Candle Pricing Calculator

Candle pricing calculator spreadsheet for candle makers: enter what your wax, fragrance oil, wicks, jars and labels cost, how long each candle takes and what your marketplace charges, and see the price that hits your target profit margin, a wholesale price and your real profit at the price you charge now. One Excel workbook for every candle, tin and wax melt you sell.

WHAT IT DOES

• Materials: enter each wax, fragrance, wick, jar, tin and label once with what you pay for a bag, bottle or case and how many pounds, ounces or pieces are in it. The cost per pound, ounce or piece calculates
• Recipes: one row per material in a product. Pick the product and the material from drop-downs, type how much one candle uses (for example 0.45 lb of soy wax, 0.6 oz of fragrance, a wick and a jar), and the material cost adds up by itself
• Products: labour minutes at your hourly rate, overhead per item, packaging, shipping you pay and other costs give the total cost of one item
• Price for your target margin: the price that covers every cost and the marketplace fees and still leaves the margin you set
• Wholesale price: total cost times your wholesale markup
• Profit check at your current price: fees, profit per sale and margin. Products below your target turn amber, products losing money turn red
• Settings: hourly rate, overhead, transaction and payment fee percentages, fixed fees per order, target margin and wholesale markup. Change one and every price updates
• Room for 200 materials, 200 products and 1,000 recipe lines. Works in pounds, ounces, grams or pieces and any currency

WHAT YOU GET

• Candle-Pricing-Calculator.xlsx (blank)
• Candle-Pricing-Calculator-with-Sample-Data.xlsx (a filled-in candle maker: 12 supplies, 5 products, including wax melts that lose money at their current price)
• Quick-start guide (PDF)

HOW YOU GET IT

Digital download. After checkout you get a download page right away, plus a receipt by email. Nothing is shipped.

COMPATIBILITY

• Microsoft Excel 2016 or newer
• Google Sheets: upload the .xlsx to Google Drive and open it
• Needs a computer or tablet with a spreadsheet app. This is not an app or a printable planner

GOOD FOR

Soy, coconut and beeswax candle makers who sell online or at markets and want prices that cover wax, fragrance, jars, fees and their time instead of guessing.

PLEASE NOTE

Same workbook as our Handmade Product Pricing Calculator, set up for candles. If you already own that one, you don't need this. Wax and fragrance prices change: update your pack costs when you restock. Not accounting or tax software. Enter the current fees of the marketplace or checkout you use; they change. For use in your own business; please don't resell or share the files.

DISCLAIMER

This template is a planning tool and does not replace advice from a qualified or licensed professional (such as an accountant, financial advisor or lawyer). Check the results before you rely on them.

HOW IT WAS MADE

Designed by VARS Digital with AI-assisted tools. Every formula is checked before release, and the sample file shows each tab working.

QUESTIONS

Email varsdigitals@gmail.com and we'll help you get set up.