# How to Calculate Your Breakeven Number | #627

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Podcast: [Add To Cart: Australia’s eCommerce Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/add-to-cart-australia-s-ecommerce-show-980880)
Published: 2026-05-21T19:00:00+00:00
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Revenue is still the number most ecommerce founders lead with. It's the easiest to celebrate, the easiest to screenshot, and the one that gets the most airtime in strategy conversations. But it's also the number that tells you the least about whether the business is actually working. Most operators are chasing a revenue target that has no maths behind it. Nobody has calculated the one number that gives a revenue target its job. Gross profit might be off. Contribution margin might be close to ...

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