Selling a product and want to know how much you really earn on each sale? Enter the cost price and the selling price to see your profit, your profit margin percentage and your markup percentage — the three numbers every seller should know.
Margin is profit as a percentage of the SELLING price; markup is profit as a percentage of the COST price. The same Rs 200 profit is a 20% margin but a 25% markup on an Rs 800 cost.
No — margin can never exceed 100%, because profit is always part of the selling price. Markup, however, can go far beyond 100%.
Then the result shows a loss — a negative profit and a negative margin — so you can see exactly how much you lose on each sale.