What should my soap cost?

Soap Pricing Calculator

In the example data, a $7 guest soap trio loses $2.02 on every sale once 15 minutes of work at $20/hour and Etsy fees are counted. It needs at least $13.81. The lavender oat bar at $9 is healthy.

This is a pricing and cost tool, not a lye calculator: work out your lye and water with your usual lye calculator, then enter the amounts here to cost them.

What's inside

• Settings: Hourly wage, overhead, target margin, fees
• Materials: Oils, butters, lye, scents, additives and labels with unit costs
• Recipes: What each bar uses
• Pricing: Full cost breakdown, minimum price, wholesale and retail, price verdict

Works with

Google Sheets (free) and Microsoft Excel 2016 or later / Microsoft 365, on Mac, Windows, iPad and Chromebook.