Handmade & Craft pricing
True-cost methods for Etsy sellers, soap makers, candle makers, jewelers, and small-batch crafters.
Calculators
True-cost pricing calculators for Etsy sellers, soap and candle makers, jewelers, and crafters.
Etsy Seller Pricing Calculator
Calculate true Etsy product prices that cover materials, labour, fees, shipping, and profit.
Open calculator →Handmade Product Pricing Calculator
A general crafter pricing tool for soap, candles, jewelry, ceramics, and small-batch goods.
Open calculator →Soap Maker Pricing Calculator
Price cold-process and melt-and-pour soaps by batch, cure time, packaging, and unit yield.
Open calculator →Candle Maker Pricing Calculator
Calculate candle prices by wax weight, fragrance load, vessel cost, and burn time.
Open calculator →Jewelry Maker Pricing Calculator
Price handmade jewelry using material cost, labour, designer markup, and a keystone option.
Open calculator →Guides & articles
True-cost methods for Etsy sellers, soap makers, candle makers, jewelers, and small-batch crafters.
The Ultimate Guide to Handmade Product Pricing: From Materials to Profit
A complete pricing framework for handmade sellers — covering why craft pricing differs from retail, the materials-labour-overhead-profit model, per-unit overhead math, full Etsy fee breakdown, wholesale vs retail keystone pricing, six product categories, channel strategy, and a plug-in pricing worksheet.
Read the full guide →The Complete Etsy Fee Breakdown for 2025 (With Real Examples)
Listing, transaction, payment, and offsite-ad fees explained with worked examples so you know your true cost per sale.
Pricing Handmade Soap: A Complete Profit-First Guide for Makers
Batch costing, cure-time accounting, packaging, and wholesale vs retail markup for cold-process soap.
The Jewelry Pricing Formula Explained: Materials, Labour, and Designer Markup
The 3x-materials rule, keystone markup, and when to use wholesale vs retail pricing for jewelry.
Pricing Handmade Candles by Wax Weight: The Maker’s Math Guide
Wax cost per ounce, fragrance load, vessel cost, and burn time as pricing levers for candle makers.
Wholesale vs Retail Pricing for Handmade Businesses: A Complete Guide
The keystone method explained: wholesale at 2× cost, retail at 4× cost. Includes line sheets, minimum order quantities, trade shows, and working with boutiques — with worked math for soap, candles, and jewelry.
Etsy vs Shopify vs Amazon Handmade: A Pricing Comparison for Makers
A side-by-side fee comparison of Etsy, Shopify, and Amazon Handmade — with break-even analysis, total-cost-of-selling math, multi-channel strategy, and worked examples for three product types (jewelry, candles, and ceramics).
Related categories
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About the Handmade & Craft category
True-cost methods for Etsy sellers, soap makers, candle makers, jewelers, and small-batch crafters.
This category brings together every Handmade & Craft pricing calculator and every Handmade & Craft pricing guide published on meyy.info — so a single page links the conceptual framework (the guides) with the actionable tools (the calculators). The recommended workflow is to start with the pillar guide if one exists for this category, read the methodology to understand the underlying cost model, then run the calculator with your real inputs to produce a defensible price.
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