What it helps you decide
Compare maker profit across wholesale, consignment, marketplace, and direct.
Channel economics
See what the maker keeps across wholesale, consignment, marketplace, and direct sales.
Compare the same MSRP and product cost across four channel structures, both per unit and across a planned run.
Start with the example
The values already filled in are a working example—not a recommendation.
- 1Choose the closest starting point.
- 2Replace the example with your real details.
- 3Read the live result and its important limits.
Your numbers
Product and channel terms
Use the filled example first. Then replace each field with a measured value or your best current estimate.
Step 1Answer one question at a time. Your example values stay available.
Important limit
Channel fit is more than fee percentage.
Include shipping, returns, spoilage, unsold consignment inventory, payment timing, sales labor, advertising, storage, chargebacks, and minimum-order commitments before choosing a channel.
About this free operations & wholesale tool
How to use the Consignment vs. Wholesale Comparator
Compare maker profit across wholesale, consignment, marketplace, and direct. The calculator runs privately in your browser and is designed to make the assumptions behind the answer visible.
What to have ready
Gather demand, lead time, case or pallet rules, capacity, setup time, freight terms, inventory position, and the cost of the proposed order.
Key inputs: Retail price / MSRP; True product cost; Units sold; Wholesale price as % of MSRP; Maker share of consignment sale.
How to use the result
Use the result to set a reorder, production, freight, or wholesale starting point, then check physical constraints, cash timing, and customer terms.
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