NFT Royalty Calculator
Calculate NFT creator royalty earnings based on floor price, trading volume, and royalty percentage. Project daily, monthly, and annual income.
About this calculator
The NFT Royalty Calculator projects a creator's secondary-market royalty income from a collection's floor price, daily trading volume, and royalty percentage. Daily Trading Volume (in NFTs) is multiplied by Floor Price to get a dollar trading volume, which is then multiplied by Royalty Rate to get the royalty a smart contract entitles the creator to. That figure is further multiplied by Secondary Sales Rate, because since 2022 most major marketplaces made on-chain creator royalties optional rather than enforced, so a collection's contractual royalty percentage and its actually-collected royalty percentage can differ sharply; Secondary Sales Rate models what fraction of trading volume actually pays out. Monthly and Annual Royalties are simple multiples of the daily figure (×30, ×365) with no compounding or seasonality. Annual Royalty per NFT divides the annual total across Collection Size — a bigger collection does not earn more total royalty money, it just divides the same royalty pool across more tokens.
Effective Yield expresses annual royalties as a percentage of the collection's total floor-price value. The calculator assumes floor price, daily volume, and enforcement rate all stay constant for a full year; real NFT markets are highly volatile day to day, and this model does not account for gas fees, private off-chain sales, or a royalty rate that changes over the collection's lifetime. Floor Price and every dollar-figure output (Daily/Monthly/Annual Royalties, Annual Royalty per NFT) assume a USD-denominated floor price — if your marketplace quotes floor price in ETH or another token, convert it to USD first, since entering a raw ETH number (e.g. 0.5) as if it were dollars will understate every royalty figure by three to four orders of magnitude relative to the collection's real dollar value.
Financial Disclaimer
This calculator is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Results are estimates based on the inputs provided. Consult a qualified financial advisor before making investment or financial planning decisions.
Inputs
Results
Monthly Royalties
$37.50
Annual Royalties
$456.25
How to Use This Calculator
- Enter the collection's current floor price and the average daily trading volume in NFTs.
- Set the creator royalty rate and the total collection size.
- Optionally adjust the secondary sales rate to reflect how much of the market honors creator royalties.
- Review the projected daily, monthly, and annual royalty income for the collection.
- Check the annual royalty per NFT and effective yield to see creator earnings relative to total collection value.
How the result changes with Floor Price (USD)
| Floor Price (USD) | Monthly Royalties | Annual Royalties |
|---|---|---|
| $0.25 | $18.75 | $228.13 |
| $0.38 | $28.13 | $342.19 |
| $0.75 | $56.25 | $684.38 |
| $1.25 | $93.75 | $1,140.63 |
What each input means
- Floor Price (USD)
- Current floor price of the NFT collection in US dollars.
- Daily Trading Volume
- Average number of NFTs traded per day in this collection.
- Royalty Rate
- Creator royalty percentage on secondary sales.
- Collection Size
- Total number of NFTs in the collection.
- Secondary Sales Rate
- Percentage of marketplaces that honor creator royalties.
What each result means
- Daily Royalties
- Estimated daily royalty income.
- Monthly Royalties
- Projected monthly royalty income.
- Annual Royalties
- Projected annual royalty income.
- Annual Royalty per NFT
- Average royalty earned per NFT in the collection.
- Effective Yield
- Annual royalties as percentage of total collection value.
How this is calculated
Worked example, using the default values
- Identify Input Parameters4 parametersFloor Price = 0.5, Daily Trading Volume = 50, Royalty Rate = 5, Collection Size = 10000 = 5 input(s) provided
- Calculate Monthly RoyaltiesMonthly Royalties37.5 = $37.5
- Calculate Annual RoyaltiesAnnual Royalties456.25 = $456.25
- Calculate Daily RoyaltiesDaily Royalties1.25 = $1.25
- Calculate Annual Royalty per NFTAnnual Royalty per NFT0.05 = $0.05
Engine last updated . Checked against 2 independently-derived tests — how we verify calculators. Built by Paul Gunder, a software engineer, not a licensed financial, medical, or legal professional.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a bigger NFT collection earn more total royalties?
No — Annual Royalties depends only on trading volume, floor price, royalty rate, and secondary sales rate, and has zero effect from Collection Size, so a 100-piece and a 100,000-piece collection with identical trading activity earn the exact same total royalty dollars. Collection Size does change Annual Royalty per NFT, though, which shrinks as the same royalty pool is divided across more tokens.
What does the Secondary Sales Rate input actually change?
It applies a real discount to every royalty figure, not just a cosmetic label. Since 2022, most major NFT marketplaces made on-chain creator royalties optional rather than enforced, so a collection's contractual Royalty Rate and its actually-collected royalty percentage can differ sharply — Secondary Sales Rate models the fraction of trading volume that actually pays the royalty through.
Why do Daily, Monthly, and Annual Royalties scale so differently?
Monthly Royalties is Daily Royalties multiplied by 30, and Annual Royalties is Daily Royalties multiplied by 365 — both are simple multiples with no compounding, growth, or seasonality built in. That means the calculator assumes trading volume, floor price, and enforcement stay perfectly flat every single day of the year, which real NFT markets rarely do.
Does the Royalty Rate input still matter if marketplaces don't enforce royalties?
Yes — Royalty Rate and Secondary Sales Rate both multiply into the final figure, so they matter equally. A high 10% contractual rate honored on only 20% of sales nets the same royalty total as a low 2% rate honored on every sale, which is why an accurate Secondary Sales Rate estimate is as important as the royalty percentage itself for a realistic projection.
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