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Mind the margins

Know what your batch is really worth.

True margin For small-batch makers Numbers check · 01
Notes

Small-batch work has real value.

I help you account for everything — so you can price with confidence and build a sustainable business.

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Saturday marketCalculation
Gross sales$570
Materials−$156
Fees−$114
Paying yourself−$195
Margin after your pay$105

18% margin — a little tight

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Now forming · founding cohort

Build a clearer business—with a seat at the table.

Mind the Margins is a hands-on operations platform being shaped with a small founding cohort of makers. I’m building it around real products, real sales channels, and the decisions that matter when you run a business yourself.

  • Guided setup around your products, costs, and ways of selling
  • Direct input on what the platform should solve next
  • A founding rate if the work is a fit

The first step is a free 20-minute numbers check. It is useful on its own; if it feels like a fit, I’ll explain the founding cohort.

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How it works

Know your profit from each sale.

Mind the Margins turns the numbers you already have into one useful view of your business — materials, fees, your time, and your true profit after the sale.

For the founding cohort: this is a chance to shape the platform around the decisions you make every week, not someone else’s idea of how a maker business works.

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A practical starting point

From one product to clearer decisions.

There is no blank dashboard to figure out alone. I start small, build the model around your business, and give you numbers you can actually use.

  1. 20 minutes · free

    Start with one product and one honest question.

    Start with a product you sell, what you charge, and whatever cost notes you have. I’ll trace where the money goes and identify the number that needs attention first.

    You getA first true-margin snapshot
  2. Hands-on setup

    Build the model around how you actually make and sell.

    I’ll help you account for materials, batch yield, labor, market or platform fees, and the differences between retail, wholesale, online, and in-person sales.

    You getYour products and channels set up
  3. Ongoing decisions

    Use the margin to decide what happens next.

    See which products and channels support the business, where a price needs to move, and whether a busy sales day is actually a profitable one.

    You getA clearer view of your business
What I account for

The costs that usually hide in the margins.

  • Materials, packaging, and batch yield
  • Market, marketplace, wholesale, and payment fees
  • Production time and the hourly rate you want to earn
  • Different prices across products and sales channels
What it helps you answer

Questions that lead to better decisions.

  • Is my best seller actually my most profitable product?
  • Can this wholesale price support the work?
  • Was that market worth the time and fees?
  • What needs to change before I make the next batch?
Start with one useful number

Start with one product. Get a clearer view of your margin.

The first conversation takes about 20 minutes. No credit card, no cleaned-up spreadsheet, and no obligation.

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Made for the way makers work

The same platform.A different cost story.

A candle pour, a soap cure, and a kiln firing each have different costs and considerations. See how Mind the Margins captures the details that shape each maker’s profit.

Choose a maker

Seven products. Seven different margin questions.

Each example uses illustrative numbers to show the shape of the decision—not an industry benchmark.

Soap maker · market + wholesale

Charcoal facial bar

One 48-bar recipe, with curing loss and two very different selling prices.

True retail margin54%$296 left from the batch

What the platform follows

Recipe yield
48 poured / 46 sellable
Materials + wrap
$90 per batch
Hands-on time
4 hours at $25
Cost to make
$4.13 per bar
Retail / wholesale price
$12 / $6.50 per bar
Market batchAmount
Gross sales$552
Materials + packaging−$90
Market + payment fees−$66
Paying yourself−$100
Margin after your pay$296
Your costs will be different

Start with one product. Build the view around your business.

These examples show the kinds of questions the platform can answer. Your numbers check starts with the product and sales channel that matter most to you.

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Privacy

Your request stays between us.

When you request a numbers check, I collect the details you choose to share so I can reply and make that conversation useful.

What I collect

Your name, email address, the kind of work you make, sales channels, and the question you share. I also receive limited technical information such as your IP address and browser details to protect the request form from abuse.

How I use it

I use it only to respond to your numbers-check request, prepare for that conversation, and keep the form reliable. I do not sell your information or add you to a marketing list just for submitting this form.

Where it is kept

Requests are stored securely with my website provider, Cloudflare. Access is limited to Mind the Margins so I can follow up with you.

Your choices

You can ask me to update or delete a request at any time. Email [email protected] and I’ll help.

Free 20-minute numbers check

Tell me about your business. I’ll start with the numbers.

Share a little about your business and the question you are trying to answer. I’ll review it personally and email you to arrange a short numbers check. The check is useful on its own; if it feels like a fit, I’ll explain the founding cohort.

  • About 2 minutesto send the request
  • A personal follow-upso you know what happens next
  • A useful first lookthe check is useful on its own
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