Alibaba Import Cost & Profit Calculator

Use the tabs to calculate how much you’ll pay the supplier (in KES), estimate air or sea freight, and then work out your selling price and margins.

Alibaba Order & Transaction Fee

Calculate how much you’ll pay to the supplier in KES, including Alibaba fees.

Enter your bank or agent rate. We’ll try to auto-fill from a free FX API when possible.
Used to estimate cost per unit in KES and shared with shipping.
Please enter a valid USD amount and FX rate.
Shipping Cost (Air or Sea)

Estimate how much you’ll pay your freight forwarder. Units and FX will carry over from the Alibaba tab.

Shipping method
Auto-filled from Alibaba units; used to show shipping cost per unit.
Auto-filled from Alibaba FX if available.
Please enter weight, rate and FX rate for air freight.
Landed Cost, Margin & Profit

We’ll pull in your order + shipping to estimate total landed cost. Enter your desired margin (%) to get selling price and profit.

Auto-filled from Alibaba + Shipping if available, or you can type it manually.
Example: 100% margin on 20,500 landed cost gives 41,000 selling price and 20,500 profit.
Please enter landed cost and desired margin.

Import Cost & Profit Summary

Alibaba Order
Order amount (USD)
USD 0.00
Alibaba fee (USD)
USD 0.00
Total order (USD)
USD 0.00
Total order (KES)
KES 0.00
Cost per unit (KES)
KES 0.00

Supplier cost includes Alibaba transaction fee.

Shipping Cost
Shipping method
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Shipping cost (USD)
USD 0.00
Shipping cost (KES)
KES 0.00
Shipping per unit (KES)
KES 0.00

Air freight is converted to KES using the FX rate you entered. Sea freight is already in KES.

Landed Cost & Profit
Total landed cost (KES)
KES 0.00
Recommended selling price (KES)
KES 0.00
Profit (KES)
KES 0.00
Margin
0.0%

Margin = profit ÷ selling price. Adjust landed cost or target margin to model different scenarios.

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We’ll send a simple breakdown of your Alibaba order, shipping cost, landed cost and margins to your email.