Meesho Profit Calculator
See what you actually keep on a Meesho order after shipping, GST, TCS, TDS, returns and your product cost.
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- Fees checked Nov 2026
Meesho fees and tax rates as of 9 November 2026. Check them against the rate card in your supplier panel.
Your product
The price you set in the supplier panel, with GST. Meesho adds shipping on top for the buyer.
One piece, without GST you claim back.
Pouch, box, tape and label, per order.
Clothing and footwear up to ₹2,500 a piece: 5%, above that 18% (since 22 September 2025). Jewellery: 3%.
Meesho fees
Prefilled from Meesho's published terms and 2026 seller guides. Change any figure to match your panel.
Meesho advertises 0% commission. Change it only if your panel shows one.
Shown with each product in your supplier panel, set by weight and zone. ₹65 is typical for a fashion parcel under 500 g.
Meesho adds it to the buyer's price and charges you only the 18% GST on it, which you can claim back.
Returns
Customer returns and RTO together, as a share of orders shipped. Use your returns report.
Our estimate: ₹160.00 return shipping fee + ₹10.00 packaging you can't reuse. RTO (undelivered) orders have no return fee on Meesho, so go lower if most of yours are RTO.
Tax ratesGST on fees 18%, TCS 0.5%, TDS 0.1%
Charged on commission, fixed or closing fees and shipping.
0.5% of the sale value before GST since 10 July 2024 (it was 1%). It comes back as credit in your GST cash ledger.
0.1% since 1 October 2024 (it was 1%). Section 194-O, now section 393 of the Income-tax Act, 2025. You claim it against your income tax.
Your profit
Profit per order
₹110.50
Averaged over 15% returns. ₹160.00 on a delivered order.
Payout per order
₹385.02
What Meesho sends you
Margin
27.7%
Profit per order ÷ price
Break-even price
₹263
Lowest price with no loss
Per 100 orders
₹11,050
85 kept, 15 returned
Where the money goes
- Selling price
- ₹399.00
- Commission (0%)
- ₹0.00
- Shipping (the buyer pays it): ₹65.00
- ₹0.00
- GST on fees (18%)
- −₹11.70
- TCS under GST (0.5%)
- −₹1.90
- TDS on e-commerce sales (0.1%)
- −₹0.38
- Payout from Meesho
- ₹385.02
Profit on a delivered order
- Payout
- ₹385.02
- TCS and TDS, claimed back
- +₹2.28
- GST on fees, claimed as input credit
- +₹11.70
- GST you pay on the sale (5%)
- −₹19.00
- Product cost
- −₹210.00
- Packaging
- −₹10.00
- Profit on a delivered order
- ₹160.00
100 orders, 15% returned
- 85 kept × ₹160.00
- ₹13,600
- 15 returned × ₹170.00
- −₹2,550
- Profit on 100 orders
- ₹11,050
How to use it
Enter your Meesho price, product cost and packaging, and pick the product's GST rate.
Check the shipping charge and cost per return against your supplier panel, and set your return rate.
Read your profit per order, payout and break-even price, with every deduction listed.
What this Meesho calculator works out
Meesho's 0% commission makes margins look simple, but a ₹399 order doesn't put ₹399 in your bank. GST on shipping, TCS and TDS come out of every payout, you owe GST on the sale, and returns eat into the orders you keep. This calculator puts all of it in one place: your payout, your real profit per order and the lowest price that doesn't lose money.
The formula
- Payout = selling price − commission − GST on shipping − TCS − TDS
- Profit per delivered order = selling price ÷ (1 + GST rate) − commission − product cost − packaging, plus the GST on shipping if you don't claim it back
- Profit per 100 orders = orders kept × profit per order − orders returned × cost per return
TCS (0.5%) and TDS (0.1%) are worked on the sale value before GST. They lower the payout but not the profit, because you claim both back.
