๐Ÿท๏ธ Discount Calculator

Work out the sale price, the original price, or the percentage off in a second. Supports both percent-off and fixed-amount discounts, so you always know exactly how much a deal saves you.

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Note: "percent off" means the share taken off the original price. Entering 30 means "30% off", so you pay 70% of the original price.

๐ŸŽ‰ Result

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You save: $ 0.00

๐Ÿ“Š Compare discount levels
Original price Percent off (%) You pay (%) Final price

"Buying things on sale you don't need is still the fastest way to part with money you do need." ๐Ÿ’ธ

๐Ÿงฎ Formulas used
  • Final price (percent off) = original price ร— (1 โˆ’ percent off / 100)
  • Final price (fixed amount) = original price โˆ’ amount off
  • Amount saved = original price โˆ’ final price
  • Percent off (reverse) = (1 โˆ’ final price / original price) ร— 100%
โš–๏ธ Percent off vs. share of price you pay

Stores advertise the percent off, but the checkout charges the share you still pay. The two always add up to 100%.

Percent off (%) Share of price you pay (%)
10%90%
20%80%
30%70%
40%60%
50%50%
60%40%
70%30%
80%20%
90%10%

โœ About this tool

Discounts are everywhere โ€” in a shop window, in a checkout cart, in a marketing email. This free online discount calculator turns those confusing labels into plain numbers. Give it any two of the three values (original price, discount, final price) and it instantly returns the third, together with how much money you actually keep in your pocket.

When to use it

1. Sale season decisions: during Black Friday, Cyber Monday or end-of-season sales, shops mix percentages, coupons and bundle prices. Enter the original and the final price to reveal the real percent off, and spot a fake "was" price.
2. Retail pricing: if you run a store, find out which discount level still protects your margin while producing an attractive price tag.
3. Budget control: check the final price of a cart item before you decide whether it still fits this month's budget.
4. Clearance and resale: quote a fixed amount off a used item and get the resulting price immediately.

How it works

The tool supports three core modes:

  • Final price: the most common mode. Enter the original price plus either a percent off or a fixed amount off, and get what you pay at checkout.
  • Original price: when you only know the sale price and the discount, reverse-engineer the original ticket price.
  • Discount value: enter the original price and what you actually paid to see the percent off or the cash saved.
All math follows the plain proportional relationships above, converts between percentages and decimals automatically, and rounds the result to two decimal places.

Things to keep in mind

This tool prices a single discount. Real checkouts may stack a store coupon on top of a platform coupon, add sales tax, or add shipping. Merge all fixed reductions into one amount before you calculate, or run the tool twice step by step. Also note that "buy one get one free" is advertised as 50% off, but its per-unit price behaves slightly differently from a straight discount.

FAQ

Q: Should I enter the percent off or the share I pay?
A: Enter the percent off โ€” the share taken away. For a deal advertised as "pay 70% of the price", that equals 30% off, so enter 30. The share you pay (70%) is shown in the comparison table for reference.
Q: Why does my receipt differ by a few cents?
A: Rounding. Different checkout systems round up, round down, or round half up at different steps, which can shift the last cent.
Q: Can I use a currency other than dollars?
A: Yes. The currency symbol is purely cosmetic here โ€” the math is the same for euros, pounds, yen or any other currency.

๐Ÿ“ˆ Usage statistics

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๐Ÿ”’ Privacy

This is a pure front-end tool. Every price and discount you type is processed inside your own browser โ€” nothing is uploaded to a server and nothing is logged. Your financial data stays yours.