DTF Transfer Pricing Calculator
Turn your cost per square inch into a full price list — by size, by quantity break, retail and wholesale.
About this calculator
Enter what a transfer really costs you to make, your retail and wholesale markups, and your quantity breaks. The calculator builds a price sheet for the common transfer sizes, quotes any custom size, and flags every price that falls below your target margin so you never discount your way into a loss.
Ink, film, and powder are usually the smallest part of what a transfer costs you — well under a cent per square inch. The printer payment, rent, power, and the time someone spends running the machine cost more, which is why labor & overhead per sq in is its own line. To find yours, add up a month of those bills and divide by the square inches you printed that month.
Small transfers also cost more per square inch than big ones because every piece carries the same cutting and packing time — that's what handling per piece captures. A 3×3 and a 12×16 priced on area alone will leave you losing money on one or overcharging on the other.
Estimates only. Check your numbers against your own supplier pricing, labor rates, and local market before publishing a price list.