The Purposepreneur™ Break-Even Calculator

Know your numbers before you book the venue.

Add the costs that stay the same and the costs for each guest. See how many you need to break even, what it makes if it fills, and the price that reaches your goal.

Online tool · Instant access · Yours for life

The Purposepreneur Break-Even Calculator

7

Kinds of plans

Retreats, workshops, events, launches, booths and programs

12

Plans side by side

Compare venues, dates and prices

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Prices it finds for you

Break even, half full and your profit goal

$27

One-time payment

Lifetime access, saved to your account

The Purposepreneur™ Break-Even Calculator helps you stop crossing your fingers on a deposit and start planning events that pay you.

Sound familiar?

  • You priced your retreat by guessing what people would pay?
  • You’re not sure how many seats you need to sell before you make a cent?
  • The venue deposit is due and you can’t tell if it’ll pay off?
  • Your planning hours never made it into the price?
  • Card and ticket fees quietly eat into every sale?
  • Your last event was full and somehow still felt thin?
  • You can’t decide between raising the price and adding more seats?
  • Half full feels scary, so you keep putting off saying yes?

Introducing the

Purposepreneur™ Break-Even Calculator

How many guests cover everything, and the price that leaves a profit.

Pick what you’re planning, from a retreat to a market booth. List the costs that stay the same whether one person comes or twenty, then the costs for each guest. The calculator adds card fees and pays you for your planning time, then shows how many you need to break even, what it makes if it half fills or sells out, and the price that reaches your goal. Save a few versions and compare them side by side.

Inside the Break-Even Calculator: the seats that cover your costs and the seats that are profit

What you’ll plan

What’s included in the Purposepreneur™ Break-Even Calculator?

Seven kinds of plans

Retreats, workshops, events, online launches, market booths, group programs and anything else, each in its own words.

Costs that stay the same

Venue, travel, ads and a photographer, kept apart so you can see what one more guest really costs.

Costs for each guest

Meals, materials, gifts and outings, added up per person.

Your time, paid

Planning and hosting hours at your real hourly rate, before anything counts as profit.

Fees built in

The card fee on every sale, with in-person rates for market booths.

Your break-even number

How many guests, seats or sales cover everything, shown seat by seat.

A price finder

The price that breaks even at the number you expect, at half full, and the price that reaches your profit goal.

Plans side by side

Up to 12 versions, so you can compare venues, dates and prices before you commit.

Planning on purpose vs. planning on hope

Before

  • Booking first, doing the math later
  • Your time left out of the price
  • Fees you find after the sale
  • A full room that still felt thin

After

  • Your break-even number before you book
  • Your time paid in every seat
  • Fees covered from the start
  • Profit you can see before you say yes
Leeah Murray smiling in a white blouse against a pale grey background

Hi there, I’m Leeah.

I’ve spent 20+ years in marketing and brand strategy, and I’ve watched so many beautiful retreats and workshops get planned on hope, then quietly cost the host money. The math isn’t hard once it’s laid out. This calculator lays it out for you, before the deposit is due.

Your events deserve to pay you, too.

How it works

01

Pick what you’re planning

A retreat, workshop, event, launch, market booth or group program.

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Add your costs and your time

The costs that stay the same, the costs for each guest and your hours.

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See your number

How many you need to break even, and the price for the profit you want.

This is perfect for…

  • Coaches and healers planning a retreat
  • Teachers running workshops, in person or online
  • Hosts of events, dinners and meetups
  • Makers deciding if a market booth is worth it
  • Anyone launching a course or group program

Why entrepreneurs love it

  • Every cost countedFixed and per guest, kept apart.
  • Your time paidAt your real hourly rate.
  • Fees coveredThe card fee on every sale.
  • Price finderThe price for your goal.
  • Use it foreverYours for life, saved to your account.

Better together

Your events, built on your real rate

The Break-Even Calculator picks up your thriving rate from the Profit Calculator, so your planning and hosting time is paid before anything counts as profit. The Full Toolkit brings all eight tools together for $197 ($266 if you bought them one by one), plus every new tool as it launches.

The Full Purposepreneur Toolkit: all eight tools on one dashboard

Frequently asked questions

It’s the number of sales where the money coming in covers every cost, so you haven’t lost anything and haven’t made a profit yet. Every guest, seat or sale after that point is profit. This calculator finds that number for a retreat, workshop, event, launch, market booth or group program.

Add up the costs that stay the same no matter how many people come, like the venue, your travel and ads. Then work out what each guest leaves you after their own costs and the card fee. Divide the first number by the second and round up. That’s how many you need to break even. The calculator does each step for you.

Start with what it costs you to host it, including your own time, then decide how many guests you can count on. The price finder shows what to charge to break even at that number, at half full, and to reach the profit you want. Then you can decide whether the price fits the experience.

Fixed costs stay the same whether one person comes or twenty, like the venue, your travel or a photographer. Per-guest costs grow with each person, like meals, materials or a welcome gift. Keeping them apart shows what one more guest really costs, and how many it takes to cover the rest.

Yes. Planning, marketing and hosting take real hours, and leaving them out means a full room can still pay you less than you think. The calculator adds your hours at your hourly rate as a cost, so your time is paid before anything counts as profit. You can switch it off to see the difference.

Yes. It adds the usual card fee to every sale (2.9% plus $0.30 online, and 2.6% plus $0.15 in person for market booths), and you can change it to match your platform. If you sell through a ticket site that charges its own fee, add theirs too.

Yes. Save up to 12 plans, like two venues, two dates or two prices, and see them side by side with each one’s break-even number and profit.

No, you can enter your own hourly rate. If you’ve used the Profit Calculator, your thriving rate comes in automatically, so your time is paid at what it’s really worth.

No. It’s a planning tool that helps you see your own numbers clearly. For advice about your specific situation, a bookkeeper or accountant is always a good call.

Right after checkout, log in and your tool is waiting in your Purposepreneur™ Toolkit. It works on your laptop or your phone, and everything you enter saves as you go.

Because you get the full tool the moment you check out, all sales are final. Not sure yet? Try the free tools first, like Business Pulse and Runway to Leap, to see how the toolkit works. And if you ever get stuck, reply to your order confirmation email for priority support.

Ready to plan it with confidence?

Count every cost, pay yourself for your time and know your number before you book. Get instant access now.

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For planning and education only. The Purposepreneur™ tools aren’t financial, tax or legal advice. Please check with your accountant or a financial advisor before making money decisions.

Accessibility & affordability commitment

I believe that knowledge and resources should be accessible to all, irrespective of one’s financial situation. My heartfelt promise is to make my services available to those in need, offering a flexible and compassionate approach to pricing through sliding scales and, when necessary, providing them for free.

I understand that times can be challenging, and your well-being is of paramount importance to me. If you find yourself facing financial constraints, I encourage you to reach out. Your inquiry will be handled with the utmost discretion, and your personal information will be kept confidential.

Please know that I have options in place to ensure that you’re not left behind. Let’s work together to find a solution.