Business of Making

FREEfor makers · takes a minute

Six numbers. One price you can stand behind.

Type in your materials, packaging, time, hourly rate, any other costs and the margin you want. The free Quick Price Calculator hands back a selling price, your profit on every sale and your real margin. Pricing is where most makers get stuck first, so this is free.

  • A suggested selling price, your profit after costs and your margin, worked out for you
  • Why margin isn't the same as markup, explained right there on the sheet
  • 20% off the Complete Pricing & Profit Calculator, included

Adding 30% to your costs doesn't give you a 30% profit.

Say your product costs $16 to make, once you count your materials, packaging and your time. Most makers add 30% and call it done.

$16 plus 30% $20.80 Only 23% of that price is profit
$16 divided by 0.70 $22.86 A true 30% profit on every sale

That $2.06 difference feels small on one sale. Over a year of sales, it adds up to real money, and it's money that should be yours. The calculator does this maths for you every time, so you never price on a hunch again.

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What you'll have a minute from now.

  • A selling price for the product you're unsure about, built from your own numbers
  • Your profit after costs, in dollars, and your margin as a percentage
  • An answer for the friend who keeps asking “how much would you charge for one?”
  • A sense check on what you're charging now, before your next market or your next listing
  • Your currency, not just dollars. Change the symbol at the top and it's yours, wherever you make
  • A code for 20% off the Complete Pricing & Profit Calculator, for when you want your whole range priced

A great starting point, not the whole picture. Your quick price doesn't include your running costs, selling fees, the hours you spend on messages and packing, wastage or tax. The sheet tells you that plainly, and the complete calculator covers all of it when you're ready.

The six numbers

  • Materials for one product
  • Packaging for one product
  • Time to make one
  • Your hourly rate
  • Other costs for one product
  • The profit margin you want

Fill in the pink cells. Everything else works itself out. Opens in Excel or Google Sheets, on any computer.

From a maker who's priced a lot of products.

Across my maker businesses

~100kOrders
$3M+Revenue Generated
10+Years of Experience

I'm Bec. I built Laser Blanks from one $10,000 hobby laser into Australia's largest craft blanks supplier, and Tom and I still run Happy Print Hub today. Every one of those orders needed a price that covered the materials, the time, the boring bills and the people doing the work. This calculator is the first step of how I do it, made for makers, by a maker.

Busy and profitable aren't the same thing. Knowing your price is where the difference starts.

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Get the free price calculator.

Six numbers and you're done. It lands in your inbox in a few minutes, with the 20% code inside.

Quick questions.

Is it really free?

Yes. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel. You give me your email, I send you the calculator, and you keep it.

What do I need to open it?

Excel, or a free Google account for Google Sheets. It opens in Mac Numbers too. It's much easier on a computer than a phone, so save it for when you're at your desk.

I'm not in Australia. Does it work for me?

Yes. Change the currency symbol at the top and the maths is the same anywhere. Pricing doesn't have a postcode.

What happens to my email?

It goes on the Business of Making list and nowhere else. You'll hear from me when something new is released, which isn't often, and every email has an unsubscribe link.