How to keep sale prices above cost on Shopify

Add your costs

• Open a product and fill in Cost per item in its pricing. Shopify then shows the profit and the margin at the current price.
• For many products, use the bulk editor's cost column or a CSV import.

Work out your floor

For each product, the lowest price you accept is the cost plus the margin you need. Before a sale, compare the sale price with that floor. A percentage that is fine on most products can sell a few at a loss.

Check before the sale starts

• Sort products by margin and look at the thinnest first.
• Leave out products whose sale price would go under the floor, or use a smaller discount on them.

With Market Manager

Price protection keeps every sale above cost plus your margin, a floor or a maximum discount. Products that would break a rule are capped or skipped, and the preview lists them.

Price protection for every sale →