Estimate how many paying subscribers are needed for your live streaming offer to recover its fixed costs. Enter the customer price, per-customer delivery cost, percentage fees, and fixed launch or monthly expense. The calculator shows the smallest whole-customer break-even target, contribution per customer, revenue at that target, and the surplus or shortfall created by rounding to a whole customer.
Contribution = Price − Variable cost − (Price × Fee rate)
Break-even customers = ceiling(Fixed cost ÷ Contribution)
The main result is the minimum whole number of subscribers required to cover the entered fixed cost under the stated price and cost assumptions.
This is a contribution break-even estimate. Taxes, churn, refunds, and costs not entered are excluded.
At $12 per customer, $1.50 variable cost, 10% fees, and $1,200 fixed cost, contribution is $9.30. The target is 130 subscribers; revenue is $1,560 and the rounded-target surplus is $9.
A fraction of a paying customer cannot complete the target, so the calculator rounds up to the next whole customer.
Yes. Add any labor value you want the offer to recover to the fixed-cost input.
Percentage fees reduce contribution per customer, which increases the number needed to recover the same fixed cost.
There is no finite break-even point; the price must exceed variable cost plus percentage fees.
Only if you incorporate them into the entered costs or fee rate; they are not added automatically.
| Variable | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Price | Amount collected per paying customer |
| Contribution | Price remaining after variable cost and fees |
| Fixed cost | Total amount the offer must recover |