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Boutique Landed Cost Calculator

The invoice is only part of what an order costs you. Add freight, duties, and any other inbound fees to see what each unit actually cost by the time it was ready to sell.

📦 This wholesale order

Use one order at a time. Leave any cost category at 0 if it doesn't apply — plenty of domestic orders have no duties or brokerage fees at all.
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Landed cost, in plain boutique language

What is landed cost?

What inventory actually costs after adding the expenses required to get it ready to sell — not just the wholesale invoice price. Depending on the order that can include freight, duties, customs or brokerage, order fees, and inbound prep.

Why shipping changes product cost

Freight arrives with the order, so it belongs to the order. Two vendors can quote nearly the same wholesale price and still leave you with different true costs once weight, distance, minimums, and split shipments are paid for.

What should I include?

Costs directly attributable to getting that order in the door. Leave out outbound customer shipping, marketing, and general overhead — those are real costs, but they aren't what the product cost to acquire.

Landed cost vs. wholesale cost

Wholesale cost is one line on an invoice. Landed cost is that line plus everything else you had to spend to have the item sitting in your stockroom, tagged and sellable. The gap between them is the part most boutique owners never price for — and it's the reason a "good" wholesale price can still produce a thin margin.

Landed cost vs. retail price

Landed cost tells you what the item truly cost. Pricing decides what you need to charge. Once you have a per-unit landed cost, take it into the Boutique Profit Margin Calculator and read how to price boutique clothing for the full pricing method.

Plan for inbound costs before you commit the budget

Freight and fees come out of the same pile of cash as the merchandise, so decide on them before the order — not after. The First Wholesale Order Budget Allocator sets that buffer aside for you before splitting the rest across vendors.

Want the full method, a worked example, and how to compare two vendors by landed cost? Read what wholesale orders really cost.

Frequently asked questions

  • Landed cost is what inventory actually costs you once you add the expenses required to get it in your hands and ready to sell — merchandise cost plus freight, and where they apply, duties, customs or brokerage fees, order fees, and inbound prep tied to that order.

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