Tiered Pricing Calculator
Total cost across tiered price bands.
Order total
$2,305
$9.22 effective per unit
Tiered pricing charges each band at its own rate, so the effective price approaches the lowest band only gradually.
How the Tiered Pricing Calculator works
Tiered pricing charges each band at its own rate, like a tax bracket — the first hundred units at one price, the next at another. It differs from volume pricing, where crossing a threshold reprices the entire order, and the two produce very different totals.
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 does tiered pricing differ from volume pricing?
Tiered charges each band separately: 100 units at £10 then 50 at £8. Volume reprices everything at the reached tier: all 150 at £8. Volume is more generous and creates a cliff at each threshold.
Which should I use?
Tiered protects margin and avoids the awkwardness of an order becoming cheaper as it grows. Volume is simpler to communicate and pushes buyers harder toward the next break. Software and API pricing lean tiered; physical goods lean volume.
What is the effective per-unit price?
Total cost divided by total units. Under tiered pricing it always sits between the highest and lowest band rates, and it approaches the lowest rate only slowly as volume grows.
How many tiers should I have?
Three or four. More than that and buyers cannot hold the structure in their head, which defeats the purpose of using price to steer order size.