A seller listing more than a few pieces usually ends up with a spreadsheet: one cell for the flat $2.95 fee, one for the 20% rate, and an IF formula to pick between them at the $15.00 line. That formula is ordinary arithmetic. What it does not do by itself is flag the $14.75 price where the two rules cost the same, or catch the moment an offer or bundle discount drops a sale from just above $15.00 to just below it — the one case where accepting less money can also mean losing more of it to fees.
A spreadsheet can reproduce the whole fee schedule: =IF(price<15,2.95,price*0.2) for commission, and price minus that for payout. Typing the formula once and copying it down handles any number of listings, and a spreadsheet keeps a running history a calculator does not.
This calculator keeps that same formula, plus the $14.75 break-even price and the offer/bundle-discount comparison, on one screen, and solves for the price needed to hit a target profit instead of a goal-seek you build yourself. A shareable link carries the whole scenario in the URL, so a number checked before listing is the same link opened again after an offer comes in.
| Question | Where to answer it |
|---|---|
| What do I keep on this listing after fees? | This calculator's payout panel, or your own IF formula — both give the same number. |
| Does this offer or bundle discount cost more than it looks like once fees shift? | This calculator's offer comparison, not a second spreadsheet formula most sellers never write. |
| What price do I need to list at for a target profit? | This calculator's target-profit mode, solved for you instead of goal-seeked by hand. |
| I want a running history across a season of listings. | A spreadsheet you build yourself — it can track any number of rows over time. |
| Is my data uploaded anywhere? | No. Everything runs in your browser; your figures stay on this device. |
Yes. The fee schedule is one IF formula — commission equals $2.95 when the sale price is under $15.00, otherwise 20% of the sale price — and payout is sale price minus commission. Anyone who can write =IF(A2<15,2.95,A2*0.2) has the core arithmetic. Building it means typing that formula once and copying it down.
Surface the $14.75 break-even price and the offer-negotiation risk without a second formula. A basic IF formula answers what you keep on a listed price; it does not, on its own, show that accepting an offer or bundle discount which drops the final price from just above $15.00 to just below it can cost more in lost commission-tier savings than the discount itself, because the fee jumps from 20% of the higher price straight to a flat $2.95 that is nearly as large. This calculator runs that comparison in one view and solves for the sale price needed to hit a target profit, instead of a goal-seek you set up yourself.
Yes, when your situation has a wrinkle this calculator does not model — tracking dozens of listings across a season, reconciling against Poshmark's own payout CSV, or a bulk-discount promotion this tool's inputs cannot represent. A spreadsheet you build yourself can represent any rule you can describe and keep a running history. This calculator trades that flexibility for a form that already has the right cliff, break-even, and offer comparison wired in for a single sale.
No. The calculator runs entirely in your browser. A shareable link carries your numbers in the URL itself rather than sending them to a server, and the optional usage counter records only which features were used and the day, never your prices or costs.
This page names no specific product — it compares against the generic method of tracking these payouts in a spreadsheet, not a competing calculator. Open the Poshmark Fee Calculator, or see how much does Poshmark take per sale for the worked $14.75 break-even example.