Finally know what things really cost.
Every ingredient, jar, label, and minute of your time is counted, and shipping and tax are split into your costs automatically. No more “close enough.”
Cost calculator · Labor and overhead · Shipping split
Know what every batch really costs. Price with confidence. Get back to making.
Maker's Aide tracks your ingredients, your costs, and your stock, so you always know what you have, what you can make, and what to charge. Built by makers, for makers. Launching soon.
Sound familiar?
- You're up late updating a spreadsheet that never quite adds up.
- You priced your products by looking at what everyone else charges, and you're still not sure you're making money.
- You find out you're out of materials or ingredients to make your products and now you have to wait for items to ship to make more.
- A shop asks for wholesale pricing, and your stomach drops because you don't really know your costs.
- You forgot shipping when you figured out what your product costs, so every number is off.
- Your current software bill went up just because you sold more.
You're great at making things. You shouldn't have to be a techy too.
Join now and become a founding maker
Early access. Get in before Maker's Aide opens to the public.
Launch pricing, locked in. Your price never goes up as long as you stay subscribed.
30 days free with every Pro feature. No credit card to start.
Earn free months. Share this link with others so they can get a 30-day free trial, and you get 1 month free for every user who becomes a paying subscriber.
Your price never goes up because you sold more. Ever.
What is guessing costing you?
Small costs hide in every product: the shipping on your last order, the label, the ten minutes it took to fill the jar. Miss them, and you're paying to sell your own products.
Miss just $0.40 of shipping per jar, sell 2,000 jars a year, and $800 quietly disappears from your profit.
Jars, bars, candles, anything you make
Shipping, labels, fees, or your time
That's about $720 a year you may not be counting.
Typing in one supplier invoice by hand takes about 8 minutes. Snap a photo instead, and Maker's Aide fills it in for you.
Estimates for illustration only.
Built by makers, for makers
Hi, I'm Bryan. My wife Kylee and I make tallow skincare at Field Flower Tallow Co. It started in our kitchen, making balms for our own family, and grew into a real business serving thousands of customers.
As we grew, keeping track of everything got harder. Hundreds of ingredients and jars. Recipes filled into different jar sizes. Shipping costs that never made it into our numbers. We tried spreadsheets, then an inventory program built for much bigger businesses. When our sales went up, they moved us to a much more expensive plan, even though we were using it exactly the same way.
So we built the tool we wished we'd had. Maker's Aide was made at our workbench, tested on our own batches, and shaped by the makers we meet at markets. It does what small makers actually need, at a price that makes sense, and your price never goes up because you sold more.
Bryan, founder of Maker's Aide and co-owner of Field Flower Tallow Co.
Imagine your week with Maker's Aide
BeforeWith Maker's Aide
Guessing what a product really costs
Knowing your true cost, down to the label and the shipping
Pricing by feel and hoping it works out
Setting retail & wholesale prices with real numbers behind them
Counting materials/ingredients at midnight
Seeing exactly what's on the shelf, from anywhere
Running out of materials mid-production
Getting a heads-up to reorder before you run low
A notebook of batch notes you can't find or read
Every batch, lot number, and date in one place
Dreading tax season
Your costs already organized when you need them
Less time on paperwork. More evenings back, and more time making.
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
Price retail and wholesale with confidence.
See your profit on every product and get suggested prices based on the margins you want. Say yes to wholesale without the knot in your stomach.
Pricing calculator · Margin and markup
Your shelf, in your pocket.
Log a batch in seconds on your phone, and your ingredients and finished products update themselves. Always know what you have.
Batch logging · Automatic stock updates · Phone, tablet, and computer
Never be out of stock.
Get low-stock alerts, see how many batches you can make, and know exactly when to reorder, before it's a problem.
Low-stock alerts · What can I make · Order-by dates (Pro)
Skip the typing.
Snap a photo of a purchase order or invoice and Maker's Aide fills in your purchase for you. You just check it and save.
AI invoice scanner
Every batch, organized.
Lot numbers, cure times, and batch history are saved automatically, so you can answer any customer question in seconds.
Lot numbers · Cure time · Batch history
Up and running in an afternoon
1. Add what's on your shelf.
Enter your ingredients and materials, or scan your recent invoices and let Maker's Aide fill them in automatically.
2. Add your recipes.
Enter what goes into each product once. Maker's Aide works out the cost of every item, including your time.
3. Make, log, and relax.
Log each batch with a tap. Your stock, costs, and reorder reminders take care of themselves.
Made for small businesses like yours
Skincare and beauty makers
Candle and home fragrance makers
Bakers and treat makers
Early accessPaper goods and print makers
Early accessJewelers
Early accessWoodworkers
Early accessMade for small makers who sell at farmers markets, roadside stands, on Shopify or Etsy, or wholesale to local shops.
Not built for restaurants, food trucks, or large manufacturers. If that's you, we'll happily point you to a tool that fits.
Make something else? Tell us what you make →A different kind of inventory tool
| Compare | Spreadsheets | Big-business inventory software | Maker's Aide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built for small businesses | You build it yourself | Built for manufacturers | ✓ Built by makers |
| Counts shipping in your costs | Only if you know how | Expensive Versions | ✓ Automatically |
| Price goes up when you sell more | — | Often | ✓ Never |
| Easy to use on your phone | Hard | Often clunky | ✓ Made for phones |
| Setup time | Weeks of formulas | Days of training | ✓ An afternoon |
| Cost | Free, but costs you time | Often $50–$200+/month | ✓ From $14/month |
Simple, honest pricing
By joining now, you'll have locked-in, founder pricing. Try everything free for 30 days. No credit card needed. Your price never goes up because you sold more.
Add-ons: Shopify sync and Etsy sync, $9/month each, coming soon. Works with either plan.
Every plan: up to 150 recipes, 500 materials, and no order or sales limits.
Founding subscribers lock in today's price for as long as they stay subscribed.
See every feature compared →Try it free for 30 days.
Every feature, no payment to start.
Your price never goes up because you sold more.
You choose your plan, always.
Your data is yours.
Export it anytime.
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Questions makers ask us
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