Handmade cost calculator

You buy supplies in bulk — but sell one item at a time. This free calculator turns pack prices into a true cost per item, adds your labor, and suggests a price at your target margin. For candles, soap, jewelry, resin, knitting, sewing, woodwork and every handmade shop. No sign-up.

1 · Your materials

Enter each material the way you buy it: pack price, pack size, and how much one item uses. Units are up to you — grams, pieces, ml, inches.

2 · Your labor

Your time is a real cost. If you don't pay yourself, your price is lying to you.

3 · Your price

Target margin65%
True cost per item
$0.00
materials + labor
Suggested price
$0.00
at your target margin

Selling on Etsy? Remember fees take roughly 10–12% on top: transaction 6.5% + payment 3% + $0.25 per order.

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How pricing handmade products works

What is a true cost per item?

It's everything one finished piece really costs you: the share of each bulk supply it uses (wax, wicks, jars, fabric, beads…) plus the value of your time. Most makers only count materials — and quietly work for free.

What margin should handmade sellers aim for?

A common healthy range is 50–70%. At 65% margin, an item that costs you $6.30 to make should sell for about $18. Below 50% it gets hard to survive fees, ads and the occasional remake.

How do I price for Etsy specifically?

Take the suggested price from this calculator, then remember Etsy takes roughly 10–12% in fees (transaction 6.5%, payment processing 3% + $0.25, listing renewals). If your margin was tight before fees, it's negative after them.

Made by SellerPulse — know your real Etsy profit · Math checked July 2026 · Not affiliated with Etsy, Inc.