9.5% platform cut solved backwards so you absorb $0.
Every candle batch priced to pay you first.
Kept honest as supplier costs move. Marketplace fees solved backwards so your $24/hr take-home wage is guaranteed.Kept honest as supplier costs move. Batchable solves marketplace fees backwards so your take-home hourly wage is guaranteed before you turn on the oven or pour a single jar.
Soy Candle Batch (6 pcs): Golden 464 wax & wicks $14.40 · 45 min @ $24/hr Take-Home Wage · Etsy 9.5% solved backwards · $22.00 / candle (42% net)
What your catalog looks like inside
Every ingredient linked, margins monitored daily, and fees solved backwards.
Built for hands that make,
not spreadsheets that guess.
Makers are out there working with hot ovens, pottery wheels, melting wax, and needle files. Here is how real batch pricing replaces anxious kitchen-table math with guaranteed profit margins.
Decorating hours and wash-up time are no longer free.
“Before Batchable, I forgot to price the 45 minutes I spent washing royal icing piping bags and hand-piping petals. I was practically working for $4 an hour. Now my $22/hr kitchen wage is factored as a non-negotiable cost before I even turn on the oven.”
Kiln electric bills and glaze shrinkage accounted for.
“Kiln electricity, test-tile throwaways, and fragile shipping boxes were invisible leaks in my studio budget. Batchable maps direct studio overhead so every wheel-thrown mug carries its fair weight.”
Marketplace transaction cuts solved backwards.
“Etsy takes 9.5% plus $0.45 per transaction. Because percentage cuts hit the final customer total, forward markups lose money on every sale. Solving the math backwards keeps an extra $6.00 per 6-jar batch in my bank account.”
Respecting the grit behind every single finished piece.
“Crafters aren't sitting at corporate desks — we are standing on concrete studio floors, getting flour in our hair, and breathing sawdust. Batchable is built like a shop tool: straightforward, honest, and protective of our time.”
“Your time is worth $24 an hour. Most marketplace sellers unintentionally pay themselves under $6.”
When pricing is done by adding a flat markup to raw materials, platform commissions and payment fees chew into your labor wage first. Batchable solves the math backwards from marketplace schedules so your take-home paycheck is guaranteed before you list.
Test one batch right now — then save it.
No account required. Pick a sample craft or enter your actual ingredients and production time. Watch your suggested price and take-home wage recalculate on every keystroke.
The batch calculator is the front door.
Here is what is behind it.
Every feature below works directly on the recipes you have already entered — no re-typing, no separate inventory suite, and no fragile spreadsheets.
One ingredient list for your whole catalog.
Record bulk supplies once: a 45 lb case of Golden 464 soy wax, 8oz amber jars, or King Arthur flour. Every saved Recipe links back. When a supplier raises the cost of jars, update that single item — every linked candle, cookie, and net margin recalculates in one click.
What happens when wax jumps 15% next month?
Drag the wholesale cost slider from 0% to 35%. Watch which Recipes stay healthy, which dip below 40% margin, and which start quietly losing money. One click calculates the exact Target Re-Price to restore your Take-Home Hourly Wage.
Costs drift. Your prices should follow.
Every saved Recipe gets a tick-tock freshness clock. Fresh under 30 days, aging at 31–60 days, and stale past 60. Batchable flags inflation drift and nudges you before an unverified ingredient cost wipes out a weekend market.
Know which venues actually pay you.
Log monthly units by product and sales venue: craft markets, your online shop, Etsy, or Wholesale Keystone accounts. Compare take-home profit after platform transaction fees, track 12-month earnings, and know where your inventory works hardest.
Cost it once, list with fees solved, keep it fresh.
No accounting degree required. Batchable takes care of the algebra so your prices stay honest across seasons, supplier price hikes, and fee updates.
Enter your batch ingredients and hours
Add materials, packaging, and production minutes. Set your Take-Home Hourly Wage — Batchable treats your labor as a mandatory cost before profit. The Scrap Multiplier accounts for wax cling, dough trimmings, and wire clippings.
Set your retail price with marketplace cuts baked in
Pick Etsy, Shopify, or in-person craft markets. Batchable inverts platform cuts into the sticker price so the customer absorbs the 9.5%, not you. Compare channels side by side with the Wholesale Keystone floor.
Get nudged before a stale margin costs you a market day
Save your Recipe to your Studio. The Margin Freshness Clock tracks days since your last cost verification. When supplier invoices drift, update one supply in your Shared Materials Library — every linked Recipe recalculates.
