Labeling Cost Calculator
Source labelling removes a touch from your process.
Cost per unit in house
$0.181
$0.110 if the supplier applies it
Having the supplier label at source saves $851 a month. It also removes a touch from your own process, which matters more than the money at volume.
How the Labeling Cost Calculator works
Having the supplier label at source usually costs less than doing it yourself once labour and mislabelling are counted, and it removes a touch from your own process, which matters more than the money at volume.
Also known as: label cost per unit · printing and labelling cost · barcode label cost
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
Should the supplier apply labels?
Above modest volumes, almost always. Their labour is cheaper, it happens before shipping, and it removes a step from your warehouse.
What does mislabelling cost?
A wrong item shipped, a return, a support interaction and sometimes a marketplace penalty. It is rare per unit and expensive when it happens.
What about barcode labels for marketplaces?
Marketplaces reject incorrectly labelled inventory and charge for relabelling at several times what doing it right costs. Source labelling avoids the whole category of problem.
Are there cases for in-house labelling?
Low volumes, frequent label changes, or products that need labelling after a domestic process such as kitting. Otherwise it is work that could be someone else's.