finding the perfect price to sell my item for

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Topic summary

A seller is trying to determine the correct pricing for a shirt that costs $15.44 to produce, with $3.99 in shipping costs they want to absorb.

Initial Pricing Attempt:

  • Following an article’s advice to mark up cost by 50% resulted in only a 33.33% gross margin
  • This margin was deemed too low to be profitable

Revised Approach:

  • Applied a 75.94% total markup (50% base + 25.94% to cover shipping)
  • The additional 25.94% equals the $3.99 shipping cost
  • Screenshots show pricing calculations and margin analysis

Current Status:
The seller is seeking validation on whether this pricing strategy is correct and fair, and has asked for alternative pragmatic approaches. The discussion remains open with no responses yet to their pricing question.

Summarized with AI on November 1. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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The cost of my shirt is $15.44 , I am offering FREE SHIPPING $3.99

**I did what the article said…Take the–> COST x 50% …**and got a low gross margin %33.33 :sad_but_relieved_face: that def would it my prof.

![Screenshot 2025-01-24 044916.png|1027x633](upload://nPewe8F1EZz97MkmBSsKYVHNoFD.png)

on the second screenshot. i left the cost as is..and mark up 25.94% on top of the 50% for a total of 75.94

the 25.94 % is equal to the amount of the shipping 3.99

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is this correct? is this a good-fair sales price?

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i see, what is your pragmatic approach ?