Why makers & bakers leave their spreadsheets behind.
Most underpricing isn't poor craft — missing line items, forgotten hours, and fee formulas done in the wrong order. Full inventory suites are powerful but heavy; marketplace analytics tools answer a different question. Batchable holds your Recipes and BOMs and keeps Batch Yield math honest when suppliers move.
| Feature | Batchable | Full inventory suites | Marketplace analytics | Spreadsheets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Setup time | Instant, no account needed | Multi-step onboarding | Marketplace connection required | Hours of formula work |
| Pricing model | Free calculator · $7.49/mo · $69/yr · $129 Lifetime | Paid monthly suite ($29–$79/mo) | Paid monthly plan ($19–$49/mo) | Free but fragile |
| Lifetime one-time payment | Yes — $129 (Pay once, own forever) | No (Monthly subscriptions only) | No (Monthly subscriptions only) | N/A |
| Fee inversion math | Built-in | Manual | Not applicable | Manual |
| Batch yield pricing | Per-item from batch | Partial | No | Manual |
| Cloud recipe storage | 3 free in browser · Unlimited in Pro | Unlimited | Not applicable | Manual files |
| Stale-margin reminders | Yes (30/60-day clock) | No | No | Manual calendar |
| Supplier price hike simulator | Yes (0–35% stress-test) | Partial | No | Manual |
| Multi-channel profit comparison | Yes (Etsy vs Shopify vs Fairs vs Wholesale) | Yes | Partial | Manual |
| Catalog Excel/CSV export | Yes (Pro) | Yes | Yes | Manual |
| Live margin donut | Yes | No | No | No |
| Recipe export cards | Yes | No | No | No |
| Works without account | Yes, in browser | Cloud account required | Cloud account required | Yes |
* The core standalone calculator is 100% free forever without an account. For cloud recipe saves, spreadsheet imports, and multi-recipe inflation stress-testing, Studio Pro is available at $7.49/mo, $69/year, or as a permanent one-time Lifetime purchase ($129 founding offer) — with a 14-day free trial on signup (no card needed).
Inventory suites and analytics tools shine for established commercial shops managing hundreds of warehouse SKUs. If you just need to know what one batch should sell for — fees solved backwards so the buyer pays them — that's what Batchable is built for.
Theo
MakerBatchable founder & artisan baker · Riga, Latvia
I bake specialty choco cookies — plus a rotating cast of seasonal variations — and sell them at local weekend markets here in Riga. Before every big sale day I had the same anxious kitchen table math session: which cookies are actually worth turning on the oven for? Butter prices jump, packaging costs creep up, and market stall fees quietly eat whatever margin I thought I had left.
Spreadsheets couldn't give me honest answers in the kitchen: per batch, per recipe, after platform cuts and table fees — what do I actually take home per hour, and which cookie earned its tray space? So I built the calculator I wanted for myself: enter a batch once, see the true per-cookie cost with fees solved backwards, and compare recipes side by side before baking.
Batchable stays free for the standalone calculator, forever. If you make and sell in batches like I do, I hope it helps you walk into every market day knowing your time and ingredients are truly respected.
Free forever. Or own Pro for life.
The batch pricing calculator is 100% free with no account required. When your shop grows, upgrade to Studio Pro with flexible subscriptions ($7.49/mo or $69/yr) or a permanent one-time Lifetime pass — zero monthly subscriptions forever.
Everything you need to price individual pieces and kitchen batches accurately.
- Real-time batch & per-unit calculator
- Fair hourly wage labor engine
- Etsy, Shopify, and Craft Market presets
- Interactive profit donut breakdown
- Save up to 3 recipes in your browser
Every recipe in one place. Save $20.88/yr compared to monthly billing. Cancel anytime.
- 14-day free trial on signup (no card needed)
- Unlimited cloud-saved recipes & materials
- Drag & Drop Spreadsheet Importer (.xlsx & .csv)
- Supplier Price Hike Simulator (+0% to +35%)
- Shared ingredient ripples & line sheets
Zero recurring fees. Permanent access to all current and future Studio Pro tools.
- Everything in Studio Pro, permanently
- Unlimited recipes, ingredients & spreadsheet imports
- All future Studio Pro features included for life
- Official Founding Member status & badge
- 30-day money-back satisfaction guarantee
Tired of software subscriptions quietly eating your craft profits?
