Resin Project Pricing Calculator

Turn the cost of a resin piece into a retail, wholesale and premium price, with the profit at each.

Pricing a resin piece has three answers rather than one: the retail price at a market, the wholesale price a shop pays, and the premium price a gift box or a limited pour can carry. This calculator works all three from your production cost, with your own time costed in, and shows what you keep at each. It is a planning tool, and the prices it suggests are estimates to check against your market.

At a glance

What you enter: Materials per piece, Minutes of work per piece, Your hourly rate, Overhead per piece, Retail margin, Wholesale as a share of retail, Premium uplift
What you get: Production cost per piece, Retail price, Wholesale price, Premium price, Profit at retail, Profit at wholesale, Profit at the premium price, Profit per hour at retail, Wholesale covers the cost
Formula shown: Yes, every step, right below your results.
Cost and privacy: Free, no account needed, and nothing you type is stored.

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Materials per piece USD

Resin, hardener, pigment, inclusions and consumables per piece. Take this from the resin cost calculator.

Minutes of work per piece min

Include measuring, mixing, pouring, demoulding, sanding, polishing and packing. Add a share of the failed pours.

Your hourly rate USD/h

Overhead per piece USD

Electricity, tool wear, samples given away and pours that failed.

Retail margin %

Wholesale as a share of retail %

Fifty percent is the usual shop expectation. Below 40 the shop cannot make its own margin work.

Premium uplift %

How much more a gift boxed or limited piece sells for.

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Results are estimates for general information only, always verify with a professional or official source before acting on them.

How to use the Resin Project Pricing Calculator

1 Enter Materials per piece (USD), Resin, hardener, pigment, inclusions and consumables per piece. Take this from the resin cost calculator.
2 Enter Minutes of work per piece (min), Include measuring, mixing, pouring, demoulding, sanding, polishing and packing. Add a share of the failed pours.
3 Enter Your hourly rate (USD/h)
4 Enter Overhead per piece (USD), Electricity, tool wear, samples given away and pours that failed.
5 Enter Retail margin (%)
6 Enter Wholesale as a share of retail (%), Fifty percent is the usual shop expectation. Below 40 the shop cannot make its own margin work.
7 Enter Premium uplift (%), How much more a gift boxed or limited piece sells for.
8 Press Calculate. You get Production cost per piece, Retail price, Wholesale price, Premium price, Profit at retail, Profit at wholesale, Profit at the premium price, Profit per hour at retail, Wholesale covers the cost, and every intermediate step stays visible under "How is this calculated?"
9 Change one number at a time to see what moves the result, that is usually the most useful thing a calculator can tell you.

Worked examples

Real numbers run through this calculator. Open any example to load it into the form above and change it.

Coaster sold at a market

Materials of 4.75, 25 minutes of work at 18 dollars an hour, and 50 cents of overhead.

You enter

Materials per piece: $4.75
Minutes of work per piece: 25 min
Your hourly rate: $18.00
Overhead per piece: $0.50
Retail margin: 60%
Wholesale as a share of retail: 50%
Premium uplift: 35%

You get

Production cost per piece: $12.75
Retail price: $31.88
Wholesale price: $15.94
Premium price: $43.03
Profit at retail: $19.13
Profit at wholesale: $3.19
Profit at the premium price: $30.28
Profit per hour at retail: $45.90
Wholesale covers the cost: 1

A production cost near 12.75 gives a retail price near 32, a wholesale price near 16 and a premium price near 43.

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Small trinket dish

A faster piece with cheaper materials, priced at a lower margin and offered to a shop at 40 percent of retail.

You enter

Materials per piece: $4.50
Minutes of work per piece: 15 min
Your hourly rate: $16.00
Overhead per piece: $0.40
Retail margin: 55%
Wholesale as a share of retail: 40%
Premium uplift: 20%

You get

Production cost per piece: $8.90
Retail price: $19.78
Wholesale price: $7.91
Premium price: $23.73
Profit at retail: $10.88
Profit at wholesale: $-0.99
Profit at the premium price: $14.83
Profit per hour at retail: $43.51
Wholesale covers the cost: 0

A production cost of 8.90 gives a retail price near 19.78, but the wholesale price near 7.91 does not cover the cost. The tool flags that with a zero in the wholesale covers the cost row.

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Frequently asked questions

How much should I charge for a resin piece?

Work from cost and then check the market. A piece with 4.75 of materials, 25 minutes of work at 18 dollars an hour and 50 cents of overhead costs about 12.75 to produce, so a 60 percent margin puts the retail price near 32 dollars. If comparable work near you sells for 20, either the process is too slow, the materials are too dear, or the margin has to come down, and it is better to know that before printing a price list.

What is the difference between margin and markup?

A markup is added to cost, a margin is a share of the selling price. Doubling a 12.75 cost is a 100 percent markup but only a 50 percent margin. Once a marketplace or a card processor takes a fee from the sale, only the margin tells you what fraction of the money you keep, which is why pricing works in margins.

Should I charge for my time?

Yes, even at a modest rate. Resin work is slow: sanding and polishing a single piece can take longer than pouring it, and failed pours have to be paid for by the ones that succeed. If the market will not pay a price that covers your time, that is a signal to change the product, the process or the market rather than to work for nothing.

How do I price a one off or commission piece?

Start from the same arithmetic and then allow for the design, the experiments and the mould if it is made for that piece alone. A one off carries the whole setup cost, so the production cost can be several times a batch made piece and the premium uplift is usually justified. Agree a deposit that covers the materials before you pour, because a cancelled commission leaves you holding a piece with someone else's name on it.