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Influencer ROI Calculator

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Campaign costs

What you paid the influencer for the posts.

Cost of free product sent to the creator.

Agency, boosting, tracking or shipping.

Campaign results

Sales tracked to the creator's code or link.

Measure the return as
Campaign ROI —
Total campaign cost
—
Attributed revenue
—
Net return
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Revenue per $1 spent (ROAS)
—
Cost per order
—
Cost against return
The chart appears with your result

Influencer ROI is the net return divided by the total campaign cost. A $2,000 creator fee plus $500 of product and extras costs $2,500. If 150 tracked orders at $50 bring $7,500 of sales with a 40% margin, gross profit is $3,000, so ROI is ($3,000 − $2,500) ÷ $2,500 = 20%.

About this tool

Brand managers and small shop owners paying creators need to know whether a sponsored post earned back more than it cost. This calculator adds the creator fee, seeded product and other spend, multiplies the orders tracked to the creator's code or link by your average order value, and returns ROI, net return, ROAS and cost per order. You can measure the return as revenue or as gross profit; the profit view is stricter because it subtracts what the goods cost you. A bar chart sets total cost beside the return. The limit is attribution: only sales you can trace to the creator are counted, so brand lift, later repeat purchases and untracked buyers who saw the post are left out.

How to use it

  1. Enter the campaign costs

    Type the creator fee, the cost of any product you sent, and other spend such as agency fees or paid boosting.

  2. Enter tracked results

    Add the number of orders attributed to the creator's discount code or affiliate link and your average order value.

  3. Pick the return basis

    Choose Revenue or Gross profit; with Gross profit, set your margin on the slider.

  4. Read ROI and ROAS

    Check the ROI percentage, net return, cost per order and the cost-against-return bar chart, which downloads as PNG, SVG or CSV.

Examples

$1,000 fee, 40 orders at $30

Creator fee
1000
Product seeding cost
0
Other costs
0
Attributed orders
40
Average order value
30
Measure the return as
Revenue

Result Campaign ROI: 20%
Total campaign cost: $1,000.00
Attributed revenue: $1,200.00
Net return: $200.00
Revenue per $1 spent (ROAS): 1.2
Cost per order: $25.00

  1. Total cost = $1,000.00 + $0.00 + $0.00 = $1,000.00
  2. Attributed revenue = 40 orders × $30.00 = $1,200.00
  3. ROI = ($1,200.00 − $1,000.00) ÷ $1,000.00 × 100 = 20%

$1,200 of tracked sales against a $1,000 fee is $200 above cost, a 20% return on revenue.

$2,500 spend, 150 orders, 40% margin

Creator fee
2000
Product seeding cost
300
Other costs
200
Attributed orders
150
Average order value
50
Measure the return as
Gross profit
Gross margin
40

Result Campaign ROI: 20%
Total campaign cost: $2,500.00
Attributed revenue: $7,500.00
Net return: $500.00
Revenue per $1 spent (ROAS): 3
Cost per order: $16.67

  1. Total cost = $2,000.00 + $300.00 + $200.00 = $2,500.00
  2. Attributed revenue = 150 orders × $50.00 = $7,500.00
  3. Gross profit = $7,500.00 × 40% = $3,000.00
  4. ROI = ($3,000.00 − $2,500.00) ÷ $2,500.00 × 100 = 20%

$7,500 of sales leaves $3,000 of gross profit, so the campaign earns $500 over its $2,500 cost: 20%, although ROAS reads 3.00.

The same campaign measured on revenue

Creator fee
2000
Product seeding cost
300
Other costs
200
Attributed orders
150
Average order value
50
Measure the return as
Revenue

Result Campaign ROI: 200%
Total campaign cost: $2,500.00
Attributed revenue: $7,500.00
Net return: $5,000.00
Revenue per $1 spent (ROAS): 3
Cost per order: $16.67

  1. Total cost = $2,000.00 + $300.00 + $200.00 = $2,500.00
  2. Attributed revenue = 150 orders × $50.00 = $7,500.00
  3. ROI = ($7,500.00 − $2,500.00) ÷ $2,500.00 × 100 = 200%

Counting all $7,500 of sales as the return gives 200%, ten times the profit-based figure.

How it is calculated

ROI = (R − C) ÷ C × 100, with R = orders × AOV (× margin for gross profit) and C = fee + product + other costs

R
Return: attributed revenue, or its gross profit
C
Total campaign cost
AOV
Average order value

This is the standard return-on-investment ratio applied to one campaign. ROAS is reported separately as revenue divided by cost, so a ROAS of 3.00 means $3 of sales per $1 spent. ROAS above 1 does not mean profit: once the cost of goods is removed, a 3.00 ROAS at a 40% margin leaves only a 20% ROI.

When not to use it

  • Awareness campaigns with no trackable code or link have no attributed orders to measure.
  • Subscription products need lifetime value, not a single order value, to judge the return.
  • Multi-channel pushes where paid ads drove the same buyers will double-count sales.

Common mistakes

  • Treating ROAS as profit and ignoring the cost of the goods sold.
  • Leaving out the retail value of free product and shipping sent to the creator.
  • Counting every sale in the campaign window instead of only orders tied to the creator.

Frequently asked questions

What is a good ROI for an influencer campaign?

Any positive figure on a gross profit basis means the campaign paid for itself. Many brands look for well above 0% because tracked orders miss part of the effect, but there is no universal target; it depends on margins and on what a new customer is worth over time.

How is ROI different from ROAS?

ROAS is revenue divided by spend and ignores product cost. ROI subtracts the cost first and divides the gain by spend. A campaign with $7,500 of sales on $2,500 of spend has a ROAS of 3.00, yet at a 40% margin its ROI is only 20%.

Should I use revenue or gross profit as the return?

Gross profit gives the truer picture of whether the money came back, because the goods you shipped cost something. Revenue-based ROI is common in agency reports and makes campaigns look larger, so state which basis you used when comparing creators.

Which costs belong in the total?

Include the creator fee, the cost of seeded or gifted product, shipping, agency or platform fees, usage rights and any money spent boosting the creator's post. Your own staff time can be added under other costs if you track it.

How do I count attributed orders?

Use orders placed with the creator's unique discount code or through their tracked affiliate or UTM link. Codes leak to coupon sites, so check for unusual spikes, and remember that some viewers buy later without the code.

Why does the ROI come out negative?

A negative ROI means the return was smaller than the cost. At −100% nothing came back at all. On a gross profit basis this is common for first campaigns with a new creator, where the audience fit is still being tested.

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