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Guides, cost breakdowns, and honest advice on pricing your homemade food products.
Etsy takes about 9.5% + $0.45 per sale — more with Offsite Ads. See every fee on a real $48 order and the gross-up math that keeps your margin.
GuidesFood cost % = (cost ÷ price) × 100. Restaurant targets leave your labor out — here is the home-baker version: recipe cost, cost per serving, selling price.
PricingCustom cakes sell for $4-12 per serving at 2.5-3.5x true cost. Learn the cost layers most bakers miss and follow a real quote from ingredients to price.
PricingA dozen cookies sells for $15-30 plain, $36-72 decorated. Do the real math on ingredients, labor, and packaging to see what each price pays per hour.
GuidesTurn package prices into recipe costs: the unit-price formula, cups-to-grams conversion, waste, and a fully costed cookie recipe as a worked example.
PricingMost home bakers price based on ingredients alone. Here's why that's costing you money, and how to calculate what your baked goods actually cost to make.
GuidesWhat is food cost percentage, how do you calculate it, and what's a good target? A plain-English guide for home food makers and small food businesses.
BusinessBeyond flour and sugar: the real costs of a cottage food business that most home bakers forget to track. Labor, permits, packaging, equipment, and more.
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