The Makers & Crafters Fix Kit
Built for makers and crafters (candles, jewelry, crochet, stickers).
Handmade businesses usually price from the materials and a feeling, and the money leaks in what the price forgot: your time, platform and payment fees, the booth fee spread over a weekend, shipping that costs more than you charged, custom orders cancelled after the supplies were bought, and tax on sales that came in with nothing withheld. I wrote this kit so you can see each one in your own receipts and payout reports.
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The 8 leaks it covers
6 you can close it · 1 the other side owes it · 1 a pro decides
- Price set from materials alone, without your time and feesWhere to look first: Pick one product. Write the materials cost per piece, including packaging.Keep it from coming back: Re-run the sheet when material costs change.You can close it
- Marketplace fees never totaled per sale from your own payout reportWhere to look first: Download your marketplace payout or fee report for the last three months.Keep it from coming back: Run the fee summary every quarter.You can close it
- Your own site paying an extra fee for a third-party payment providerWhere to look first: If you sell on your own Shopify site, check which payment provider it uses.Keep it from coming back: Re-check when you change plans.You can close it
- Craft fair booth fee never spread over the pieces you soldWhere to look first: For each show this year, write the booth fee, travel, parking, food, display costs and sales.Keep it from coming back: Fill in the log the night of the show.You can close it
- Shipping charged below the real cost of label and packagingWhere to look first: For a month of orders, write the shipping charged and the label cost.Keep it from coming back: Weigh a packed sample of every new product before listing it.You can close it
- Custom orders started with no deposit, then cancelledWhere to look first: List custom orders cancelled in the last year and what you had spent on supplies for each.Keep it from coming back: No deposit, no start.You can close it
- Wholesale or consignment pieces placed with no written agreementWhere to look first: List every shop holding your work on consignment, with pieces, prices and dates placed.Keep it from coming back: Sign the agreement before the first piece leaves your hands.The other side owes it
- No tax set aside from money paid with nothing withheldWhere to look first: Write down which of your pay arrives with no tax taken out: sales and marketplace payouts.Keep it from coming back: Move the set-aside the day each payment lands. Put every estimated-tax date your preparer gives you on the calendar in January.A pro decides
Free: one full leak from this kit
No sign-up, no email. Here is leak 1 of 8 exactly as it appears in the kit, so you can see what you get before you buy.
Price set from materials alone, without your time and fees
You can close it- Pick one product. Write the materials cost per piece, including packaging.
- Time each step for a batch and divide by the number of pieces.
- Choose the hourly pay you want and multiply by the time per piece.
- Add the per-piece share of fees and supplies from your own payout reports.
- Price floor = materials + labor + fees + overhead per piece (CALCULATED: from your own figures). Price at or above it.
Your part: Run the sheet and set the price.
Pricing worksheet: Product: [NAME] Batch size: [NUMBER] Materials per piece: [AMOUNT] Packaging: [AMOUNT] Minutes per piece: [MINUTES] x my rate [RATE] = [LABOR] Fees per piece (from payout report): [AMOUNT] Overhead per piece (tools, booth, ads): [AMOUNT] Price floor: [TOTAL] (CALCULATED) Current price: [PRICE]
Re-run the sheet when material costs change.
What this kit can't decide for you: We never tell you what to charge.
That's 1 of 8. The other 7 come the same way in the kit: steps, words to send, a habit to keep each one closed.
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What people in this work look up
When makers and crafters (candles, jewelry, crochet, stickers) go looking for answers, they search things like “etsy fees”, “craft fair pricing”, “how to price handmade items” and “candle business profit”. Those searches turn up forms, averages and other people's numbers. This kit starts from your own records instead: the 8 places money leaks in this work, where to look first and the words to send to close each one.
What you get for each leak
- Numbered steps to close each leak
- Your part, spelled out
- Words you can use: letters and scripts, ready to send (fill in the brackets)
- A habit that keeps each leak from coming back
- An honest line on what the kit can't decide for you
A page from the kit
Questions people ask
Price set from materials alone, without your time and fees: where do I start?
Start here: Pick one product. Write the materials cost per piece, including packaging. To keep it from coming back: Re-run the sheet when material costs change.
Marketplace fees never totaled per sale from your own payout report: where do I start?
Start here: Download your marketplace payout or fee report for the last three months. To keep it from coming back: Run the fee summary every quarter.
Your own site paying an extra fee for a third-party payment provider: where do I start?
Start here: If you sell on your own Shopify site, check which payment provider it uses. To keep it from coming back: Re-check when you change plans.
What it can't decide for you
This kit works from your own records. It doesn't give legal, tax, licensing or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney, insurer or state board makes the call, the kit says so and gets your records ready for them.
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Next step
- Run your free LeakReceipts check — it reads your own receipts and records and shows where money is leaking out, line by line.
- TrueNET — the whole-picture money truth: what you actually keep after every cost, across everything you earn and spend.
Use Jobber or Housecall Pro? Run the free leak check — it reads your job export in your browser and shows the money leaks the software doesn't flag. Nothing is uploaded.