit ↓"Net Margin is a pulse match check for your business. An 8-10% improvement in margin is clean cash straight to your bank account every month. Yet up to 70% of marketplace sellers never accurately calculate it before launch—flying blind on discounts, returns, and platform charges that silently drain profits away. Use our tool to calculate margins, know the margins you should shoot for across platforms, and learn how to optimize your products with confidence."
| Metric | Noon FBN Express |
Noon FBP Direct |
Amazon.ae Easy Ship |
Amazon.ae FBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Payout | AED 105.04 | AED 103.57 | AED 102.53 | AED 103.58 |
| Net Profit | +AED 26.25 | +AED 23.62 | +AED 23.28 | +AED 25.90 |
| Margin % |
17.6%
Highest Margin
|
15.9% | 15.6% | 17.4% |
| Breakeven SP | AED 112 | AED 116 | AED 117 | AED 113 |
Marketplaces market low commission rates, but profits leak through these 3 overlooked cost centers.
Marketplaces advertise 0% commission on products under ₹1,000, but make up for it with fixed closing fees, weight handling slabs, and payment gateway fees that eat 15% to 25% of lower ticket items.
Whatever GST slab your product falls under (0%, 5%, or 12%), all marketplace fees, shipping charges, and closing cuts attract a separate 18% service GST that is directly deducted before your bank settlement.
When an order is returned or rejected on COD, you pay both forward shipping and reverse shipping, lose packaging costs, and absorb damaged stock with ₹0 revenue. Spreading this reserve across every order is essential.
Here is how a real apparel order breaks down after zero commission, standard logistics, and taxes.
| Customer Pays (Selling Price) | ₹499.00 |
| Platform Commission (0%) | ₹0.00 |
| Shipping Charge (Weight 150g - 500g National) | -₹65.00 |
| GST on Shipping & Fees (18%) | -₹11.70 |
| Fixed Platform Fee | -₹25.00 |
| Your Settlement Payout from Meesho | ₹397.30 |
| Product Manufacturing / Cost of Goods (COGS) | -₹250.00 |
| Packaging Cost (Box, flyer, label) | -₹15.00 |
| Real In-Hand Net Profit | +₹132.30 (26.5% margin) |
Four quick inputs to protect your cashflow and price products with certainty.
Input your customer-facing Selling Price (SP) and what it costs you to manufacture, buy wholesale, or dropship (COGS).
Package weight determines shipping tiers. Select Local, Regional, or National to accurately simulate courier charges.
Choose 0%, 5%, 12%, or 18%. The calculator extracts the product GST portion so you don't mistake tax collections for profit.
Instantly compare net profits between Meesho, Flipkart, and Amazon to choose the optimal platform for your catalog.
What the core metrics mean for your business growth and banking balance.
The actual money remaining in your bank account after all platform commissions, closing fees, payment gateway cuts, shipping, 18% service GST, packaging, product COGS, and return reserves have been paid.
Your net profit expressed as a percentage of your selling price. For Indian marketplaces and dropshipping, a margin of 18% to 28% is healthy. Margins below 10% leave zero buffer for returns or advertising.
The rock-bottom selling price where your net profit equals exactly ₹0.00. Never discount or run flash promotional coupons below this threshold, otherwise you will lose money on every unit sold.
Answers to common questions about marketplace commissions, dropshipping margins, and tax rules.
At Vakya Labs, we partner with hundreds of direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands and multi-channel marketplace sellers. The #1 reason sellers fail isn't product appeal—it's flawed unit economics. E-commerce platforms thrive on fee complexity, making it deceptively easy to generate top-line revenue while quietly burning margin on settlements and reverse logistics. We engineered this tool to bring complete transparency to marketplace selling, giving Indian founders the exact data needed to scale profitably.
