Model buyer-initiated group buys: threshold progress, savings per buyer, deposits held, and revenue at unlock.
Buyers needed
12
Progress
60%
Units committed now
36
Units at threshold
60
Savings per buyer
$8.00
Current group savings
$144.00
Revenue at threshold
$480.00
Deposits held now
$28.80
Use this for buyer-initiated group buys: a neighborhood beef share, office lunch order, troop cookie bundle, refill run, or co-op box. It shows the gap to threshold, the buyer savings story, and how much deposit money is held while the campaign tries to clear.
buyers_needed = target_buyers - committed_buyers
savings_per_buyer = (retail_price - threshold_price) x units_per_buyer
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Enter committed buyers, the target buyer count, retail price, threshold price, units per buyer, and deposit percentage. The calculator turns a group-buy idea into an operating snapshot: buyers still needed, unit volume, savings per buyer, current group savings, revenue if the threshold clears, and deposits held while the campaign is open.
Buyer-side threshold posts are the other half of the marketplace coordination layer. A neighborhood, office, co-op, club, or troop can say what it wants if enough people commit. Sellers get a clearer demand signal before accepting the run, and buyers see exactly how many more commitments unlock the better price.
The model assumes one threshold tier and a refundable deposit hold based on the threshold price. It does not model taxes, payment processor authorization limits, refunds, or seller counter-offers. Use the Group Preorder Planner after the threshold clears to plan packing and pickup operations.