Soap & Bath Products cost & pricing calculator
You make it by the batch. Your customers buy it by the bar.
Lye, fragrance, wrapping, hands-on time and trimming losses add up across this 12-bar batch. These are worked-example costs. CrafterBy helps you calculate yours.
Calculate my first productStart free · Create an account, then add one product
Explore the cost example first
From making it to selling it
You have a recipe you trust and a shelf of bars nearly ready to wrap. When someone asks for a dozen, you reach for the familiar price. But the last oil order cost more, the wraps changed, and the ends of this loaf did not become full-size bars.
It is easy to know exactly what went into the mixing bowl and still feel unsure about a cost per bar. The missing connection is the batch: what it consumed, the work it took and how many saleable pieces it actually produced.
02 / See what the price leaves you
In this fictional 12-bar loaf example, the oils, lye, fragrance, wrap, labor and trimming allowance come to $4.02 per bar. That gives a proposed retail or wholesale price something concrete to stand on.
That’s after the costs listed in this example. Any unlisted packaging, fees and other expenses still need to come out of it. Move the price to explore the difference.
Illustrative USD example. Your costs and selling price are yours to choose.
55.3% margin
before other expenses
A fictional worked example, not a recommended price. Include any packaging, overhead, selling fees and applicable taxes not listed here before treating the remainder as profit. Changing the price doesn’t predict demand.
Make the next decision with the numbers visible
The fictional example here totals $4.02 per bar, with $0.95 of base oils. It includes other ingredients, packaging, labor and a trimming allowance. It is a worked example, not a claim about what your soap should cost.
Use CrafterBy to hold your quantities and working time together, then save the product as a template. Compare a proposed retail or wholesale price with the complete cost you have entered, allowing for business and selling expenses still outside it.
Calculate my first product03 / Put your costs somewhere useful
CrafterBy brings materials, active labor and equipment costs into a saved product. Explore the real app below.
Keep base oils, lye, fragrance and the other materials you use in one library. Record purchase prices and units, then use them in your product costs. Real app captures below contain sample woodworking data.
Your materials, organized · Real captures with sample woodworking data; your work uses the same tools.
View full sizeKeep purchase prices, units and waste allowances with your materials. Buying a large pack and using a small amount should be part of the calculation, not another guess.
Save a familiar product’s materials and process as a starting point. Review the quantity, design and active time when the next order is different.
See what remains after the costs you entered. You choose the price; the breakdown helps you judge the work and the order before committing to it.
Before you make the next batch or quote
Choose one repeat batch. Your existing recipe provides the ingredient quantities; the next batch gives you a chance to note active work and saleable yield. You can improve the estimate as you repeat it.
A balm, bath bomb and cold-process bar deserve separate recipes. Reuse the materials you already entered, while giving each product its own quantities, packaging and labor.
Your first step is small
Open one familiar recipe beside your recent supply costs. Start in the free calculator with the batch quantities, the saleable yield and the work of making and wrapping it.
Create your free account, add the costs you know, then explore a selling price. Replace estimates with measured numbers as you learn from your own work.
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Before you start
Count the active handling and checking you do, rather than every hour on the shelf. Curing space and the wait before selling still matter to planning, but they are different from hands-on labor.
Treat them as a real additional product only when that is how you use them. Share the batch costs sensibly between the outputs instead of counting the ends as both total waste and saleable stock.
Add the box, inserts, wrapping and assembly work too. Compare the complete bundle cost with its selling price; putting products together does not make the presentation free.
Yes. You can begin with one product and the materials you already use. Open one familiar recipe beside your recent supply costs. Start in the free calculator with the batch quantities, the saleable yield and the work of making and wrapping it. You don’t need a team or a large catalog to start understanding your costs.
At a $9.00 selling price, $4.98 remains after the $4.02 of costs listed in this fictional example. Any packaging, overhead, selling fees, shipping you cover or applicable taxes not listed here can reduce that amount. Include your active labor as a cost too; it is separate from the margin left afterward.
Yes. Create an account and start free with one product. Check the pricing page for current plan features and limits. You can compare the process with your existing notes or spreadsheet before deciding what you need.
Your work deserves a price you understand
Start with your materials, your process and your time.
Give the next price a reason behind it.
Free to start · Your costs, your price, your decision