How much does it cost to UV print one item?

The blank usually dominates: an acrylic block or ceramic ornament blank costs cents to a dollar, a glass suncatcher blank far more. Ink is often cents per item. Add machine wear, your handling time, failed prints, packaging and marketplace fees to get the real cost.

Is a vendor's net profit figure what I will make?

No. A vendor card that subtracts only the blank and ink from a suggested retail price leaves out marketplace and payment fees, packaging, your time, failed prints and the machine itself. Its retail price is a suggestion, not a price anyone was observed paying.

What fees does Etsy charge on a sale?

Etsy charges a transaction fee on the item price, a payment processing fee per order and a listing fee that recurs when a multi-quantity listing sells. The calculator starts from 6.5%, 3% plus $0.25 and $0.20; check Etsy's current fee page for your country and edit them.

How many items until a UV printer pays for itself?

Divide the machine price by what each item earns after every other cost. The calculator shows that count, and it moves a lot with your price and your time per item.

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UV printing profit calculator

Blank, ink, machine wear, your time, failed prints and marketplace fees, per item. Start from a vendor example and replace each number with your own.

Estimated profit per item

$13.29

66.4% of the price

Blank item: $1.10
Ink: $0.01
Machine wear: $0.08
Your time: $2.00
Failed-print buffer: $0.17
Packaging: $1.00
Marketplace transaction fee: $1.30
Payment processing: $0.85
Listing fee: $0.20
Total cost: $6.71

Price minus blank minus ink, the way a vendor card counts it: $18.89. The costs that leaves out come to $5.60 per item.

About 187 items to pay back the machine at these numbers.

An estimate from the numbers on screen. Labels show where each came from: xTool's published figure, an assumed starting point, or yours. The price is a suggested price, not an observed sale. Shipping and tax are left out.

What a vendor's net profit card leaves out

xTool's page for the O1 Omni (listed at $2,499 on pre-order) shows a retail price, blank cost and ink cost for each example, and a net profit that is the price minus those two. Below, the same examples with the other costs added at the calculator's starting assumptions: 10 minutes of machine time, 6 minutes of your time at $20/hour, 5% failed prints, $1.00 packaging and Etsy-style fees. Your numbers will differ.

Example	xTool's retail price	xTool's net profit	Left out	Estimate with them
Personalized acrylic block (3.97" × 3.97")	$20.00	$18.89	$5.60	$13.29
Custom ceramic ornament (2.85" round)	$16.50	$15.96	$5.24	$10.72
Custom glass suncatcher (9.8" round)	$47.50	$29.41	$9.11	$20.30
Custom golf towel (9.7" × 8.8")	$27.50	$25.66	$6.35	$19.30

Retail prices, blank and ink costs are xTool's published figures, read from xTool's O1 Omni page on 2026-10-18. MeshNomics has not verified them, and a suggested retail price is not a price anyone was observed paying. Fee figures are editable starting points, not a statement of Etsy's current rates.

Know your cost. Now check the demand.

A price only matters if buyers pay it. MeshNomics compares marketplace signals and competition for products you could make on a desktop machine, before you buy blanks in bulk.

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Questions

How much does it cost to UV print one item?: The blank usually dominates: an acrylic block or ceramic ornament blank costs cents to a dollar, a glass suncatcher blank far more. Ink is often cents per item. Add machine wear, your handling time, failed prints, packaging and marketplace fees to get the real cost.
Is a vendor's net profit figure what I will make?: No. A vendor card that subtracts only the blank and ink from a suggested retail price leaves out marketplace and payment fees, packaging, your time, failed prints and the machine itself. Its retail price is a suggestion, not a price anyone was observed paying.
What fees does Etsy charge on a sale?: Etsy charges a transaction fee on the item price, a payment processing fee per order and a listing fee that recurs when a multi-quantity listing sells. The calculator starts from 6.5%, 3% plus $0.25 and $0.20; check Etsy's current fee page for your country and edit them.
How many items until a UV printer pays for itself?: Divide the machine price by what each item earns after every other cost. The calculator shows that count, and it moves a lot with your price and your time per item.