Which shipping costs count in the margin?
Last updated: 31 October 2026 · The MargenOptimierer app is in German. Button and menu names are shown exactly as you see them, with the English meaning in brackets.
Shipping costs are what it costs you to send one sold unit, without VAT.
You enter them per item on the Produkte (products) page, and they come off the margin for every unit sold. What your customer pays for shipping is something else, and that's part of your revenue.
Example: Shipping costs for 50 acacia chairs
Say a parcel with the acacia chair costs you 4.90 € in shipping costs. With 50 chairs sold, 245 € comes off the margin for shipping costs.
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