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Platform Cost Calculator: What Your Subscription Really Costs Over 1, 3, 5 and 10 Years

A free calculator for anyone selling online through Shopify, Kajabi, Teachable, Thinkific, Podia or a similar subscription service. Enter your monthly subscription, your transaction fees and your apps and add-ons to see what it could really cost you over 1, 3, 5 and 10 years.

Monthly costs feel small until you multiply them. This calculator adds your subscription, the fees taken from each sale and the extras you pay for into one running total, and shows how fast it grows. You can download the result as a PDF.

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Platform Cost Calculator: How Much Do Shopify, Kajabi, Teachable and Thinkific Cost Over 10 Years?

Most sellers know their monthly subscription. Few have added up the transaction fees and the apps on top, then multiplied the total by years. This free Platform Cost Calculator does that for you and shows how costs grow over time.

Key takeaways
  • It totals your subscription, transaction fees and apps and add-ons.
  • It shows what that adds up to over 1, 3, 5 and 10 years.
  • A chart shows how costs grow over time, and you can download the result as a PDF.
  • You can choose Shopify, Kajabi, Teachable, Thinkific, Podia or Other.
4Time frames compared
3Cost types added up
1PDF to download

What to enter

The three costs the calculator adds up
CostWhat to include
Monthly platform subscriptionWhat you pay each month to Shopify, Kajabi, Teachable, Thinkific or similar.
Average monthly transaction feesStripe fees, commissions and platform fees.
Monthly apps and add-onsEmail marketing, memberships, popups and upsells.
Checklist

Find these three numbers first

  • Your monthly subscriptionCheck your latest invoice.
  • Your average monthly feesAdd up the last few months of transaction fees and divide by the number of months.
  • Your apps and add-onsList every paid app that your shop needs to work.
Good to know

Your figures are used to work out the result on the page. The result is an estimate, so use real numbers from your own invoices.

Tip

Compare the 10-year figure with a one-time cost. Djangify Self-Hosted is £197 once, plus a few pounds a month for your server.

Which services does the calculator cover?

You can choose Shopify, Kajabi, Teachable, Thinkific or Podia, or pick Other and enter your own figures.

Why look at 10 years?

A monthly cost is easy to ignore. Multiplying it over 1, 3, 5 and 10 years shows what you are really committing to.

Can I keep the result?

Yes. Use the Download PDF button on the tool.

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