Packaging Costs Money: Price the Box, Not Just the Product
Your gift box, tissue, ribbon and mailer aren't free. Here's the simple per-order math to price packaging and protect your Q4 margin.
Category: Pricing
The True Cost of Mixed-Material Jewelry
Your findings are cheap, but your hands aren't. Here's how to price a mixed-material necklace so the labor you actually do finally…
Add a Self-Employment Tax Line to Your Handmade Price
US makers price for materials and labor but forget the 15.3% self-employment tax. Give it its own price line so your profit…
Cap Custom Revision Rounds: Stop Giving Away Labor
"Just one more tweak" is unpaid labor. Here's how to include 2–3 revisions, bill extras at your hourly rate, and protect your…
Refunds Keep Your Fees: Price a Return Cushion In
You refund the buyer's full payment — but the marketplace keeps its processing and ad fees. Here's the real dollar math, and…
Cost Says $60, Market Says $40: What to Do
Your true cost is higher than the going rate? That gap is a decision, not a verdict. Three honest moves — cut…
Batch Setup Cost: The Time You Forget to Charge For
You melt the wax once for 40 candles, but that setup time belongs in every one. Here's the simple math makers miss…
The S/M/L One-Price Trap: Cost Each Size Separately
One flat price for small, medium, and large quietly overprices your small and gives away your large. Here's the real math —…
The Real Cost of a Craft Fair Saturday
You sold out at the fair and still came home behind. Here's the unpaid-Saturday math most makers miss — and how to…
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…