Sewing Pricing Calculator — Fabric, Hours & Etsy Profit per Item
Price handmade bags, pouches and clothing: fabric, lining, notions, pattern license and sewing hours give a cost per item, then Etsy fees and profit per order.
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Production cost
Cost per sellable item: $45.00
Order
This order
Price per item for a target margin
US Etsy fees: 6.5% transaction and 3% + $0.25 processing on item + shipping, $0.20 listing fee per item sold. Target-margin prices assume a one-item order without Offsite Ads.
Batch cutting changes the numbers
Cutting one bag at a time is slow. Cutting ten at once and sewing them in sequence often halves the hours per item. Time a batch, divide by the items it produced and enter the per-item hours.
Worked example with the default inputs
| Line | Normal sale | Offsite Ads sale (15%) |
|---|---|---|
| Buyer pays ($45.00 + $0.00 shipping) | $45.00 | $45.00 |
| Etsy fees | −$4.73 | −$11.48 |
| Cost per item | −$45.00 | −$45.00 |
| Postage + packaging | −$6.10 | −$6.10 |
| Profit (margin) | -$10.83 (-24.1%) | -$17.58 (-39.1%) |
For a 40% margin on a one-item order with these costs, the price would need to be about $102.08. The defaults are illustrative; replace them with your own supplier prices and timed production.
Fabric waste and pattern licenses
Enter the fabric cost of the yardage you actually cut, including waste between pattern pieces. If you sell from someone else's pattern, check its license and add any per-item fee. For quilts, use the quilt pricing 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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