Free tool · ROAS calculator

What ROAS do you need to profit?

A 3x ROAS can lose money. Enter your order value, costs and ad results to see the ROAS you need to break even, what each sale really earns and the most you can pay for an order.

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Currency
One order
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Your ads
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Break-even ROAS2.13x
Your ROAS3.00xPass

Above break-even with room to spare.

Break-even CPA
$37.60
Profit after ads
$2,050
Per order
$10.93
Your numbers

Where the money goes.

Change any number in the calculator and everything here follows. Point at the chart to read any ROAS.

Profit after ads, by ROASAt $5,000 of ad spend
Profit is −$5,000 at no sales, crosses zero at 2.13x and is $2,050 at your ROAS of 3.00x.−$5.0k$0$4.9k0x1x2x3x4xBreak-even 2.13xYou 3.00xTarget 2.70x
One $80.00 orderMargin before ads: 47%
  • Product$28.00
  • Shipping & packing$8.00
  • Payment fees$2.40
  • Returns & discounts$4.00
  • Left before ads$37.60
10%
Your ROAS
3.00x
Revenue from ads ÷ ad spend
Break-even ROAS
2.13x
1 ÷ margin before ads
Target for 10% profit
2.70x
1 ÷ (margin − profit kept)
Break-even CPA
$37.60
Most you can pay per order
Your CPA
$26.67
Ad spend ÷ orders from ads
Orders from ads
188
Revenue from ads ÷ order value
01 — The math

Four numbers, one line each.

Everything on this page comes from these four lines. Here they are with the example’s numbers.

  1. ROAS

    Revenue from ads ÷ ad spend

    15,000 ÷ 5,000 = 3.00x

  2. Margin

    (Order value − costs per order) ÷ order value

    (80 − 42.40) ÷ 80 = 47%

  3. Break-even ROAS

    1 ÷ margin

    1 ÷ 0.47 = 2.13x

  4. Break-even CPA

    Order value × margin

    80 × 0.47 = 37.60

02 — Break-even by margin

The lower your margin, the higher the bar.

Break-even ROAS for common margins after product, shipping and fees. Find your row before you judge a campaign.

Break-even ROAS for each margin before ads
MarginBreak-even ROAS
20%5.00x
25%4.00x
30%3.33x
35%2.86x
40%2.50x
45%2.22x
47%You2.13x
50%2.00x
60%1.67x
70%1.43x
80%1.25x

Your margin before ads: 47%. Break-even ROAS = 1 ÷ margin.

Working out numbers with a calculator
03 — ROAS, MER or profit

Which number to watch.

  • 01

    ROAS

    Revenue an ad platform credits to its ads, ÷ its spend. Good for comparing campaigns inside one platform; platforms can claim the same order twice.

  • 02

    MER (blended ROAS)

    All store revenue ÷ all ad spend. No platform can inflate it, so it keeps the whole mix honest.

  • 03

    Contribution after ads

    What’s left after product, shipping, fees, returns and ads. The number the bank sees.

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FAQ

Questions about ROAS.

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One above your break-even. A store with 70% margins profits at 1.5x; one with 30% margins needs more than 3.3x to break even. That’s why the calculator starts from your costs.

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