Upcycled Materials Aren’t Free: The Cost You Skip
Thrifted spoons cost you $2, so you price the earrings like the metal was free. Here's the hidden sourcing cost you're eating…
Author: Roger
Your 80% Margin, Empty Account: Gross vs Take-Home
Your dashboard says 80% margin but your account is empty. Here's the gap between gross margin and real take-home — and how…
Stop Giving Personalization Away for Free
You spent forty minutes on the name. You set the type, nudged the spacing, ran a test cut because the client wanted…
Profit Per Hour, Not Per Item: Rank Your Products
Your $95 bestseller might really earn $9 an hour. Rank handmade products by profit per hour, not per item, and see which…
The 15% Etsy Fee That’s Eating Your Margin
Etsy's mandatory 15% Offsite Ads fee can turn a healthy $30 sale into a break-even one. Here's the real 2026 math, and…
Etsy’s Design Rule: Price Your Design Time
Etsy's Aug 11 original-design rule made your design hours a real cost. Here's how to price design time — with a worked…
The Admin Hours Missing From Your Handmade Prices
You count making time, not the hours spent photographing, listing, and packing. See how that gap quietly drops your real pay below…
Pricing Back-to-School Name Tags Without Losing Money
That 40¢ acrylic blank isn't your cost — your time is. Here's how to price personalized back-to-school name tags so the work…
Custom Order Pricing: Proofs, Revisions, Rush Fees
Custom orders eat hours of free proofs, revisions, and rush work. Learn to price personalization, set a fair rush fee, and stop…
The Etsy Fee Stack: What You Really Keep on a $30 Sale
A $30 Etsy sale rarely nets $30. See the full fee stack—listing, transaction, processing, offsite ads—and the math to build it back…