TikTok Shop Fee Calculator
Referral commission, creator affiliate fees, and ad spend — netted out per order and per month.
On a $25 order at a 6% referral fee with a 15% creator commission, TikTok Shop and your affiliate take $5.25 between them — 21.0% of the order before product cost, shipping, or ads. The creator cut is usually the larger number, and unlike the referral fee, recovery depends on the timing of the refund and creator payout.
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After TikTok Shop fees, product and shipping costs, and $1.88 of ad spend per order. Monthly plan and storage costs are handled below.
Where your money goes
Per month at 80 ordersMonthly totals
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Stored in this browser only — nothing is uploaded, and there is no account to create.
The sale price where one order nets exactly zero — covering percentage fees, per-unit and flat fees, your costs, and this order's share of ad spend.
Needed to cover $150.00 of monthly ad spend and fixed costs. You're planning 80.
Ad economics
An order can pay at most its contribution — revenue after fees and variable costs — to win a customer. Spend more than that and the order is bought at a loss.
You can pay up to $11.50 per order in ads and still break even — currently $1.88.
TikTok Shop profit example: creator commission versus no affiliate
Compare the two $25 scenarios above: the same product, shipping and ad budget, with either no affiliate or a 15% creator commission. Commission reduces contribution before you decide how much advertising you can afford.
Load “$25 product, no affiliate” above or open this exact scenario in a new tab. The example assumes 80 orders and $150.00 in advertising per month. Values are calculated with the same fee engine as the tool and rounded only for display.
- Buyer payment per order
- $25.00
- Referral Fee per order
- $1.50
- Product cost per order
- $8.00
- Your shipping cost per order
- $4.00
- Advertising per order
- $1.88
- Profit per order before monthly recurring costs
- $9.63
- Monthly recurring fees
- $0.00
- Monthly profit after recurring fees
- $770.00
Before monthly recurring costs, the maximum acquisition cost is $11.50 per order: revenue divided by that amount gives a break-even ROAS of 2.17. To cover a plan, storage or other overhead, allow less for acquisition.
This example uses the editable referral default with no refunds or discounts. Confirm your category and seller offer. Refund timing affects recovery of creator commission; do not assume every commission is unrecoverable. Review fee sources and methodology.
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Budget creator samples before scaling
Free samples use inventory and postage even when they produce no sales. The calculator above does not deduct these costs. For samples you send directly, use: monthly sample budget = samples sent × (product cost + sample shipping). Add packaging or handling to that unit cost when applicable.
Load “$25 product, 15% creator cut” to start this example: 80 paid orders at $25.00, 15% creator commission and $150.00 in monthly ads. The fee engine estimates $470.00 monthly profit before samples and other unentered overhead. Assume each sample costs $8.00 in product plus $4.00 to ship, or $12.00 total. These are illustrative costs, not shipping quotes or a forecast of creator conversions.
- 0 samples · $0.00 sample budget
- $470.00 remaining profit
- 20 samples · $240.00 sample budget
- $230.00 remaining profit
- 40 samples · $480.00 sample budget
- $-10.00 remaining profit
Keep the 80 paid orders unchanged when comparing these budgets. Sending more samples does not establish that more customers will buy. Deduct sample costs once, keep them separate from creator commission on paid sales, and leave room for returns and other overhead. Orders processed through a platform sample program can have different settlement adjustments; reconcile those against your records.
How TikTok Shop fees work
TikTok Shop publishes a US category fee schedule through its public Academy. The 6% default follows that schedule for most categories; it replaces an unsupported 8% assumption on this site. Check your category and account offer before using the result.
Creator commission applies to product price after seller discounts, excluding shipping and tax. Enter your agreed rate. With no shipping charged, a 6% referral rate and 15% creator rate total 21% before product costs and advertising.
Refunds retain an administration fee of 20% of the referral fee, capped at $5 per SKU. This tool assumes one SKU per order and a refund after creator payout. Earlier returns may recover creator commission, so compare the estimate with your settlement report. Shipping programs, subsidies, sample costs and special promotions are additional inputs to your business budget.
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