Affiliate ad break-even

The most you can pay per sale and per click before an affiliate commission stops covering your ads.

What one sale pays you
Your funnel
Costs and targets
How it's calculated
NC          = (P × c + B) × a × (1 − f)      net commission per sale
CPS max     = NC − F/N                       break-even cost per sale
CPS target  = NC × (1 − m) − F/N             keeps margin m
CPC max     = CPS × o × r                    per ad click
CPM max     = CPC target × CTR × 1000
Your CPS    = your CPC ÷ (o × r)
Needed o×r  = your CPC ÷ CPS target
Product list, with click share q and buy rate r per product:
sales per ad click = o × Σ qᵢ·rᵢ
NC blended         = Σ qᵢ·rᵢ·NCᵢ ÷ Σ qᵢ·rᵢ

Ad platforms can't see the purchase because it happens on the merchant's site. Measure r and a from network-confirmed sales tagged with a SubID per campaign, and treat pending sales as pending × a until approval lands.