Free Margin, Markup and Price Index Calculator
A product costs 60 and sells for 100. Is that a 40% margin or a 66.7% markup? It's both, and mixing them up is one of the most expensive pricing mistakes in e-commerce.
In under 3 minutes, you'll learn how to calculate margin, markup and a competitor price index, and the two details that make your price index far more accurate.
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⏱️ Chapters
0:00 Margin or markup?
0:18 How to calculate profit margin
0:36 How to calculate markup
0:50 The 50% markup vs 50% margin mistake
1:10 Converting markup to margin
1:23 What is a price index?
1:41 Leave out out-of-stock competitors
2:07 From one product to your whole catalog
2:28 Free calculator & free trial
📌 Key formulas
• Margin % = (Price − Cost) ÷ Price × 100
• Markup % = (Price − Cost) ÷ Cost × 100
• Margin = Markup ÷ (1 + Markup)
• Markup = Margin ÷ (1 − Margin)
• Price index = Your price ÷ Average competitor price × 100
💡 Remember: a 50% markup gives only a 33.3% margin.
📊 In a 2026 PriceRest study of 261 online stores in 24 countries, 46% of products changed price within 30 days. PriceRest keeps your price index, margins and competitor prices up to date automatically, across your whole catalog.
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📖 Price Monitoring Glossary, 51 pricing terms explained:
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