Booth Break-Even & Pricing Calculator
For antique mall, vendor mall, and flea market booths. Find the monthly sales your booth needs to cover rent, commission, and card fees, then price every tag so each sale pays its way.
Estimates only. Check your mall's contract for exactly how it charges commission and card fees.
Monthly sales needed
Commission, card fees, and item cost add up to 100% or more of each sale, so no amount of sales covers your booth costs. Raise prices or lower what you pay per item.
Price to write on the tag
Commission, card fees, and your discount take 100% or more of the price, so no tag works. Lower the discount you allow.
Making the Booth Math Work
Price for the discount
If your mall runs 10% off sales or buyers ask for a dealer price, build it into the tag so the discount comes out of the buyer’s price, not your profit.
Rotate stale stock
Every shelf spot that holds something unsold for months is rent you paid for nothing. Mark it down, move it online, or pull it and bring in fresh stock.
Count every cost
Rent is the obvious one. Tags, display cases, gas to restock, and work-day fees add up too, and they belong in the break-even number.
Know Which Items Actually Pay the Rent
Flippd tracks what you paid for every item and what it sold for, logs booth rent as a recurring expense, and shows your profit after expenses. QR labels and storage locations keep booth stock organized.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much does an antique mall booth cost?
Rent typically runs from about $50 a month for a small space or showcase to $400 or more for a large booth in a busy mall. Many malls also take a commission of around 5% to 15% on each sale plus a card processing fee, and some require work days or charge a fee instead.
How do I know if my booth is profitable?
Add up rent and other monthly booth costs, then divide by what you keep from each dollar of sales after commission, card fees, and what you paid for the items. That is your break-even sales number. If your booth regularly sells more than that, it is making money.
How should I price items in an antique booth?
Start from what you paid plus the profit you want, then gross it up for commission, card fees, and any discount you allow, so those come out of the buyer’s price instead of your profit. The Tag Pricing tab does this math and rounds up to a whole-dollar tag.
Should I add booth rent to every price tag?
Usually not item by item. Rent is a fixed monthly cost, so it gets covered by volume. Price each item to cover its own cost, fees, and profit, then use the Break-Even tab to see how many sales a month pay the rent.
Is this booth calculator free?
Yes. No signup is needed, and your numbers stay in your browser unless you copy a share link.