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What should I charge for my work?
Start with your real numbers. Work out your hourly rate, when a market or pop-up pays for itself, the difference between markup and margin, and what a sale actually costs you, then send a clean invoice or quote. Everything runs in your browser.
What should you actually charge?
Your rate has to cover more than your time: expenses, taxes, and all the hours nobody pays for. Let's find your real number.
Fine-tuning: billable % & taxes
To hit your goals, charge about
— per hourThis is a floor, not a ceiling. Experience and demand can push it higher.
Will this market pay for itself?
Three numbers in, one honest answer out. Here's how many items stand between you and breaking even.
You need to sell about
— items to cover your costsEvery item after the break-even point is pure profit. Fill in your numbers above and we'll show you the finish line.
Markup ≠ Margin
They sound like twins. They are not. Mixing them up is one of the quietest ways small businesses lose money. Let's untangle it.
See how the two percentages differ for the same price? That gap is exactly why the words aren't interchangeable.
Markup is profit as a share of your cost. Margin is profit as a share of your price. Same dollars, different percentage.
Have two of the four numbers, but not the usual pair? Fill in any two of cost, sell price, markup, or margin, and we'll fill in the other two.
This solves for whichever two fields are empty from the two you fill in. Leave more than two blank and there isn't a unique answer, so nothing calculates until you narrow it down.
What's the sale price?
Mark it down without the mental math. Percent off or dollars off. Your call.
Sale price (each)
— before taxTax is worked out on the whole order, the way a register does it, so the total can be a cent off from the each price times the quantity.
Invoice & quote maker
Fill it in, hit print, look professional. Everything stays on your device.
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