Know what every product costs. Price it right. Grow from there.
Whether you make soap, candles, jewelry, or baked goods — most makers are guessing at their prices. Craftybase replaces the guesswork with real numbers — recipe costs, automatic COGS, live inventory, and reports that actually make sense.
Stop guessing what your products cost to make
If you don't know your real cost per unit, you can't price right. Build recipes with materials, labor, and overhead — and watch costs update automatically when supplier prices change.
Set prices you can actually defend
Checking what competitors charge and matching it? That's backwards. When you know exactly what each product costs to make, you can set prices that protect your margins — not just follow the market.
Tax time without the spreadsheet marathon
Your Cost of Goods Sold builds automatically as you make and sell throughout the year. When tax time hits, pull GAAP-compliant numbers in seconds — not hours.
"Craftybase is basically 50 spreadsheets and two employees all wrapped up into one easy to use platform."
Stop counting shelves. Start knowing.
Material and stock levels update automatically as you make and sell. You'll always know what's running low, what to reorder, and how much you have on hand — without checking the shelf.
Sell everywhere without the inventory juggle
Etsy, Shopify, Amazon, Square — orders flow in and stock levels update everywhere, automatically. No more overselling because you forgot to update one channel.
Plan your production, not your panic
Know what to make, what you need to make it, and whether you have enough materials on hand. Craftybase handles components, sub-assemblies, and multi-stage batches — so you can focus on making.
Connects with the tools you already use
"It makes tracking my expenses, orders, and COGS so easy! Also saved me hours of work at tax time, eliminating the need to do countless manual calculations."
Reports that actually answer your questions
Which products make you the most money? Where's your inventory value tied up? What should you report for taxes? Get clear answers — not another spreadsheet to maintain.
If there's a recall, could you find every affected batch?
Track lot numbers, expiration dates, and supplier batches across your entire production chain. When it matters, pull the exact products and customers affected in seconds.
Know what's where — across every location
Workshop, market booth, consignment shop, warehouse — your stock is scattered. Track it all in one place, transfer between locations, and see which ones actually perform.
14 days free. No credit card required.
Stocktaking without the dread
Nobody looks forward to counting inventory. Craftybase generates count lists by category, location, or last-counted date — and flags discrepancies before they turn into real problems.
Your column order, saved automatically
Most inventory software gives you one list layout and calls it done. Craftybase lets you drag column headers to put the data that matters most front and centre — across Orders, Materials, Products, Manufactures, and more. Your layout saves per user, so you always come back to exactly the view you left.
"We no longer have to manually look on the shelf to see what we need to order and can simply look at the numbers in Craftybase and have confidence that they are accurate."
Frequently Asked Questions
- What features does Craftybase include?
- Craftybase covers everything a maker needs to run the business side of their craft: recipe and bill-of-materials costing, automatic Cost of Goods Sold reporting, real-time material and product inventory, multi-channel order sync (Shopify, Etsy, Amazon, Square, and more), production scheduling, lot and batch tracking, multi-location stock, and stocktaking. It's built for makers who manufacture what they sell — not generic retail software adapted to fit.
- Does Craftybase calculate COGS automatically?
- Yes. As you record manufactures and sales, Craftybase builds your Cost of Goods Sold in the background using actual material costs, your labour rates, and overhead allocations. When tax time hits, you can pull a Schedule C-ready report in seconds — no spreadsheet rebuild required. Your accountant gets numbers they can trust, and you stop dreading the year-end scramble.
- Can Craftybase sync inventory across multiple sales channels?
- Yes. Craftybase connects to Shopify, Etsy, Amazon, WooCommerce, Square, Faire, Wix, Squarespace, and PayPal at the same time, from a single account. When a sale happens on any channel, your raw materials deduct automatically. For Shopify and Etsy, we also push updated stock counts back so you never oversell across platforms, even during busy seasons.
- How is Craftybase different from QuickBooks for makers?
- QuickBooks is excellent for service businesses and basic retail, but it doesn't handle recipes, bills of materials, or the conversion of raw materials into finished products. Craftybase does. Most makers use both: Craftybase for manufacturing, inventory, and COGS calculation; QuickBooks Online for accounting. We sync COGS and inventory valuations to QuickBooks automatically, so you don't have to enter journal entries manually.
- Does Craftybase track lot numbers and batches?
- Yes. Every manufacture in Craftybase generates a lot number that tracks back to the specific supplier batches of materials used. If a supplier issues a recall, you can pull the exact products affected — and the customers who bought them — in seconds. This matters for cosmetics, food, soap, and any maker working under MoCRA, GMP, or wholesale buyer audit requirements.
- What features are available on the free trial?
- Every feature. The 14-day free trial includes all integrations, multi-channel sync, recipe costing, COGS reporting, lot tracking, and reports on every plan. No credit card required, and you can connect your real sales channels to see how Craftybase handles your actual data before you commit.
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