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Honest pricing calculator: real cost, break-even point, and margin using your own numbers. Most businesses don't know what they actually cost to run. Here you'll know in 5 minutes.

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Why you're not making money

Pricing is the blind spot of 9 out of 10 companies.

You're guessing

You set prices based on gut feeling or copying competitors. Neither accounts for YOUR costs.

Costs you can't see

Payment fees, bad debt, your own salary, taxes. They eat 20-40% of what you think is profit.

Revenue ≠ Profit

You bill $10K/month and feel good. But after real costs? You might be making $800, or losing money.

3 steps. 5 minutes. Your real price.

No spreadsheets. No formulas. We do the math.

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Enter your costs

Materials, labor, fixed costs. We flag the hidden ones.

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See the truth

Real cost, break-even, minimum price. No surprises.

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Set your price

Choose your margin. Compare scenarios. Decide with data.

Important notice: For informational purposes only. Not financial, tax, or legal advice. Simulation based solely on user-provided inputs; Arena does not verify or audit data. Consult a qualified professional before pricing decisions that affect contracts.

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One client per job. Each job costs your time.

This is usually the biggest cost in a service. Think carefully.

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Real cost of labor is usually 20-30% higher than the nominal wage in this country.

Small materials used during the service, software licenses consumed per job, tools that wear out.

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Travel, specific software per job, subcontractors, anything you pay per job.

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Rent, internet, software, accounting, bank fees, phone, equipment, licenses. Everything you pay every month even if you sell nothing. Add it up.

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If you don't know, estimate. Underestimate rather than overestimate. A conservative number protects your margin.

Total tax rate on your revenue.

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Do you charge VAT/GST separately?

% charged by the processor on the final price. E.g.: Stripe ~4%, Square ~2.9%, PayPal ~4%.

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% retained by the marketplace on the final price. E.g.: Amazon 8-15%, Etsy 6.5%, eBay ~13%. Use 0% if direct.

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% of the final price paid to salespeople or affiliates.

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% of invoices you realistically expect to never get paid. (1-5%)

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Profit after all costs. 20-30% is typical.

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For comparison.

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Before you trust the number:

Unchecked items may mean your price is too low.

Articles on Pricing

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Practice7 min

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Use the break-even formula to find the exact number of customers, units, or monthly revenue you need before profit starts.

Management7 min

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When cash tightens, the first reaction is to cut costs. Cut what? Not all costs are equal, and cutting in the wrong place does more damage than the savings

Strategy7 min

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When I started offering services I did what most people do: asked three competitors what they charged and picked a number in the middle.

Growth7 min

When to Raise Prices Without Losing Customers (Real Playbook)

After 17 years running businesses, I can tell you this: fear of raising prices is the biggest silent destroyer of margin.

Sales6 min

Does Psychological Pricing Actually Work? What Research Says

$97 instead of $100. $9.90 instead of $10. $499 instead of $500. Everyone knows the trick.

Methodology11 min

What Is Pricing: How to Set Prices With Real Margin

What pricing actually is, the 6 mistakes that kill margin, the hidden costs nobody adds, the 5 practical methods (cost-plus, markup, value, competitive.

Already charging a price and want to know if you're making money?

The Pricing Calculator helps you set a price. To evaluate whether the price you ALREADY charge gives you a healthy margin, use Margin.

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