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Maker Profitabilityby Small Hours Labs

Maker Profitability Tools

Custom Order Quote & Profit Calculator

Build a custom-order quote that covers materials, design time, revisions, rush work, fees, and shipping—then see your deposit, profit, and true hourly earnings.

One custom order · USD · Quote planning

One custom order

Build your quote assumptions

Calculations update live after every field is valid and at least one direct order cost is greater than zero.

Order details

Set the order size, planning margin, and payment timing. Leave the proposed price blank to use the recommendation as the working quote.

One or more identical units, up to 100,000.

Blank uses recommended quote mode. Customer add-on charges are entered separately.

Profit margin is business profit divided by the customer charge before sales tax. The 30% default is an editable planning starting point, not a universal standard.

A deposit changes when the customer pays, not how much revenue or profit the order produces.

Unit costs and production labor

Per-unit materials and production time multiply by quantity. One labor rate applies to every entered labor category.

Blank means zero.

Up to two decimals. Positive labor time requires a positive labor rate.

Enter a positive rate with positive labor hours; otherwise leave this blank.

One-time labor and order costs

Include every cost required to complete and deliver the order. Time spent designing, messaging, revising, packing, and shipping is still part of the job.

One-time labor; up to two decimals.

One-time labor; up to two decimals.

One-time labor; up to two decimals.

Blank means zero.

Blank means zero.

Blank means zero.

Blank means zero.

Blank means zero.

Customer charges

These order-level add-ons are separate from the base quote. The discount reduces the complete customer charge before sales tax.

Blank means zero.

Blank means zero.

Blank means zero.

Blank means zero.

Blank means zero.

Blank means zero.

Selling and payment fees

Leave these fields at zero for a fee-free direct order. Enter the rates charged by the marketplace and payment method used for this order.

A generic percentage of the customer charge before tax, up to 50%.

A generic percentage of the customer charge before tax, up to 50%.

Applied exactly once to the order.

Custom order pricing

Quote custom work with time, risk, and profit visible

Custom commissions often include work that a standard product price does not: design and setup, customer communication, expected revisions, rush costs, specialty supplies, and order-specific shipping. This calculator assembles those assumptions for one product type and one order of identical units.

It separates labor compensation from business profit, estimates deposit timing, and can compare a proposed base quote with the smallest supported quote that reaches your selected target margin.

How to use it

Turn your assumptions into a decision

  1. Enter quantity, target margin, deposit percentage, materials, and the production, design, administration, and revision time you expect.
  2. Add order-level costs and customer charges for setup, revisions, rush work, shipping, other work, and any discount.
  3. Apply generic platform and payment fees, then review the quote, deposit, balance, business profit, and effective owner earnings.

Behind the result

The customer charge funds direct cost, fees, and business profit

The working base quote is combined with customer add-ons and reduced by the entered discount. Direct cost includes materials, labor compensation, specialty supplies, packaging, actual shipping, rush cost, and other order cost.

Platform and processing fees are estimated from the customer charge. Business profit is what remains after direct cost and fees. Owner compensation combines entered labor compensation with business profit before it is divided by total labor hours.

Common questions

Questions this estimate can clarify

Does a deposit increase revenue or profit?
No. The deposit splits the same customer charge into an amount due now and a remaining balance. It changes payment timing, not total revenue, expense, or profit.
How are revisions and rush work handled?
Expected revision hours become labor cost, while revision and rush charges are separate customer add-ons. Entered rush cost remains a direct business expense.
Does this create contract or refund terms?
No. The calculator plans a quote and deposit amount only. It does not establish approvals, cancellations, refunds, milestones, signatures, or legal terms.

Keep planning

Use another focused calculator when the business question changes.

Scope

A focused quote-planning estimate

This calculator models one product type and one custom order of identical units. It separates entered labor compensation from business profit and keeps every calculation on this device.

Not included in this version

  • Multiple different products, line items, tiered quantity discounts, or multiple labor rates
  • Payroll taxes, overtime, revision enforcement, approval workflows, and milestone payments
  • Refund, cancellation, chargeback, dispute, invoice, proposal, contract, or signature workflows
  • Sales tax, VAT, GST, duties, income tax, self-employment tax, and currency conversion
  • Marketplace-specific fees, shipping-rate lookup, customer accounts, saved or shared quotes, and PDF generation
  • Databases, analytics, advertising, tracking, affiliate links, and third-party integrations