Is a bundle more profitable than selling the parts separately?

Usually less per unit — the bundle price is normally below the parts' total — but it can lift order value and move slow stock. Compare the bundle's margin with the parts' margin sold one by one, and weigh the discount against how many more you'd sell.

How many kits can I build?

For each component, divide what's on hand by how many go in one kit and round down. The smallest answer is how many kits you can build — that component is the one to reorder.

Should packaging go into the kit's cost?

Yes: a gift box, insert or shrink wrap that only the bundle uses is part of what the bundle costs to make.

Kit and bundle profit calculator

Price a kit or bundle against its parts sold one by one, see what the customer saves, and find how many you can build from the stock you have — and which part runs out first.

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Components of one kit

Component	Per kit	Unit cost	Sold alone at	On hand

Bundle price $ Packaging per kit $

Bundle profit: $21.50
Bundle margin: 61.4%
Kit cost, packaging included: $13.50
Parts sold separately: $39.00
Profit on the parts sold separately: $27.00
Margin on the parts sold separately: 69.2%
Customer saves: $4.00 (10.3%)
Kits you can build: 20

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How it's worked out

kit cost = Σ (per kit × unit cost) + packaging kits you can build = min over components of ⌊on hand ÷ per kit⌋

Bundle profit is the bundle price less the kit cost, and its margin that profit as a share of the price. The parts sold separately earn Σ (per kit × price sold alone), without the bundle's packaging; the customer saves the difference between that and the bundle price.

Questions

Is a bundle more profitable than selling the parts separately?: Usually less per unit — the bundle price is normally below the parts' total — but it can lift order value and move slow stock. Compare the bundle's margin with the parts' margin sold one by one, and weigh the discount against how many more you'd sell.
How many kits can I build?: For each component, divide what's on hand by how many go in one kit and round down. The smallest answer is how many kits you can build — that component is the one to reorder.
Should packaging go into the kit's cost?: Yes: a gift box, insert or shrink wrap that only the bundle uses is part of what the bundle costs to make.

Sell bundles without counting parts by hand

In Manifold a bundle is a SKU made of other SKUs: sell it on any channel, and how many you can promise follows its parts, at every location — so a bundle never sells stock a single part has already promised.

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