Meesho fees used (as of 9 November 2026)
| Fee | Default | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Commission | 0% | Meesho advertises 0% commission |
| Forward shipping | ₹65, paid by the buyer | You're charged 18% GST on it |
| Return shipping | ₹160 | ₹153–165 up to 500 g, July 2026 rate card |
| RTO | No fee | Undelivered orders carry no return fee |
| TCS and TDS | 0.5% and 0.1% | GST and income tax law |
Worked example
A kurti sells for ₹399 with 5% GST, costs you ₹210 and ships in a ₹10 pouch. The sale value before GST is ₹380, so the GST you owe is ₹19. Meesho deducts ₹11.70 GST on a ₹65 shipping charge, ₹1.90 TCS and ₹0.38 TDS, and pays you ₹385.02. Add back the TCS, the TDS and the ₹11.70 you claim as input credit, take off the ₹19 GST, the ₹210 cost and the pouch, and a delivered order makes ₹160. With 15 returns in 100 orders at about ₹170 each, 100 orders make ₹11,050, or ₹110.50 an order. The break-even price is ₹263.
Common mistakes
- Counting TCS and TDS as costs. They come back as credits, as long as you file your returns.
- Leaving returns out. On fashion catalogues, returns and RTO often decide whether a product makes money at all.
- Treating the GST inside your price as income. It belongs to the government.
- Claiming input credit on a GST-exempt (0%) product. With no output GST there is nothing to set it against, so untick the input credit box.
When your own store makes sense
Meesho brings buyers, but you meet them again only through Meesho. Once customers come back to you, a store of your own lets them reorder with no marketplace in between: see our e-commerce development service. Selling on more than one marketplace? Run the same product through the Flipkart profit calculator, and check your product's GST rate in the HSN code finder.
Sources
- Meesho supplier support, shipping charges: no forward shipping taken from suppliers, 18% GST on shipping, return fee by weight (checked 9 November 2026).
- EcomVanshika, Meesho return charges and RTO costs, 29 July 2026 (July 2026 supplier rate card, RTO free).
- Ecomdost, Meesho shipping charges explained, 11 June 2026; Blooprint, Meesho seller fees, 24 September 2026.
- GST Council, Notification 15/2024-Central Tax of 10 July 2024: TCS cut to 0.5%.
- Income Tax Department, section 194-O: 0.1% from 1 October 2024, carried into section 393 of the Income-tax Act, 2025 from 1 April 2026.
FAQ
Questions
Does Meesho charge commission in 2026?
Meesho advertises 0% commission to suppliers, and the 2026 seller guides we checked agree. What you pay instead is the GST on shipping, return charges, TCS and TDS. If your payments tab ever shows a commission, type it into the calculator.
Who pays the shipping on Meesho, the seller or the buyer?
Meesho's supplier support says it doesn't take the forward shipping charge from suppliers: the buyer pays it with the order. You are charged 18% GST on that shipping, which a GST-registered seller claims back as input credit. On a ₹65 shipping charge that is ₹11.70 per delivered order.
How much does a Meesho return cost the seller?
A customer return carries a return shipping fee set by weight and courier. On the July 2026 rate card it was about ₹153 to ₹165 for a parcel up to 500 g, rising to between ₹202 and ₹340 at 2 to 2.5 kg. RTO orders, which come back undelivered, carry no return fee, but the packaging is still lost.
How much TCS and TDS does Meesho deduct from a ₹399 order?
On a ₹399 product at 5% GST the sale value before GST is ₹380. TCS under GST is 0.5% of that, ₹1.90 (the rate since 10 July 2024; it was 1%). TDS on e-commerce sales is 0.1%, ₹0.38 (since 1 October 2024; it was 1%). Both come back to you: TCS as credit in your GST cash ledger and TDS against your income tax.
What is a good selling price on Meesho?
Start from the break-even price the calculator shows, which already counts your returns, then add the profit you want on each order. A low price with a high return rate can lose money even when every delivered order looks profitable, so test prices with your real return rate from the supplier panel.
Why is my Meesho payout lower than my selling price?
The payout is your price minus the GST on shipping, TCS and TDS, and in later payment cycles any return charges, claims or penalties. The GST on your own sale is still inside the payout: you pay it to the government when you file your GST return, so don't count it as income.
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