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COD profit calculator: real cost per delivered parcel in Algeria

Enter your own figures (price, costs, ad spend, confirmation and delivery rates): the calculator gives the real cost and profit per delivered parcel, the cash-collected ROAS and the threshold not to cross. No market average is pre-filled.

In a bright shop, a person in a green apron closes a cardboard box on a white counter, next to a stack of parcels, a roll of tape, a green notebook with a gold pen and a laptop showing abstract green shapes
Your product

Amount collected on delivery, delivery included if you charge it.

Purchase or manufacturing cost of one item.

Box, tape, label. Leave empty if included elsewhere.

Your advertising

Over the period studied. Leave empty if no ads.

Number of orders placed by customers, before confirmation.

Your observed rates

Share of orders confirmed by phone or message. Use your own measurement.

Share of shipped parcels that are actually delivered and paid. Use your own measurement.

Share of returns that are damaged or lost, whose product cost you lose.

Your delivery and handling costs

Rate charged by the carrier, from your grid.

Enter 0 if your contract provides free returns.

Share of the price kept by the carrier, if there is one.

Calls, call centre or paid time. Leave empty if none.

Result

Enter the price, the number of orders and your confirmation and delivery rates to see the result.

Why shown ROAS does not tell you what you earn

With cash on delivery, the ad platform counts a sale as soon as the customer fills in the form. But some orders are never confirmed, and some shipped parcels come back unpaid. Shown ROAS assumes everything is paid, so it overstates your receipts.

Cash-collected ROAS corrects that: cash-collected ROAS = shown ROAS × confirmation rate × delivery rate. The tool computes it from your own rates, which are not another seller’s.

What the tool calculates

For each order received, it adds the cost of advertising, confirmation, packaging of shipped parcels, the delivered product, delivery fees, return fees and, if you enter them, the collection commission and unsellable returns. It then divides by the number of parcels actually delivered: that is the real cost per delivered parcel.

It also gives the maximum cost per order received and the minimum delivery rate beyond which you lose money, your other figures staying unchanged.

  • No rate or tariff is pre-filled: you enter your own figures.
  • Calculations run in your browser, with no data sent.

Where to find your own rates

The confirmation rate is measured by counting, over a period, confirmed orders divided by orders received. The delivery rate is parcels delivered and paid divided by parcels shipped. Your carrier usually provides a statement: keep it. To compare carriers, read the comparison method with no copied tariffs.

Frequently asked questions

What is cash-collected ROAS?

It is the ROAS shown by the platform multiplied by your confirmation rate and your delivery rate. It measures what advertising brings in as money actually collected.

How is the real cost per delivered parcel calculated?

For one order received you add every cost (advertising, confirmation, packaging, product, delivery, returns, commission), then divide by the share of orders that end in a delivered parcel (confirmation × delivery).

Which confirmation and delivery rates should I enter?

Yours, measured on your own orders. The tool offers no average: the ones going around have no verifiable source.

Are taxes and CASNOS included?

No. Use the site’s VAT calculator and CASNOS calculator for that part.

Is my data sent to a server?

No. Everything is calculated in your browser.

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Assumptions

  • Every confirmed order is shipped; only delivered parcels bring in the price and cost the product.
  • Returned parcels go back to stock, except the share you declare unsellable.
  • Ad spend and confirmation cost are paid for every order received.
  • The tool supplies no rate, tariff or cost: they are your figures. It contains no market average.

Cases not covered

  • Taxes and contributions (IFU, CASNOS, VAT): use the other tools on the site.
  • Return fees that vary by wilaya, discounts, bundles, storage cost and the cost of tied-up stock.
  • How long the carrier takes to remit the collected cash.

General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules can change: check the date above.