---
type: Tool
title: "Freight-to-Margin Alarm Calculator"
description: "Is freight eating your margin? Enter order cost and freight cost — get an instant verdict, a fix-it plan, and the math behind the verdict in seconds."
resource: https://amyfaychandler.com/tools/freight-alarm/
tags: [tools]
---

# Freight Alarm

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# Freight-to-Margin Alarm

@AmyFayChandler

                Freight can quietly eat your margin alive. Enter your invoice
                and freight cost — this tells you what percentage of your
                landed cost is shipping, and whether you need to raise retail.

## Your Invoice

                Invoice Total (goods only)

The wholesale cost before shipping.

                    $

                Freight Cost

What you paid (or will pay) to get it to your door.

                    $

                Planned Margin

What margin did you plan to make on this order?

                    50%
                    55%
                    60%
                    Custom

                        %

                Alarm Threshold

                    Freight over what percent of invoice should trigger a warning?
                    Industry rule-of-thumb is 10%.

                    5%
                    10%
                    15%
                    Custom

                        %

            Check My Freight

Freight as % of Cost

0%

 

## The Numbers

                    Invoice (goods)
                    $0

                    Freight
                    $0

                    Landed Cost
                    $0

                    Planned Margin
                    0%

                    Effective Margin (after freight)
                    0%

                    Margin Lost to Freight
                    0 pts

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