Planning tool

Vending Price & Margin Calculator

Turn case cost, location commission, and your chosen margin or markup target into a clear starting price.

Commission is treated as a percentage of the final selling price. Card fees, sales tax, spoilage, and route overhead are not included.

Your inputs

Build the price from the cost up.

Case costSellable units / case

How do you set your target?

Contribution marginPercent of selling price left after product cost and commission.Markup on costPercent added to product cost after absorbing location commission.

Target contribution marginMargin = (price − product cost − commission) ÷ price.Location commission on salesCalculated from the final selling price.

Round selling price up to

$0.05$0.10$0.25$0.50

Price the whole route, not one item in isolation.

Use the contribution estimator to add card fees, route labor, telemetry, maintenance, and installed investment.

Estimate route contribution Talk to an operator

Planning tool

Vending Price & Margin Calculator

Turn case cost, location commission, and your chosen margin or markup target into a clear starting price.

Commission is treated as a percentage of the final selling price. Card fees, sales tax, spoilage, and route overhead are not included.

Your inputs

Build the price from the cost up.

Case costSellable units / case

How do you set your target?

Contribution marginPercent of selling price left after product cost and commission.Markup on costPercent added to product cost after absorbing location commission.

Target contribution marginMargin = (price − product cost − commission) ÷ price.Location commission on salesCalculated from the final selling price.

Round selling price up to

$0.05$0.10$0.25$0.50

Price the whole route, not one item in isolation.

Use the contribution estimator to add card fees, route labor, telemetry, maintenance, and installed investment.

Estimate route contribution Talk to an operator