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Pricing Floor Calculator

Find the minimum price that covers variable costs and preserves your target contribution margin.

Inputs

Model the costs that move with the order, then set the margin threshold you want the price to protect.

Results

Price guardrails

Use the absolute floor as a hard stop and the target price as the operating guardrail.

Absolute floor price

$44.85

Target price

$55.06

Promo floor

$64.77

Margin at current price

36.6%

Output summary

This is a floor model, not a demand model. It tells you what the economics require, not what the market will accept.

Absolute floor price$44.85
Target price$55.06
Promo floor$64.77
Margin at entered price36.6%
Guardrail statusCurrent price is above floor

How it works

  • A floor price is only useful if it includes the costs that actually move with the order.
  • The absolute floor covers variable costs. The target price also preserves your required contribution margin.
  • Promo scenarios matter because discounts reduce revenue while most costs stay largely intact.
  • Floor pricing based on COGS alone is usually misleading.

Common mistakes

  • Pricing off markup only.
  • Excluding fulfillment and returns from the floor calculation.
  • Setting discounts without margin guardrails.
  • Confusing floor price with ideal market price.