Frequently asked questions

What is MakerKit?

MakerKit is a pricing and inventory app for people who make and sell handmade products. You enter the materials you buy and the recipes for what you make, and it works out what each item costs to make, what you take home after a platform fee, and your profit margin. It also tracks your material stock, the batches you make, and your sales.

Is MakerKit free?

Yes. MakerKit is free to use. There is no paid plan and no limit on how many materials, recipes, batches, or sales you can add.

Can I try it without making an account?

Yes. The free pricing calculator works without an account. Enter what goes into a product and what you sell it for, and it shows your cost, profit, and margin. If you then create an account, what you entered can be saved into the app.

Does MakerKit work on my phone?

Yes. MakerKit runs in any web browser at makerkit.app, on phones and computers. On Android you can also install it from Google Play. There is no iPhone App Store app; on iPhone, use makerkit.app in your browser.

How do I sign in?

With your Google account, or with an email address and password.

Does MakerKit suggest what price to charge?

No. You set the price. MakerKit shows what that price leaves you after your costs and the platform fee, so you can see whether it works for you.

Does MakerKit include Etsy fees?

You enter a platform fee percentage on each recipe, and MakerKit takes it off your price to show your take-home and margin. It does not look up Etsy fees for you and does not connect to your Etsy shop. See how Etsy fees change what you keep.

Does it count my labor?

Yes, if you want it to. Set an hourly rate in Settings and the minutes each recipe takes. MakerKit adds that labor cost to the cost to make.

Which currencies does it support?

US dollar, British pound, euro, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar, Indian rupee, New Zealand dollar, and Bangladeshi taka.

Which languages is it in?

English. Spanish and Bengali are partly translated: setup, materials, and the main menu so far.

Can I get my data out?

Yes. You can export your materials and recipes as CSV files from Settings and open them in Excel or Google Sheets.

Can I delete my account?

Yes, from Settings.

Materials

Materials are the supplies you buy to make your products. Things like yarn, wax, jars, resin, or fabric.

When you add a material, you enter how much you bought and what you paid in total. MakerKit divides those two numbers to calculate the cost per unit automatically.

That per-unit cost is what MakerKit uses to calculate how much it costs to make each recipe.

Remaining in stock tracks how much you have on hand. It starts at whatever quantity you bought and goes down each time you log a production run.

Low stock alert is a threshold you set. When your remaining stock drops to that number or below, the material shows a warning on the Materials screen so you know to reorder.

Recipes

A recipe is a formula for one of your products. It lists which materials you use and how much of each.

MakerKit calculates the cost to make each item in real time as you add ingredients. This is based on the per-unit cost of each material.

You can also enter a listing price and a platform fee percentage, such as the fees Etsy takes from each sale. MakerKit shows what you take home after the fee and your profit margin.

Can make shows how many items you can make right now based on your current stock levels.

Production runs (Stock)

A production run is a batch you made. When you log one, you record which recipe you used and how many items you made.

Logging a production run automatically deducts the materials used from your stock levels. That keeps your inventory accurate without manual updates.

You can then log sales against each batch to track what has sold and what is still in stock.

Logging sales

After you make a batch, you can log individual sales against it from the Stock screen.

Enter how many you sold, the price per item, the channel (Etsy, craft fair, Instagram, Facebook, in person, or other), and the date.

Sales are tracked per batch so you can see exactly how much each production run earned.

Pricing and margins

Cost to make is the total material cost for one item, plus a labor cost if you have set an hourly rate in Settings. Labor cost is the minutes the item takes, divided by 60, times your hourly rate.

Take-home is your listing price minus the platform fee. The platform fee is your listing price times the fee percentage you enter on the recipe.

Margin is the share of your take-home left after paying for materials and labor: take-home minus cost to make, divided by take-home.

Exporting your data

You can export your materials and recipes as CSV files from the Settings page. Open them in any spreadsheet app like Excel or Google Sheets.

Exporting is always free and available anytime. Your data belongs to you.