Free tool · South Africa
Break-Even Calculator
Enter your fixed monthly costs, your selling price, and your landed unit cost — after freight, import duties, and packaging. The calculator shows the units you need to sell each month to break even, translates that into a daily sales target, and tells you how many minutes you have between sales during your trading day. It also calculates the working capital tied up in stock before you collect a rand in revenue — the number most new product businesses in South Africa get wrong.
No signup required.
Fixed monthly costs
Costs you pay every month regardless of how many units you sell.
Unit economics
Use your landed cost — after freight, import duties, and packaging.
What the customer pays.
Your all-in cost to get one unit ready to sell.
Operations
Lean. Works if your supplier can restock quickly.
Standard retail hours.
Calculations assume 26 trading days per month.
Built by Launchworks to help South Africans think clearly about starting a product or retail business.