Consignment split calculator
What does the maker get from a consignment sale, and what shelf price pays them what they want?
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Maker's payout per item
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- Store keeps per item
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- Total to pay the maker
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- Total the store keeps
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- Maker's share of the shelf price (%)
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The store's cut is rounded to the cent and the maker gets the rest, so the two always add up to the shelf price.
Use the percent and fee in your written agreement. This calculator does not say what split is fair or usual, and leaves out charges that do not depend on sales, such as a monthly rent.
Shelf price
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- Maker's payout at that price
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- Store keeps per item
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The shelf price is rounded up to the cent, so the maker gets at least the payout they asked for.
The store's cut is rounded to the cent and the maker gets the rest, so the two always add up to the shelf price.
Use the percent and fee in your written agreement. This calculator does not say what split is fair or usual, and leaves out charges that do not depend on sales, such as a monthly rent.
Enter your numbers to see the result.
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How this is worked out
The store's cut is the shelf price times its percent, divided by 100, rounded to the cent. The maker gets the shelf price less the store's cut and any fee per item, and the store keeps the rest. For the items sold, the maker's total is their payout per item times the items, and the store keeps the shelf price times the items less that. The shelf price for a payout is the payout plus the fee per item, divided by 1 less the store's percent over 100, rounded up to the cent.
A worked example
Example numbers only; use your own. A jar of honey sells at 8.00, and the farm stop keeps 30 percent plus 0.25 a jar. The store's cut is 2.40, so the maker gets 5.35 and the store keeps 2.65, which is 66.88 percent of the price to the maker. For 24 jars the maker is paid 128.40 and the store keeps 63.60. A maker who wants 6.00 a jar on the same terms needs a shelf price of 8.93.
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