Redbubble fee calculator: how much do you actually earn per sale?

Free Redbubble profit calculator. Pick a product, set your artist margin, and see exact royalty per sale across 9 POD marketplaces. No signup.

Redbubble takes a base price for every product and pays you a royalty on top. The number you see in the Studio is your artist margin (default 20%), but that is not what lands in your bank account. After the marketplace fee, payment processing, currency conversion and the per-product manufacturing cost, your real profit can be anywhere from $1.50 on a sticker to $14 on a hoodie. Most beginners overprice or underprice because they never run the math. This calculator does it for you in seconds. Enter your monthly sales mix — 50 stickers, 5 t-shirts, 2 hoodies — and a target artist margin, and we compute the exact royalty per item using Redbubble's real 2026 base prices. We also benchmark the same volume against TeePublic, Amazon Merch, Etsy, Society6 and 4 other POD marketplaces so you can see where the same design would make more money. No login, no credit card, no email.

What you get

Real Redbubble base prices

Updated 2026 base prices for stickers, t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, posters, tote bags and 30+ more products.

Royalty per sale, not just margin %

We multiply your margin by the base price for each product type and show the dollar amount you actually receive.

Compare 9 POD marketplaces side by side

Same sales mix, instantly compared across Redbubble, TeePublic, Amazon Merch, Etsy, Society6, Zazzle, Spreadshirt, Threadless and Displate.

Preset volumes for beginner / intermediate / advanced

Don't have sales data yet? One click loads realistic volume presets so you can sanity-check your goal.

Margin sweet spot detector

Margins above 30% can collapse conversion. We flag when your settings push price past category benchmarks.

How it works

1. Pick your products

Choose stickers, apparel, wall art, drinkware — anything in the Redbubble catalog.

2. Set monthly units per product

Use the presets or type your own numbers. The calculator updates live.

3. Dial your artist margin

Slide from 10% to 40% and watch royalty + retail price both change in real time.

4. Read the side-by-side comparison

See the same volume across all 9 POD marketplaces and decide where to publish next.

Frequently asked questions

What is the average Redbubble artist margin?

Redbubble's default is 20%. Top sellers usually run 18-25% — high enough to make the math work, low enough that price doesn't kill conversion. Below 15% you barely cover your time; above 30% you start losing the impulse-buy audience.

How much does Redbubble pay per t-shirt?

On a classic t-shirt with a $19.84 base price and 20% margin, you earn around $3.97 per sale. A premium pullover hoodie with the same margin pays roughly $8 per sale. Use the calculator above to see the exact number for your settings.

Are Redbubble base prices the same in every country?

Approximately, but Redbubble converts to local currency and absorbs small FX differences. The royalty you see in USD is what you'll receive at payout (paid via PayPal or direct deposit).

Why is my real payout sometimes lower than the calculator shows?

Two reasons: (1) buyer used a promo code — those are deducted from your royalty, and (2) refunds. The calculator shows the gross royalty before promo deductions, which is the number Redbubble also displays in your dashboard.

Can I use this calculator for other POD platforms?

Yes. The same calculator runs the math for TeePublic, Amazon Merch, Etsy Print-on-Demand, Society6, Zazzle, Spreadshirt, Threadless and Displate so you can pick the best-paying platform for each design.