For candle and soap makers · KamraiDee
See what one candle or soap bar costs.
You buy soy wax by the kilo and fragrance oil by the bottle. Each candle also needs a wick, a jar and a gift box. KamraiDee shows what one candle or one bar of soap really costs. Then you can set a price that is fair to you.
Joining costs nothing. There is no waitlist.
Categories
What do you sell?
Candles
Soap bars
Bath & body
Why it helps
Know the cost of every jar and bar.
The real cost of one jar.
Say how many jars a pour fills, or how many bars a batch cuts into. KamraiDee divides the cost.
The jar and box count.
Jars, wicks, wraps and gift boxes go into the cost of every piece, so the profit you see includes them.
Cracked jars count.
Log a cracked jar or a batch that didn't set, in baht, and it comes off your profit.
Printed labels.
Labels printed from your recipe, for your jars and bars.
What you track
Four things in every jar and bar
What you buy
Wax, oils, lye, fragrance and wicks, at what you paid, shipping included.
Recipes
What goes into a pour or a soap batch, and how many jars or bars it makes.
Packaging
The jar, the wrap and the gift box count in the cost of every piece.
Printed labels
Labels printed from your recipe, for your jars and bars.
Example: a scented jar candle (made-up numbers)
One pour fills ten jars. Here is what each candle costs.
One pour fills 10 jars and costs ฿1,000 in wax, fragrance, wicks and jars, so ฿100 a candle. Add a ฿15 gift box and ฿20 of your time, and the true cost is ฿135. Sell it at ฿350 and you keep ฿215, a margin of about 61%. One jar cracks as it cools: ฿100 of waste, and it comes off your profit. Soap works the same way: cost the batch, count the bars it cuts into, add the wrap.
Adding 50% to the cost does not mean you keep 50%
How to price candles and soap: margin, not markup
Margin is the share of the price you keep after the true cost. With made-up numbers, a ฿135 candle plus a 50% markup sells at about ฿203 and leaves about ฿68: a third of the price, not half.
Free tools
Free candle and soap calculators, no signup
Free cost calculator for one pour or batchPack price plus shipping, how much you use, your time and how many it makes. The same maths as a KamraiDee recipe.
What one gram of wax or oil really costs, shipping includedWhat one gram really costs, shipping included: (pack price + shipping) ÷ pack size.
Cost many batches at onceMake more batches, and every ingredient grows with them.
Plan a market stall and your break-evenHow much to make, the stall fee, and how much you expect to sell.
What to charge for deliveryDistance, fuel, your time and a little wear on the bike or car.
Scale a recipe for a bigger pourChange how many it makes. Every ingredient changes with it.
They need no sign-up and save nothing.
From the blog
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The thing you sell is not one recipePizza base and tomato sauce are recipes you reuse. Cost them once. The Hawaiian pulls them in.
You think you're making money. Are you?
Free to join. Same price for every shop type. See pricing
Joining costs nothing. There is no waitlist.
FAQ
Candle and soap pricing questions, pour by pour
How do I price a handmade candle?
Start from the true cost of one candle, then pick the margin you want. Cost the pour at what you paid, shipping included, and divide by the jars it fills. Add the gift box and, if you count it, your time. Then price from margin at /tools/pricing.
How do I calculate the cost of one bar of soap?
Enter the oils, lye and fragrance at the pack price you paid, and say how many bars the batch cuts into. KamraiDee divides the cost and adds the wrap, so you see the true cost of one bar.
Is KamraiDee free for candle and soap makers?
Yes. KamraiDee is free to join. Every shop type gets the same app. Wax and oils go in as stock with shipping in the cost, and each pour or batch as a recipe with how many it makes. You also get products with their profit, packaging included, labels printed from your recipe, a waste log in baht for cracked jars, orders and a calendar, and your shop page with your PromptPay QR. See the pricing page at /pricing.