Total bulk program cost
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Personnel time, purchase & waste, warehousing, and shipping, side by side for a bulk-order program and a print-on-demand program. Fill in your numbers and see the full comparison instantly. No signup needed.
Everyone who spends time running the program: ordering, tracking, designing, billing, reconciling. Cost = salary × % of their time on the program, calculated for both models, since POD usually takes less time but rarely zero.
| Role | Annual salary | % time, Bulk | % time, POD | Cost/yr, Bulk | Cost/yr, POD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total operational cost | $0 | $0 |
One row per SKU (up to 50). Bulk cost is what you pay for the items you actually use; Waste is what you pay for items that go unused. Together they make your Total bulk cost. POD cost is the per-item POD price times the items actually needed, since POD has no waste.
| Product | Qty/yr, bulk | Bulk unit cost | Waste % | POD unit cost | Bulk cost | Waste | Total bulk cost | POD cost | Savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total products | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Customer demand doesn't change with the fulfillment model, so one number drives pick-pack and shipping for bulk and shipping and handling for POD.
Warehousing, storage, pick-pack, and shipping to customers: costs that apply to the bulk program as a whole, not to any one product.
Use either or both, depending on how your warehouse bills.
Per-item storage
Pallet storage (optional)
| Method | % of orders | Cost per shipment | Total cost |
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Heads up: the percentages above should add up to 100%.
POD skips warehousing and storage, but shipping and any platform or handling fees still apply, per order.
Personnel + products + logistics, for each model.