Discount & Profit Margin Calculator interactive tool
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What Is Discount & Profit Margin?
Whether you are a consumer trying to figure out a sale price or a business owner setting retail prices, this tool simplifies commercial math by calculating discounts, profit margins, and markups.
Margin vs. Markup: What's the Difference?
These two terms are often confused, but they represent different calculations:
- Markup: The percentage added to your cost to determine the final selling price. (e.g., A $50 item with a 50% markup sells for $75).
- Profit Margin: The percentage of the selling price that is actual profit. (e.g., If you sell an item for $100 and it cost you $70, your profit is $30, meaning you have a 30% margin).
Calculating a Discounted Price
In discount mode, enter the original price and discount percentage to see the modeled sale price and savings before tax or shipping.
How To Use the Discount & Profit Margin Calculator
- Choose discount, profit margin, or markup mode.
- For discount: enter original price and discount percentage.
- For margin/markup: enter cost and margin or markup percentage.
- Review the resulting sale price and profit.
Sale price, markup, and profit margin
Use this discount calculator to find a sale price and savings from an original price, or switch to margin and markup calculations when setting a selling price from cost. Margin is based on selling price, while markup is based on cost.
Need the formula or convention behind this result? Read the calculator methods and assumptions.