The video went viral, the orders rolled in, and the payout was tiny. Platform commission, payment fees, and affiliate splits stack fast. Enter a few numbers and see your real net payout per sale.
Net payout · margin · break-even affiliate rate
Commission and payment rates vary by category and region. Confirm your exact rates in TikTok Shop Seller Center before you set your affiliate commission.
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Here is how it goes for most TikTok Shop sellers. A video pops, a hundred orders land overnight, and it feels like the machine finally works. Then the payout drops and the number is half of what the sales screen promised.
The gap is the fee stack. Platform commission takes its cut, payment processing takes another slice, and every affiliate sale pays the creator on top of that. Add a few refunds and the margin you thought you had is mostly gone. Nobody totals these until the money is already spent.
You cannot price or set an affiliate rate on a number you have never seen. That is exactly what this calculator hands you.
Price, cost, commission, payment fee, and the affiliate rate you plan to offer.
Platform commission, payment processing, affiliate split, and refund loss get applied in one pass.
Net payout per sale, true margin, and the highest affiliate rate you can offer before you go underwater.
TikTok Shop takes a platform commission on each sale, usually six to eight percent, plus a payment processing fee of roughly two percent. Anything sold through the affiliate program also pays the creator a commission you set. This tool stacks all three so you see what actually lands.
Take your sale price and subtract commission, payment fee, affiliate commission, product cost, and a refund allowance. What is left is your net payout per sale. Most sellers only subtract product cost and end up with a margin that falls apart on payout day.
It is the affiliate rate where your profit hits zero after every other fee. Offer creators more than that and each affiliate sale loses money. Knowing it first keeps you from buying sales you cannot afford.
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