About What I Pocket

What I Pocket is a small collection of free calculators for creators, freelancers, and digital sellers who want clearer take-home numbers before making pricing and platform decisions.

Most fee calculators on the web are built by companies that sell the alternative: a competing checkout, a tax service, a course platform, or another monetized recommendation. The numbers can still be useful, but the framing is not always neutral. What I Pocket does not sell a checkout, a platform, or a service. The goal is simpler: help you estimate what you actually pocket after fees, costs, taxes, and platform cuts.

The site grew out of one recurring spreadsheet question: after Stripe, Gumroad, Etsy, Payhip, Lemon Squeezy, Ko-fi, taxes, software, and launch costs take their share, what is left? That question matters before you set a price, choose a platform, quote a client, or decide whether a product is worth shipping.

Every calculator shows its assumptions, formulas, examples, common mistakes, related tools, and source links where outside fee data is involved. Fee-dependent calculators show a rates-checked date. Formula-based calculators show a formula-reviewed date. If a platform changes its fees and What I Pocket has not caught up yet, the visible review date should make that clear.

Calculations run entirely in your browser. Numbers entered into the forms are not sent to a calculation server, and there is no account system. The site uses Google Analytics 4 for aggregate page and interaction data, but calculator inputs stay on your device unless you choose to share a URL that includes your own parameters.

Corrections are welcome. If you spot a stale fee, a math bug, unclear wording, or a missing calculator, send a note to [email protected] with the source link. Fee corrections are prioritized when they include an official pricing page or help-center reference.

What I Pocket is maintained as an independent project for creators who want a calmer way to make money decisions. It is not financial, tax, legal, or accounting advice; it is a set of transparent estimates you can inspect, challenge, and compare with official sources.