How Much Do Resellers Make?
Put in your own listing pace, sell-through and average profit to see what a week, a month and a year of reselling is worth, and what it pays per hour.
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How to use the reseller income calculator
- Enter how many items you list in a typical week in “New listings per week”. The page starts at 15.
- Enter the percentage of those listings that end in a sale in “Share of listings that sell (%)”. It starts at 40.
- Enter what you keep from a typical sale, after fees, postage and what the item cost, in “Average profit per sale”. It starts at 12.
- Enter your weekly time for sourcing, photographing, listing and shipping in “Hours you work on it per week”. It starts at 10.
- Read the table of Per week, Per month and Per year profit.
- Read “About N sales a week” under the table and “Profit per hour” below that. The hourly line is hidden while hours are zero.
With the starting numbers the page shows 6 sales a week, $72.00 a week, $312.00 a month, $3,744.00 a year and $7.20 an hour. Change one input at a time to see which has the most effect: raising “Share of listings that sell (%)” from 40 to 60 lifts the weekly figure to $108.00, while “Hours you work on it per week” changes only the hourly line. There is no link, CSV or ledger button on this page. If you do not know your average profit per sale, work it out from past sales with the reseller ledger or the reselling spreadsheet.
How much can you make reselling?
Your income is the number of listings, times the share that sells, times the profit you keep from each sale. Nobody can give you one figure, because each of those three differs between resellers. Test your own numbers. With 15 listings a week, 40% selling and $12 profit, you make $72.00 a week.
| Output | Calculation | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Sales per week | 15 × 40% | 6 |
| Profit per week | 6 × $12.00 | $72.00 |
| Profit per month | $72.00 × 52 ÷ 12 | $312.00 |
| Profit per year | $72.00 × 52 | $3,744.00 |
| Profit per hour | $72.00 ÷ 10 hours | $7.20 |
How much do resellers make a month or a year?
The monthly figure is the weekly profit times 52 divided by 12, and the yearly figure is the weekly profit times 52. Both assume every week looks like the one you entered, with no gaps for holidays, illness or a slow season, so a year here is 52 identical weeks. Real weeks vary with season and stock, so treat the totals as a plan, not a promise.
Two changes lift income by the same amount. Raising the sell-through from 40% to 60%, or raising the profit per sale from $12 to $18, both turn the $72.00 week into $108.00 ($468.00 a month, $5,616.00 a year). The first needs more of your listings to sell, the second needs better prices or lower costs.
Is reselling profitable?
It depends on the profit per sale and on the time you spend. Look at the Profit per hour line. At $12 profit and 6 sales, 10 hours of work pays $7.20 an hour. Moving to 25 listings, 50% selling, $15 profit and 15 hours gives 12.5 sales, $187.50 a week and $12.50 an hour. The same hours can produce very different pay.
What does a small side income look like?
Take 10 new listings a week, 30% selling, $20 profit per sale and 8 hours of work. That is 3 sales and $60.00 a week, $260.00 a month and $3,120.00 a year, or $7.50 an hour. Adding two more hours a week without any extra sale would lower the hourly figure to $6.00, because profit stays the same.
Can you make $1,000 a month reselling?
At $12 profit per sale, $1,000 a month is about 19 sales a week. With a 40% sell-through, you need about 48 listings a week to reach $998.40 a month, and 49 listings to pass $1,000, with $1,019.20. At 20 hours a week that is about $11.76 an hour.
How this tool works and where the numbers come from
Sales per week are listings per week times the share that sell. Weekly profit is sales per week times your average profit per sale; monthly is weekly times 52 divided by 12; yearly is weekly times 52. The hourly figure divides weekly profit by the hours you spend. The result multiplies your own inputs and is not a forecast.
Sources
- ResalePocket sources and rate changelog (own method, no external rule) · checked
Frequently asked questions
How much money do resellers make?
This page gives no average, because averages hide how different resellers are. The figures it shows come only from the four inputs you type. The starting numbers give $312.00 a month, and yours will differ.
How much profit should I make per item?
The calculator sets no target. Enter your real average profit per sale. If the hourly figure looks low, test a higher profit per sale and see how much it changes.
Does the profit per sale include fees?
It should. The page multiplies the number you enter and applies no fees of its own, so use a figure that is already after fees, postage and item cost. Use the selling price calculator to see what fees and postage take on a given price.
Which hours should I count?
Count everything that belongs to selling: finding stock, cleaning, photographing, listing, answering messages and posting parcels. Leaving some out makes the hourly figure look better than your real pay.
Is the result after tax?
No. Income tax and self-employment tax are left out, and the page says so under the table. Set money aside separately and check the rules where you live.
Can I earn a full-time income from reselling?
Compare the “Per year” figure with the income you need, and the hourly figure with what you could earn elsewhere. The page does not say whether either is realistic. That depends on the numbers you put in.
Related tools
- Selling Price Calculator: to find the price that gives the profit per sale you enter here.
- Reseller Profit Calculator: to get profit per item on a lot you bought.
- Sell-Through Rate Calculator: to measure the share of listings that sell.
- Reselling Spreadsheet: to record sales and work out your average profit.
- Reseller Ledger: to keep your stock and sales in your browser.
- COGS Calculator for Resellers: to work out the cost of goods sold for a year.
- Pricing tools: the other price and profit tools in this hub.