Gift hamper profit calculator (UK): what you really make on a hamper

Your profit on a hamper is the price minus the selling fee, the contents, the box and packaging, your hours and your delivery cost. With the example figures below, a £45 hamper that takes an hour to pack leaves about £6 profit (13%) after paying yourself £12.71 an hour, and you would need to charge about £39 just to break even. Enter your own figures in the calculator.

Contents (£) (what you paid for everything inside) Box or basket and packaging (£) Ribbon, card, filler and personalisation (£) Your hours (sourcing, packing, messages) Your hourly rate (£) Delivery cost you pay per hamper (£) (fuel or time if you deliver; 0 for collection) Price you plan to charge (£) Selling fee (%) (Cravers Eats charges 5%; use 0 for bank transfer) Hampers a month

Worked example: a £45 treat hamper

Item	Amount
Price charged	£45.00
Selling fee (5%)	−£2.25
Contents	−£18.00
Box and packaging	−£4.00
Ribbon, card and filler	−£2.00
1 hour at £12.71	−£12.71
Profit per hamper	£6.04 (about 13% of the price)
Break-even price	about £39
20 hampers a month	about £121

These example costs are illustrations, not market prices. Weigh the contents and time a few hampers to get real figures. The monthly figure is a sum, not a forecast: it assumes you sell that many.

Ways to improve a thin margin

Raise the price before cutting the contents. Customers pay for presentation and the occasion as well as the items.
Buy contents in bulk for the hampers you sell every month, and keep seasonal one-offs small.
Standardise the packing so an hour becomes 40 minutes. Time is usually the biggest cost.
Charge for personalisation instead of absorbing it.

Rules to check before you sell

Food you bring in ready-packed keeps its own label, but anything you make or repack yourself needs full labelling with allergens. Selling alcohol needs a licence. Our gift hamper guide and allergen guide explain both. To compare what you keep from different ways of selling, try the selling fees calculator.

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Questions people ask

How much profit should I make on a gift hamper?

It depends on your costs and hours, so work it out per hamper: price minus the selling fee, contents, packaging, your time and delivery. Count your hours at a fair rate (at least £12.71 an hour, the National Living Wage from April 2026) or the profit figure will look better than it is.

How do I price a gift hamper?

Add up the contents, box, extras, your hours and your delivery cost, then add your profit and the selling fee. The calculator shows the break-even price, the lowest price that covers your costs, so you can see how much room you have.

Do I need a licence to put alcohol in a hamper?

Yes, selling alcohol in the UK needs a licence. Most new home hamper businesses leave it out. Our gift hamper guide explains the licensing rules.

Sources (checked October 2026): GOV.UK: National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates. Last reviewed 2026-11-06.