Full commercial inventory suites charge $29 to $79 every single month ($348–$948/year). Batchable gives you a permanent one-time Lifetime option so you can budget once, protect your margins forever, and keep your software costs at zero.
Frequently asked maker questions.
Everything you need to know about formulas, platform fees, batch sizing, and privacy.
How do I price handmade items so I actually make money?
Start with your true cost: every material or ingredient, packaging, and the minutes you spend at your Take-Home Hourly Wage. Then add profit on top — most makers and bakers aim for at least a 30% margin — and reverse in platform fees so the buyer pays them, not you. Batchable walks you through each step and shows the suggested retail price as you type.
What profit margin should a handmade product have?
A common rule of thumb for handmade goods and bakery treats is 30% or more. Below 20%, one broken jar or a price hike in butter can wipe out your profit entirely. Batchable flags thin margins as you work and shows what share of the selling price is actual profit, so you can adjust before you list.
How do Etsy fees affect what I should charge?
Etsy takes roughly 6.5% per sale in transaction fees, plus around 3% and $0.25 in payment processing, and a $0.20 listing fee — about 9.5% all-in before shipping. If you simply add 9.5% to your cost, you still lose money, because the fee is a percentage of the final price. Batchable solves the circular math so the fee is baked into the sticker price correctly.
What's the difference between markup and margin?
Markup is profit as a share of your cost (a 65% markup on a $10 cost adds $6.50), while margin is profit as a share of the selling price (a 36% margin on a $30.90 price means $11 of profit). Makers usually think in margin because that's what survives fees. Batchable supports both modes — pick markup or a target margin and switch any time.
Why not just use a free one-time calculator?
Because material costs move. A one-time calculator gives you the right number today, but butter jumps from $3.80 to $4.60/lb, Etsy updates transaction cuts, and kiln electricity rates climb. Batchable saves your Recipe with a Margin Freshness Clock — if you haven't verified costs in 30 days, you get a nudge. When a supplier raises prices, update one material in your Shared Materials Library and every linked Recipe recalculates its true net margin and suggested retail price automatically.
What Studio Pro features do I get beyond the free calculator?
Studio Pro adds unlimited cloud-saved Recipes and a Shared Materials Library where one supplier cost update ripples across your whole catalog. You also get the Supplier Price Hike Simulator (stress-test 0% to 35% wholesale jumps across all products), a Sales Ledger with 12-month profit trends by sales venue (Etsy, Shopify, craft markets, wholesale keystone), clean unwatermarked 4:5 export cards, and drag-and-drop .xlsx/.csv spreadsheet import. The free calculator stays free forever — Pro is for makers running an ongoing catalog.
Is this batch pricing calculator really free?
Yes — the standalone calculator is free forever, with no account and nothing to install. It runs entirely in your browser, remembers your recipe between visits, and exports a shareable pricing card. Studio Pro (available at $7.49/mo, $69/year, or a $129 lifetime launch pass, with a 14-day free trial) adds cloud sync, unlimited recipes, and catalog-wide margin protection for makers managing ongoing production, but the calculator itself stays free.
Can I use it for cookies, candles, pottery, jewelry, or crochet?
Any handmade or batch product works: decorated cookies, bakery treats, candles, jewelry, pottery, crochet, soap, prints, and more. Enter as many ingredients or materials as a batch needs, price batch makes (fees are split across the batch), and calculate in USD, EUR, GBP, or AUD.
How is Batchable different from full inventory suites or marketplace analytics tools?
Inventory suites are built for commercial warehouses managing hundreds of barcode SKUs, and analytics tools focus on search volume and keyword trends. Batchable is built around your recipe notebook: enter a batch once, get the correct per-item price with platform fees solved backwards, track margin freshness as supply invoices change, and see which craft venues pay your living wage. No complex onboarding — just honest batch economics.
Do I need an account to use the calculator?
No. The calculator runs entirely in your browser with no sign-up required. Your recipe is saved in local storage between visits. An account only matters when you want cloud-synced Recipes, the Shared Materials Library with catalog-wide cost ripples, the Supplier Price Hike Simulator, the Sales Ledger with channel profit tracking, margin freshness reminders, and clean export cards.
Know what your craft is actually worth.
Keep every recipe honest when costs move.
Start with the free calculator — no account needed. When you are ready to save Recipes, track margin freshness, and stress-test supplier price hikes, your Studio is one click away.