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Maker's hourly rate
Most handmade prices hide an hourly rate that was never chosen. Choose it on purpose, from the income you want and the hours you actually have.
Any label. It only changes how results are shown.
Tools, software, stall fees, website: costs that are not per item.
The rest is photos, listings, messages, packing, admin.
Set aside before you count income. Ask a local adviser for your own rate.
What is an hour of your work worth?
0.00per making hour, to charge in your prices
How it works
- Only the hours spent making are paid for by items you sell. Admin, photos and messages are real work, but nobody pays for them directly, so the making hours must carry them.
- Rate = (income + overhead) ÷ making hours ÷ (1 − reserve).
- If the rate looks high, the honest options are fewer non-making hours, lower overhead, faster making, or a lower income target. A competitor's price does not change your costs.
What to do with the number
Multiply this rate by the minutes one item takes and enter it as labour in the craft pricing calculator ↗. Use the same rate when you quote custom work.
The example figures are illustrative and not supplier quotes. Replace them with your own. Taxes are not calculated.