Dropshipping Fulfilment Cost Calculator
Your own hours, priced honestly.
Fulfilment cost per month
$708
$1.18 per order
Automation saves $4,860 a year of your time at this volume. Support is 22.4% of the total and does not automate away — it shrinks when delivery times improve, which is a sourcing decision rather than a tooling one.
How the Dropshipping Fulfilment Cost Calculator works
Order handling automates away; customer support does not. Support volume tracks delivery time far more closely than it tracks order count — which makes it a sourcing problem rather than a tooling one, and the tooling is what everyone buys first.
Not financial advice. Marketplace fees change, and they vary by country, plan and seller status. Every rate here is an editable default, not a quoted price — check the platform's current fee schedule before you price a product against it. This is not tax or business advice.
Frequently asked questions
How much time does fulfilling orders take?
Manually placing an order with a supplier takes two to three minutes. At several hundred orders a month that is a working week, which is why automation apps pay for themselves quickly at volume.
Does automation reduce support tickets?
Barely. Tickets are mostly about where the parcel is, which is a function of shipping time. Faster suppliers cut support volume; automation apps do not.
When is an automation subscription worth it?
Once the time it saves, valued at your real hourly cost, exceeds the subscription. That crossover usually sits around a hundred orders a month.
Should I outsource support?
Once ticket volume is a daily burden, yes — it is repetitive, well-documented work. Just make sure the answers are accurate, because a wrong answer about delivery generates a chargeback.