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Soap pricing calculator

A calculator tuned for soap makers. Put oils, lye and fragrance into your batch material cost, add trimming and cure loss to wastage, and see a retail and wholesale price that survives marketplace fees.

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Costs makers often forget

  • Oils and butters across the whole batch
  • Lye and distilled water
  • Fragrance or essential oils
  • Colour, clays and additives
  • Trimming loss when bars are cut and beveled
  • Failed batches that cannot be sold
  • Wrapping, labels and packaging per bar

A simple worked example

A batch of 20 bars

If a 20-bar batch uses about 40 of oils, lye and fragrance and takes 2 hours to make and unmould, materials plus labour work out at roughly 4 per bar before wrapping and fees. Wastage of a few percent covers trimmings and the occasional reject.

Illustrative only. Your numbers will differ.

Frequently asked questions

Marketplace fees change and may differ by account, country, advertising use and tax treatment. Confirm the fees that apply to you.

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