Woodworking Pricing Calculator

Woodworking pricing calculator spreadsheet for woodworkers: enter what your lumber, plywood, glue, finish, hardware and boxes cost, how long each project takes in the shop 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 cutting board, shelf, sign and gift you sell.

WHAT IT DOES

• Materials: enter each wood, sheet good, finish, hardware and packaging item once with what you pay and how many board feet, square feet, ounces or pieces you get. The cost per unit calculates
• Recipes: one row per material in a product. Pick the product and the material from drop-downs, type how much one piece uses (for example 2.5 board feet of walnut, 2 oz of glue and 4 rubber feet), 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 board feet, square feet, ounces or pieces and any currency

WHAT YOU GET

• Woodworking-Pricing-Calculator.xlsx (blank)
• Woodworking-Pricing-Calculator-with-Sample-Data.xlsx (a filled-in small woodshop: 14 materials, 5 projects, including a walnut cutting board that loses money at its 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

Hobby and side-business woodworkers who sell cutting boards, shelves, signs, coasters and other wood projects online or at markets and want prices that cover lumber, finish, fees and shop time instead of guessing.

PLEASE NOTE

Same workbook as our Handmade Product Pricing Calculator, set up for woodworking. If you already own that one, you don't need this. Lumber prices change: update your pack costs when you restock. It does not calculate board feet from dimensions; enter the board feet each project uses. 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.