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Price My Quilt — Quilt Pricing from Cost, Labor & Target Profit

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Enter your materials cost, labor hours and desired hourly wage, and overhead. Choose whether to price by a target profit margin or a markup, and add any percentage marketplace fee and a flat fee. The calculator solves the list price algebraically so your target is preserved, and reports profit, margin, markup, break-even, and realized wage.

What this calculator determines

It calculates a quilt's list price from materials, labor, overhead, and a target profit margin or markup, accounting for marketplace fees, and reports profit, margin, markup, and realized wage.

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Examples

Margin pricing, no fees

$50 materials, 10 hrs @ $20, 0 overhead, 20% margin, 0 fees

Calculation

  1. Cost: 50 + (10×20) + 0 = $250
  2. List price: 250 ÷ (1 − 0 − 0.20) = $312.50
  3. Profit: 312.50 − 250 = $62.50
  4. Margin: 62.50 ÷ 312.50 = 20%
  5. Realized wage: (62.50 + 200) ÷ 10 = $26.25/hr

List $312.50 — profit $62.50, 20% margin, $26.25/hr

Markup with 10% marketplace fee

$50 materials, 10 hrs @ $20, 25% markup, 10% fee

Calculation

  1. Cost: 50 + 200 = $250
  2. Target profit (markup 25%): 250 × 0.25 = $62.50
  3. List price: (250 × 1.25 + 0) ÷ 0.90 = $347.22
  4. Fee: 347.22 × 0.10 = $34.72
  5. You receive: 347.22 − 34.72 = $312.50
  6. Profit: 312.50 − 250 = $62.50

List $347.22 — profit $62.50, 25% markup

Assumptions & Conventions

Margin vs markup
Margin is profit ÷ revenue and markup is profit ÷ cost; they are not interchangeable, and you choose which one to target.
Labor counted once
Labor (hours × wage) is counted once inside cost; profit is revenue minus all costs including labor.
Fee algebra
The marketplace fee is a percentage of the list price, so the list price is solved algebraically to preserve your target profit after fees.

Frequently asked questions