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Whether you're flipping furniture on Facebook Marketplace, reselling vintage clothes on Depop, or flipping cars, understanding your exact profit margin is the difference between an expensive hobby and a profitable business.
Many new resellers buy an item for $20, sell it for $50, and think they just made $30. In reality, they likely spent $5 on gas, $3 on cleaning supplies, and paid $6 in platform fees. Their actual net profit is only $16. By rigorously tracking every expense—from packing tape to platform fees—you can set accurate pricing and ensure your side-hustle is truly profitable.
This entirely depends on your business model. High-volume, low-margin flippers (like those dealing in electronics or video games) might aim for 20-30% margins. Low-volume, high-margin flippers (like furniture restorers or vintage clothing sourcers) often aim for 100-300% margins to compensate for the significant time investment required for each piece.
Profit Margin measures how much out of every dollar in sales you keep as earnings (Net Profit / Selling Price). Return on Investment (ROI) measures how effectively your money was used to generate that profit (Net Profit / Total Costs). A flip where you spent $10 and profited $10 has a 100% ROI, but a 50% profit margin.