Calculate sale prices, savings amounts, and effective discount percentages — including chained and stacked discounts.
Apply an extra discount on the already-reduced price
Enter the original price of the item or service before any discounts. This is the listed retail price or sticker price.
Choose whether your discount is a percentage (e.g., 25% off) or a fixed dollar amount (e.g., $15 off).
Enter the discount value — either the percentage rate or the dollar amount to subtract from the original price.
Optionally, enable a second chained discount to model situations like "30% off, plus an extra 15% off the already-reduced price." Chained discounts are applied sequentially, not additively.
Click "Calculate Discount" to see your total savings, final sale price, effective savings percentage, and a step-by-step breakdown of each discount applied.
For a percentage discount, multiply the original price by one minus the discount rate expressed as a decimal. For a fixed-amount discount, simply subtract the discount amount from the original price. When discounts are chained, each discount is applied to the price after the previous discount has been deducted, so the effective total discount is always less than the sum of the individual percentages.
A jacket originally priced at $120.00 is on sale for 25% off. The discount amount is $120.00 × 0.25 = $30.00. The final sale price is $120.00 − $30.00 = $90.00. You save $30.00, which is 25% of the original price.
A pair of shoes costs $89.99 with a coupon for $15.00 off. The discount amount is simply $15.00, so the final sale price is $89.99 − $15.00 = $74.99. Your effective savings percentage is ($15.00 / $89.99) × 100 = 16.67%.
A TV originally priced at $200.00 is offered at 30% off, with an additional 15% off the sale price. First discount: $200.00 × 0.30 = $60.00 off, bringing the price to $140.00. Second discount: $140.00 × 0.15 = $21.00 off, bringing the final price to $119.00. Total savings: $81.00 (40.5% effective). Note the combined effective discount (40.5%) is less than simply adding the percentages (45%), because the second discount applies to a smaller base.
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