About Help Me Price This

Why We Built This

Most pricing tools are built for business school graduates. Spreadsheets with twenty columns. Formulas that require you to already know the answer. Advice that assumes you have a finance team.

We built Help Me Price This for the candle maker who isn't sure if she's charging enough. For the eBay reseller who keeps getting surprised by fees. For the Etsy seller who typed "am I pricing my stuff right?" into Google at 11pm.

Pricing shouldn't be a mystery. It's math — and we do the math for you.

What We Actually Do

You tell us what you paid for your materials and what percentage of the sale you want to keep. We tell you exactly what price to charge.

We factor in real platform fees — Etsy's transaction fee and listing fee, eBay's final value fee, Amazon's referral fee. We account for international transaction fees, sales tax modes, and compare your price across different margin targets so you can make an informed decision.

Everything is calculated instantly. No account required. No email address. Just your cost and your target.

Our Philosophy

• → Margin, not guessing. We work in profit margin — the percentage of the selling price you keep — because it's the most reliable way to ensure you're actually paying yourself.
• → Plain English, always. Every label, tooltip, and explanation is written for someone who didn't go to business school. No jargon, no condescension.
• → Your numbers are yours. We don't store your cost data, email you, or track what you sell. This tool lives entirely in your browser.
• → Free, and staying that way. The calculator will always be free to use. Full stop.

A Note on Accuracy

We do our best to keep platform fee rates up to date, but fees can change. Always double-check against the platform's own fee schedule before making major pricing decisions. This tool is for planning — not a substitute for accounting advice.