Calculator

Terms / Investment Ask Calculator

Use this when a customer asks for extra investment and you need to check the uplift, payback and margin logic before agreeing.

Start with the few numbers most account managers already have.

Required fields are enough for a quick result. Optional fields improve the estimate.

Using: GBP · UK

What are you trying to calculate?

Choose the closest deal type. The calculator will only ask for the fields that fit that check.

Promotion and price inputs

Advanced assumptions
Input definitions
Retail selling price
The price paid by the shopper/end customer. Retailer pricing is at the sole discretion of the retailer.
Retailer invoice/buy price
The price the retailer/customer pays the supplier per unit before any shopper retail price is applied.
Supplier COGS
Your internal cost of goods sold per unit. This is not the retailer invoice/buy price.
SOA / supplier support
Supplier-funded per-unit support, such as off-invoice support, allowance or trade funding.
Fixed supplier support
Fixed customer funding such as media, feature fees, activation support or lump-sum investment.
Sales tax / VAT / IVA basis
Whether the entered retail selling price includes sales tax / VAT / IVA. Retailer margin is estimated from an excluding-tax retail selling price.

Supplier profit view

Add supplier COGS to calculate incremental profit and ROI.

Pricing is at the sole discretion of the retailer. Outputs are planning estimates only. Tax treatment and retailer margin may vary by market, buy price, promotional mechanics and accounting treatment.

Commercial interpretation

Use the recommendation to decide whether to support, negotiate or reject the ask. A sensible investment should pay back within the contract period and be tied to measurable customer delivery.