Returns calculator
What are returns costing your store?
Enter your numbers to estimate the monthly cost of apparel returns, and how much of it is tied to the size-and-fit uncertainty a virtual try-on is built to reduce. Your inputs stay in your browser.
Your numbers
Online apparel return rates often run 20-30% (industry). Use your own figure if you know it.
Returns cost you about
$6,000/ month
That is about 100 returned orders a month at $60 each, in merchandise value.
Tied to size and fit
$4,200/ month
Around 70% of apparel returns are driven by size and fit (McKinsey). That is the uncertainty a virtual try-on is built to reduce: shoppers who see a product on themselves are reported about 66% less likely to return it (Snap, Publicis).
Pays for itself fast
~0.3 prevented returns / month
At your order value, preventing about that many returns a month already covers Vircab Bronze ($20/month).
Start your free trialThese figures combine your inputs with industry averages (McKinsey on size and fit returns; Snap and Publicis Media on return likelihood). They are industry data for context, not a Vircab guarantee. Your actual result depends on your catalog, your shoppers, and how you use try-on.
About this calculator
Where do these numbers come from?
The cost is calculated from the numbers you enter (orders, return rate, average order value). The context figures are industry data: roughly 70% of apparel returns are driven by size and fit (McKinsey), and shoppers who see a product on themselves are reported about 66% less likely to return it (Snap, Publicis Media).
What is a realistic apparel return rate?
Online apparel return rates commonly run in the 20-30% range across the industry, and can be higher for categories like dresses and denim. If you know your own return rate, use it for the most accurate estimate.
Does Vircab guarantee these savings?
No. This calculator shows industry data for context, not a Vircab guarantee. Your actual result depends on your catalog, your shoppers, and how you use try-on. We do not invent or promise a specific result.
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