Work out the cost of a kit or bundle (kit COGS calculator)

The kit COGS calculator helps you work out the true cost of goods sold for a bundle made up of several components, and how many complete kits you could build from the stock you currently hold, so you can check a bundle’s margin before you list it.

Where to find it

You will find the kit COGS calculator on the Stock Value page. It is built for sellers who put two or more components together and sell them as a single bundle or kit, for example a set of parts, a themed pack, or any listing made up of multiple items you buy or hold separately.

How to build a bundle cost

1. Add each component that goes into the bundle, along with its individual cost.
2. Enter the quantity of each component that one complete kit requires.
3. The calculator adds the components together to give you the combined cost of goods sold (COGS) for one finished bundle.
4. Using the quantity of each component you currently hold in stock, it also works out how many complete kits you could build right now, based on whichever component runs out first.

With the combined COGS in hand, you can compare it against your intended bundle sell price to check the margin actually holds up before you commit to listing it.

What it does not do

This is a calculator, not a stock management system for bundles. It is important to understand its limits before you rely on it:

• It does not sync bundle stock to eBay. eBay is not told that a bundle exists or how many you can make.
• It does not deduct components automatically when a bundle sells. Selling a kit does not reduce the quantities of its individual components anywhere else in DashVue.

In other words, the kit COGS calculator answers “what would this bundle cost me, and how many could I build today”, as a one-off or repeatable check. It does not track bundles as an ongoing stock item, and it will not warn you when a component runs low as a direct result of bundle sales.

See the related articles below for more on tracking stock and item costs.