Crochet Pricing Calculator for Etsy — Yarn, Hours, Fees & Profit
Price crochet amigurumi, blankets and wearables: add yarn, notions and your hours, then see Etsy fees, profit per order and the price you need for a real margin.
By Marginory teamContent reviewed
Production cost
Cost per sellable piece: $43.90
Order
This order
Price per piece for a target margin
US Etsy fees: 6.5% transaction and 3% + $0.25 processing on item + shipping, $0.20 listing fee per piece sold. Target-margin prices assume a one-piece order without Offsite Ads.
Time is the cost that decides crochet prices
Yarn for a medium amigurumi or a hat is often under $10. The hours are not. A piece that takes three hours at even $12 an hour carries $36 of labor before Etsy charges anything. That is why crochet listings priced at "materials times three" tend to pay the maker a few dollars an hour.
Time one full piece with a timer, including sewing parts together and weaving in ends. Enter that, not the time you remember.
Worked example with the default inputs
| Line | Normal sale | Offsite Ads sale (15%) |
|---|---|---|
| Buyer pays ($48.00 + $0.00 shipping) | $48.00 | $48.00 |
| Etsy fees | −$5.01 | −$12.21 |
| Cost per piece | −$43.90 | −$43.90 |
| Postage + packaging | −$6.10 | −$6.10 |
| Profit (margin) | -$7.01 (-14.6%) | -$14.21 (-29.6%) |
For a 40% margin on a one-piece order with these costs, the price would need to be about $99.90. The defaults are illustrative; replace them with your own supplier prices and timed production.
Three ways to make the numbers work
- Price for the hours: the 40% figure above is what buyers have to accept for this piece at your rate. Large blankets and custom pieces can carry it; small toys usually cannot.
- Make faster designs: cutting an hour from the pattern is worth more than any yarn discount. Change the hours field and watch the target-margin price.
- Sell patterns: a PDF pattern has no per-sale labor. Compare with the digital product profit calculator.
Sources and assumptions
US Etsy fees from Etsy's fee policy. Sales tax, currency conversion and Etsy Ads you buy yourself are not modeled. Default material prices are illustrative, not market quotes. How these estimates work.
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