{"product_id":"handmade-pricing-calculator","title":"Handmade Pricing Calculator Spreadsheet","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis pricing calculator spreadsheet is for anyone who has priced something by feel and suspected they were underselling it. It builds each product's cost from materials, labor and overhead, then suggests a price at the margin you choose and shows what you keep after fees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease read:\u003c\/strong\u003e This is a tracker tool only, not financial, tax, legal, medical or any other professional advice or advisory service. It records and calculates what you enter; you are solely responsible for checking all figures, rates, dates and results and for every decision you make. By purchasing, downloading or using it, you accept these terms (your statutory consumer rights are not affected).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePrice from the recipe, not a guess\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach product's cost is built from its recipe of materials, so changing one material's unit cost re-prices every product it goes into. Your labor rate and overhead are added per item automatically.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe suggested price at the margin you set, in one cell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMargin after the platform fee, so what lands is never a surprise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnything priced below your own target flags itself red\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eOne file, actually connected\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA product is entered once, on the Products tab. The recipe, the pricing calculator, the stock valuation and every order line all read that same row. Change one thing and everything that depends on it follows, with no copying a figure from one spreadsheet into another and hoping you remembered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTen connected tabs\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProducts:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120 rows, the one place a product is entered\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120 rows with the unit cost of each\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePricing:\u003c\/strong\u003e cost, suggested price, your price, and margin before and after fees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInventory:\u003c\/strong\u003e stock on hand, valued at cost and at retail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrders:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400 lines with profit per line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSales:\u003c\/strong\u003e the year by month, with fees and postage taken off\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDashboard:\u003c\/strong\u003e six live figures and what each product did\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSetup and Start Here:\u003c\/strong\u003e setup takes a few minutes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat it does for you\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrices every product from its own recipe of materials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdds your labor rate and overhead per item automatically\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows the margin you actually keep after the platform's cut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eValues your stock at cost and at retail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlags anything below your reorder level, or below your target margin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharts that redraw from your own numbers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt brings product costing, profit margin and a cost tracker together for a handmade business or craft business, with an inventory tracker built in. The filled copy holds a whole year of a working shop, so you can see how it behaves before you type anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWorks with\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMicrosoft Excel 2016, 2019, 2021 and Microsoft 365, on Windows and Mac, and LibreOffice. No Microsoft 365 subscription needed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoogle Sheets with a free Google account. You get real spreadsheet files, not a PDF with a link in it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo add-ins, no macros and no subscription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat you download\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Excel workbook, filled with a worked example\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe same workbook, blank and ready for your own numbers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe instruction guide, with one-click links to the Google Sheets versions (filled and blank)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe terms of use as a PDF\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour files are ready as soon as payment clears. The template is for use in your own business; please do not share or resell the files. Questions before or after you buy? Use our contact page and we will help.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFrequently asked questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDoes it work in Excel and Google Sheets?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes. The Excel workbook runs in Excel 2016 or later on Windows and Mac, and the instruction guide holds two one-click links to the Google Sheets versions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow does it work out a price?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt builds the cost from each product's recipe of materials, adds your labor rate and overhead per item, and suggests a price at the margin you set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDoes it account for selling fees?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes. The Pricing tab shows margin before and after fees, so you see what you actually keep after the platform's cut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat happens when a material gets more expensive?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChange that material's unit cost once and every product it goes into is re-priced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWill it warn me if a price is too low?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes. 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