Craft Business

Pricing what you make by hand, craft by craft.

Most handmade pricing goes wrong in the same place: the materials are counted carefully and the hours are not. A candle's wax is cheap and its curing time is not. A crochet toy's yarn is a few dollars and its afternoon is most of the price.

These work each craft from its own costs, with worked examples in invented numbers, so the arithmetic is visible and the price is yours to set.

• How to Price Handmade Soap by the Batch, Then by the Bar

  Soap is costed by the batch and sold by the bar. Trim losses, labels and your time decide the bar price far more than the oils do.

• How to Price Handmade Jewelry When Metal Prices Move

  Components are easy to count and easy to let go out of date. Price from a dated component cost, count your time honestly, and re-cost when you reorder.

• How to Price Crochet Items When the Hours Are Most of the Cost

  Yarn is the easy part. The hours are what make crochet pricing uncomfortable, and there are only three honest ways to deal with them.

• How to Price Candles From the Jar Up

  Wax is rarely the biggest cost in a container candle. The vessel often is, and test burns, batch size and your pouring time decide the rest.