{
  "slug": "craft-pricing",
  "title": "Handmade Craft Pricing Calculator",
  "heading": "Handmade Craft Pricing Calculator",
  "category": "financial",
  "url": "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/craft-pricing",
  "summary": "Wholesale and retail price for a handmade item.",
  "description": "Materials plus labor plus overhead, then standard wholesale and retail multipliers — the formula most makers underuse.",
  "formula": null,
  "dateModified": "2026-09-30",
  "run_url": "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/api/public/calc?tool=craft-pricing",
  "inputs": [
    {
      "id": "materials",
      "label": "Materials cost",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 9,
      "unit": "$",
      "min": null,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "hours",
      "label": "Hours to make",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 1.5,
      "unit": null,
      "min": null,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "rate",
      "label": "Your hourly rate",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 28,
      "unit": "$/hr",
      "min": null,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "overhead",
      "label": "Overhead per item",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 3,
      "unit": "$",
      "min": null,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "wholesaleX",
      "label": "Wholesale multiplier",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 2,
      "unit": null,
      "min": null,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "retailX",
      "label": "Retail multiplier",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 2,
      "unit": null,
      "min": null,
      "max": null
    }
  ],
  "outputs": [
    {
      "id": "retail",
      "label": "Retail price",
      "format": "currency",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": true
    },
    {
      "id": "wholesale",
      "label": "Wholesale price",
      "format": "currency",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": false
    },
    {
      "id": "base",
      "label": "True cost per item",
      "format": "currency",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": false
    },
    {
      "id": "profitRetail",
      "label": "Profit at retail",
      "format": "currency",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": false
    }
  ],
  "worked_example": {
    "inputs": [
      "Materials cost: 9 $",
      "Hours to make: 1.5",
      "Your hourly rate: 28 $/hr",
      "Overhead per item: 3 $",
      "Wholesale multiplier: 2",
      "Retail multiplier: 2"
    ],
    "outputs": [
      "Retail price: $216.00",
      "Wholesale price: $108.00",
      "True cost per item: $54.00",
      "Profit at retail: $162.00"
    ]
  },
  "how_to": {
    "title": "How to use this",
    "steps": [
      "Enter materials cost ($).",
      "Enter hours to make.",
      "Enter your hourly rate ($/hr).",
      "Enter overhead per item ($).",
      "Enter wholesale multiplier.",
      "Enter retail multiplier.",
      "Read your retail price on the right — it updates as you type.",
      "Hit Share to keep the scenario or send it to someone."
    ]
  },
  "scenarios": [
    {
      "name": "Conservative",
      "description": "Lower-end numbers — what if things land soft?",
      "values": {
        "materials": 5.3999999999999995,
        "hours": 0.8999999999999999,
        "rate": 28,
        "overhead": 1.7999999999999998,
        "wholesaleX": 1.2,
        "retailX": 1.2
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Typical",
      "description": "Defaults — the most common real-world setup.",
      "values": {
        "materials": 9,
        "hours": 1.5,
        "rate": 28,
        "overhead": 3,
        "wholesaleX": 2,
        "retailX": 2
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Ambitious",
      "description": "Higher-end numbers — what if things really pop?",
      "values": {
        "materials": 14.4,
        "hours": 2.4000000000000004,
        "rate": 28,
        "overhead": 4.800000000000001,
        "wholesaleX": 3.2,
        "retailX": 3.2
      }
    }
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "Results are estimates before tax, fees, and inflation unless an input explicitly covers them.",
    "Rates are treated as fixed for the whole period — variable-rate products will drift from this projection.",
    "This is educational maths, not financial advice. Check anything contractual with the lender or your accountant."
  ],
  "faq": [
    {
      "q": "How does the handmade craft pricing calculator work?",
      "a": "Materials plus labor plus overhead, then standard wholesale and retail multipliers — the formula most makers underuse."
    },
    {
      "q": "What do I need to enter?",
      "a": "6 values: materials cost, hours to make, your hourly rate, overhead per item, wholesale multiplier, and retail multiplier. Each field starts with a sensible default, so you can change one number at a time and watch the result move."
    },
    {
      "q": "What does the retail price result mean?",
      "a": "It is returned as a money amount in US dollars and updates live as you edit the inputs, so you can compare two or three versions of a scenario in a few seconds."
    },
    {
      "q": "Is this calculator free, and do I need an account?",
      "a": "Yes, it's free, and no account is required. Nothing you type is stored on our servers — the maths runs entirely in your browser."
    },
    {
      "q": "How accurate is the result?",
      "a": "It applies the standard formula exactly, so the arithmetic is precise. Results are estimates before tax, fees, and inflation unless an input explicitly covers them."
    },
    {
      "q": "Who is this tool for?",
      "a": "It's built for anyone comparing money scenarios before committing — budgeting a payment, sanity-checking a quote, or seeing what a change in rate or term actually costs."
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/etsy-fee"
  ],
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "citation": "RevenueLab — Handmade Craft Pricing Calculator (https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/craft-pricing)"
}