Candle Pricing Calculator
Put in one batch. Tagzinho works out the price that covers every gram, your hours and the marketplace’s cut.
Free. No sign-up.
Any currency. Tagzinho remembers your choice.
Ingredients and materials
Example values: change anything to price your own product.
Your time and fixed costs
Monthly pay you want ÷ hours you work.
Gas, electricity, phone, apps.
Fees where you sell
Selling on a marketplace, an app or a site that takes a cut? Type its fees here: the percentage it takes from each sale, and any fixed amount per item. You’ll find them on its fee page or in your seller account. Selling direct with no fees? Leave both at 0.
The share of the price it keeps. Add them up if there are several (for example a sale fee and a payment fee).
A set amount charged on every item sold. Leave 0 if there isn’t one.
Your profit
Share of the price you keep after every cost and fee.
My products
Saved products appear here. Everything stays on this device.
Pricing tips
Pricing candles is complex because of the precise ratios of fragrance oils to wax. Small changes in material costs or curing time can quickly impact your profit margins if not tracked carefully.
- Calculate your fragrance oil cost by the exact milliliter used in your specific blend.
- Include the cost of wicks, warning labels, and glass jars for every single unit.
- Factor in the time spent testing wicks and cleaning pouring pitchers into your labor.
Questions
Should I include the cost of shipping materials?
Yes, if you provide packaging like bubble wrap or boxes, these should be listed as material costs for that product. This ensures your margins remain accurate.
How do I handle fragrance oil blends?
Add each oil in the blend as its own line, with the milliliters one candle uses. The calculator adds them up with the wax, wick and jar.
How do fixed costs apply to candle making?
Fixed costs include items like workshop rent or website subscriptions. The calculator splits these monthly totals across the number of candles you expect to sell.
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How Tagzinho works out your price
Each ingredient costs the share of its pack you use: 500 g of a 2.27 kg bag at $4.29 is $0.94.
Your time and a share of your monthly fixed costs are added to every unit.
The price is solved so that after the marketplace takes its percentage and fixed fee, you still keep your profit margin. Most calculators add the fee last and you end up short.