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How much does each shipment contribute after expected returns?
Each shipment contains one item. Returned orders are fully refunded. Charge merchandise cost to retained sales and written-off returns. Other returns re-enter stock at full cost. Deduct outbound cost on every shipment and return expense only on returned orders. Excludes taxes, payment fees and fixed overhead.
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Worked example
With the example inputs below, the calculator returns these results.
Retained revenue per shipment €52.70
- Selling price per order
- 62 €
- Unit merchandise cost
- 24 €
- Orders fully returned
- 15 %
- Outbound cost for every order
- 4.5 €
- Extra cost per returned order
- 6 €
- Returned units written off
- 20 %
Other results
- Stock consumed per shipment
- €21.12
- Average return handling
- €0.90
- Contribution per shipment
- €26.18
Use your own figures
Separate the cost of retained sales from returned stock you can sell again. Open the worksheet, replace the example values, then copy or print the result.
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