Time-Based Pricing Calculator for Handmade Products

If you’re working every spare hour on your handmade business and still not earning what you expected, it’s probably not effort.It’s pricing.Most makers price from materials, competitor prices, or what feels fair.But time is the real constraint.You only have a fixed number of production hours each week. If your prices don’t match those hours, you can sell out and still be underpaid.This calculator helps you fix that.Instead of guessing, you plug in your real weekly hours, your income target, and how long each product actually takes to make.The sheet shows you exactly what each item must earn so your business can actually pay you.No complicated formulas.No building spreadsheets from scratch.No second-guessing.Just clear numbers and smarter decisions.What this helps you do...• Know your true income required per hour• Calculate minimum viable prices for every product• See instantly which items earn their place and which drain your week• Check if your plan fits your real capacity• Factor in sell-through rates and platform fees• Stop undercharging and overworkingWhat’s insideTime-Based Pricing Calculator (locked formulas)• Step-by-step layout from top to bottom• Yellow input cells only, so you can’t break anything• Automatic hourly and per-minute income targets• Product time tracking and labor value calculations• Break-even / minimum sustainable price for each item• Weekly capacity planner (minutes used vs available)• Revenue forecast with sell-through estimates• Net after fees and commissions section• Overall health snapshot so you can see if your week actually works• Example sheet included so you can see how everything fits togetherWhy this calculator is valued higher than a typical spreadsheet...This isn’t just a template.It replaces:• hours of manual math• building your own formulas• pricing mistakes that cost you weeks of income• guesswork that leads to burnoutYou’re not buying cells. You’re buying clarity.And clarity saves time, money, and energy.Time and cost savingsMost makers spend:• 2 to 4 hours building their own sheet• more time fixing broken formulas• months underpricing products without realizing itThis tool:• sets up in about 10 minutes• runs all calculations instantly• can reveal underpriced items in secondsEven raising just one product by the correct amount can pay for this many times over.One pricing mistake can cost hundreds of Dollars, Pounds... (insert your currency).This calculator prevents those mistakes.Perfect for...• jewelry makers• textile and fabric artists• ceramicists• craft sellers• Etsy or marketplace sellers• any handmade product business with limited hours

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