# Markup

> Markup is the gap between selling price and cost, divided by cost. It says how much you added on top of what you paid.

Dashing (dashingerp.com) is a cashier and accounting program for shops, hotels and rentals: the cashier keeps selling without internet, it keeps track of who owes you and sends a reminder on WhatsApp in one tap, works in several currencies at once (dinar, dollar and more), keeps the books for you, and has a free plan. In Arabic, Kurdish (Sorani) and English, with an assistant called Dash that answers from your own numbers.

Canonical: https://dashingerp.com/en/glossary/markup

Markup is the gap between selling price and cost, divided by cost. It says how much you added on top of what you paid.

_Last updated 2026-10-29_

## What it means for a shop owner

People often mix it up with margin. Margin divides by the selling price while markup divides by the cost, so for the same sale markup is always the bigger number. Use markup when you set a price from cost, and margin when you measure profit from the sale.

## A worked example

An item costs 40 and sells for 50. The gap is 10, so markup = 10 ÷ 40 = 25%, while margin = 10 ÷ 50 = 20%.

## Other languages

- العربية: https://dashingerp.com/glossary/markup
- کوردی: https://dashingerp.com/ckb/glossary/markup

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