Leather goods pricing calculator
Enter what the leather, thread and hardware cost, how long the piece takes and your hourly rate to see a wholesale and retail price, and what the price pays you per hour.
How to use this calculator
Most pricing for handmade leather goods starts from cost: the materials the piece uses up plus your time at an hourly rate. Weaver Leather Supply's guide to pricing leather goods turns that cost into two prices: a wholesale price, cost × 2, for shops that buy to resell, and a retail price, wholesale × 2, for selling direct. Its worked example is a wallet with $9 of materials and 30 minutes of work at $20 an hour: $19 of cost, $38 wholesale and $76 retail. Those are the defaults here.
The second method adds your own margin to cost, which suits one-off commissions where you set a single price. Whichever you use, count all your time: pattern work, cutting, skiving, dyeing, edge bevelling and burnishing, stitching, hardware, photography and messages. Hand saddle stitching is often the biggest share of the hours on a small piece.
Materials include more than the leather: thread, edge paint or burnishing compound, dye and finish, glue, hardware such as snaps, rivets and buckles, and packaging. A good check is the last row, what the price pays you per hour after materials: if it is below what you want to earn, the price is too low, or the piece takes too long to make at that price. Platform and payment fees come out of the sale price, so compare them with the selling fees calculator.
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Questions about this calculator
How much should I charge for a handmade leather wallet?
Add up materials and your hours at a fair rate, then use the × 2 × 2 formula or your own margin. Weaver Leather Supply's worked example prices a simple wallet at $76 retail; a fully hand-stitched custom wallet takes longer and usually costs more.
What hourly rate should a leatherworker charge?
Choose a rate that covers your living costs, tools and time. The $20 an hour default is the worked example from Weaver's article, not a recommended rate.