Black Friday Discount Calculator · 2026

How much can you discount before Black Friday starts costing you money? Enter one product. Everything runs in your browser — nothing is sent or stored. Black Friday is Nov 27, Cyber Monday Nov 30.

Your product

Regular price ($)

Product cost / COGS ($)

Shipping & packaging you pay ($)

Ad cost per order, blended ($)

Payment fee (%)

Payment fixed fee ($)

Return/refund rate (%)

Returned items you can resell (%)

Return shipping you pay ($)

Min profit per order you need ($)

Defaults are an example. Replace them with your own numbers. Check your payment provider's current rates.

Your answer

Maximum safe discount (keeps your minimum profit)

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Break-even discount (profit = $0)

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Profit per order at each discount

Discount	Sale price	Profit / order	Orders needed to match a normal day's profit

Profit = what you keep per order after product cost, shipping, payment fees, expected returns and ad cost. "Orders needed" = how many times more orders you must sell to earn the same total profit as one full-price order.

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Estimates only; not financial or legal advice. Model: profit = (1 − returns − fee%) × sale price − cost × (1 − returns × resale%) − shipping − fixed fee − returns × return shipping − ad cost.