Mercado Libre Profit Calculator (Colombia)
What you keep on Mercado Libre vs your own channel.
Example value: use your category's
Margin 34 %
Margin 30,5 % · online payment with Wompi
- Mercado Libre's commission
- $ 19.500
- VAT on the commission
- $ 3.705
- What Mercado Libre pays out to you
- $ 126.795
- Break-even price on Mercado Libre
- $ 87.510
Withholdings applied by Mercado Libre are not included: they are tax prepayments, not costs.
Calculate how much you keep from each sale onMercado Libre Colombiaafter the commission, the VAT on the commission, the shipping you cover, the product cost and the sales VAT. And compare it with selling the same product in your own store or over WhatsApp.
Mercado Libre's commission changes with the category and the listing type (classic or premium), and low-value products may carry a fixed fee. The default value is only an example:enter the commission Mercado Libre shows you when you list.
When to use this tool
- Before listing a product, to set the price on Mercado Libre.
- When deciding whether to offer free shipping on your listing.
- To compare the marketplace margin with your store's or WhatsApp's.
- When calculating the minimum price so you don't lose money.
How to calculate your profit on Mercado Libre
- 1Enter the listing price (with VAT) and the product's VAT.
- 2Enter the commission and fixed fee Mercado Libre shows for your category.
- 3Add the product cost and the shipping you cover, if you offer free shipping.
- 4Compare with your own channel: shipping and ad spend per order.
One inventory for all your channels
If you sell on Mercado Libre, in your store and over WhatsApp, the risk is selling the same unit twice. In Katuq, orders from all your channels arrive in the same dashboard and inventory, with DIAN invoicing and dispatch through carriers and last-mile companies.