Find the maximum TikTok Shop advertising cost per order you can pay before a product stops contributing profit.
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The green zone preserves the selected contribution-margin target. The amber zone is positive but leaves less margin.
Break-even CPA is the contribution available before advertising. Spending exactly that amount leaves no contribution for overhead or profit.
The target-margin CPA is usually the more useful operating limit because it preserves a chosen margin buffer.
Subtract product cost, platform fees, creator commission, fulfilment, returns and other per-order costs from retained revenue before advertising.
Usually not. It is a hard ceiling. A practical target should remain below it to cover overhead and volatility.
No. CPA measures cost per acquired order. ROAS divides attributed revenue by advertising spend and can hide poor product margins.
