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title: "Delivery marketplace profit calculator"
description: "Work out profit per order, break-even orders and a 12-month projection for your delivery marketplace. Free, no sign-up, download as a spreadsheet."
canonical: https://www.ordering.co/resources/profit-calculator/
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# Will your delivery marketplace make money?

Enter your orders, fees and costs. See what you keep on every order, how many orders you need to break even, and how your first 12 months could look. Then download the numbers as a spreadsheet.

[Open the calculator](#calculator)[Book a demo](https://www.ordering.co/contact/?meeting=demo#book)

- Free
- No sign-up
- Download as a spreadsheet

The calculator

## Your numbers, your marketplace.

The fields start with example values. Replace them with your own, in your currency, and the results update as you type.

Orders

Orders per monthOrders you expect in your first month.3000Average order valueAverage basket, before delivery and service fees.25Monthly order growth (%)How much orders grow each month.8

What you earn per order

Commission to stores (%)The share of each basket you charge the store.15Delivery fee per orderWhat the customer pays for delivery.3Service fee per orderAny extra fee the customer pays you.1

What each order costs you

Driver cost per deliveryWhat you pay your driver or courier partner.4.5Payment processing (%)Card fees on what the customer pays.3Promotions per orderAverage discount or coupon you fund.1Fixed costs per monthTeam, office, software and marketing.6000

Example values are for illustration only. They are not benchmarks or Ordering.co prices.

- You earn per order

  7.75

- It costs you per order

  6.37

- You keep per order

  1.38

- Orders per month to break even

  4,348

- Profit in month 1

  -1,860.00

- Profit after 12 months

  6,564.78

Each order makes money, but not enough yet to cover your fixed costs. The 12-month table shows when growth gets you there.

| Month | Orders | Revenue   | Costs     | Profit    | Cumulative profit |
| ----- | ------ | --------- | --------- | --------- | ----------------- |
| 1     | 3,000  | 23,250.00 | 25,110.00 | -1,860.00 | -1,860.00         |
| 2     | 3,240  | 25,110.00 | 26,638.80 | -1,528.80 | -3,388.80         |
| 3     | 3,499  | 27,117.25 | 28,288.63 | -1,171.38 | -4,560.18         |
| 4     | 3,779  | 29,287.25 | 30,072.23 | -784.98   | -5,345.16         |
| 5     | 4,081  | 31,627.75 | 31,995.97 | -368.22   | -5,713.38         |
| 6     | 4,408  | 34,162.00 | 34,078.96 | 83.04     | -5,630.34         |
| 7     | 4,761  | 36,897.75 | 36,327.57 | 570.18    | -5,060.16         |
| 8     | 5,141  | 39,842.75 | 38,748.17 | 1,094.58  | -3,965.58         |
| 9     | 5,553  | 43,035.75 | 41,372.61 | 1,663.14  | -2,302.44         |
| 10    | 5,997  | 46,476.75 | 44,200.89 | 2,275.86  | -26.58            |
| 11    | 6,477  | 50,196.75 | 47,258.49 | 2,938.26  | 2,911.68          |
| 12    | 6,995  | 54,211.25 | 50,558.15 | 3,653.10  | 6,564.78          |

How it works

## Simple math, shown in full.

No hidden assumptions. These are the formulas behind every number above.

- You earn per order

  Average order value × commission %, plus the delivery fee and the service fee.

- It costs you per order

  Driver cost, plus payment processing on everything the customer pays, plus the promotions you fund.

- You keep per order

  What you earn per order minus what it costs you. If this is negative, growth makes the loss bigger.

- Break-even

  Fixed costs per month divided by what you keep per order.

- 12-month projection

  Orders grow by your monthly growth rate. Profit is orders × what you keep per order, minus fixed costs.

Questions

## About the calculator

Do you see or save my numbers?

No. Everything is calculated in your browser, and the spreadsheet is created on your device.

Which currency should I use?

Any. Enter every amount in the same currency and the results will be in that currency.

Is this financial advice?

No. It is a planning tool with simplified math. Taxes, refunds and other costs are not included, so check your plan with your own advisor.

Where can I learn how to improve these numbers?

The Growth playbooks cover delivery fees and zones, promotions without losing margin, and how to make money from a marketplace, step by step.

## Want to see your numbers on a real platform?

Bring your calculation to a demo. We will show you how Ordering.co handles commissions, delivery fees, drivers and payments for a marketplace like yours.

[Book a demo](https://www.ordering.co/contact/?meeting=demo#book)[Read the Growth playbooks](https://www.ordering.co/resources/growth-playbooks/)