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See what one bar really costs, materials, packaging and your time included, and what to charge. It starts with a real example: lavender cold process soap. Change it to yours. No signup.
Updated . Example prices checked on supplier sites the same month.
The share of the price you keep as profit. 50% means the price is twice your cost.
Example prices, October 2026. Change them to yours.
Cost per bar
$4.67
Sell at $11.68 for a 60% margin, a profit of $7.01 per bar.
Keep this recipe. Stockria saves it with your materials, so the cost updates when a price changes and each batch you make takes stock off the shelf.
A home soap maker usually makes 2 to 3 lb of oils at a time in a loaf mold and cuts 10 to 12 bars. This example uses 32 oz of oils and cuts 10 bars of about 4 oz each after the cure. Here is the batch the calculator starts with, worked out the same way. It makes 10 bars at $4.67 each.
| Material | Used | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Olive oil (pomace)$7.16 for 1 lb | 14 oz | $6.27 |
| Coconut oil 76$30.71 for 8 lb | 9 oz | $2.16 |
| Shea butter$36.12 for 5 lb | 6 oz | $2.71 |
| Castor oil$4.39 for 1 lb | 3 oz | $0.82 |
| Sodium hydroxide (lye)$17.06 for 2 lb | 4.45 oz | $2.37 |
| Distilled water$1.50 for 1 gal | 9 oz | $0.10 |
| Lavender fragrance oil$24.10 for 16 fl oz | 1.5 oz | $2.28 |
| Labour: 1 h 30 min at $20.00/hr | $30.00 | |
| Total for 10 bars | $46.71 | |
| Cost per bar | $4.67 | |
Prices change and shipping is extra. They are here to make the example real, not as a quote. Put your own prices in the calculator.
Want the reasoning behind each step, with tips for soap makers? Read how to price a bar of soap.
In the example on this page (lavender cold process soap, 10 bars per batch, prices from October 2026), one bar costs $4.67. That counts every material, packaging and 1 h 30 min of labour at $20.00 an hour. Your cost depends on your prices and your batch size, so put in your own numbers.
Divide your cost per bar by 1 minus the margin you want. With a cost of $4.67 and a 60% margin, the price is $4.67 / 0.40 = $11.68. If you also sell wholesale, check that half of that price still covers your cost.
From supplier product pages checked in October 2026: Wholesale Supplies Plus, grocery store. Shipping is not included. The prices make the example real; they are not a quote, so change them to what you paid.
Yes. Click "Save this as a recipe in Stockria". A free account opens with your materials and this bar as a product made from them, costed the same way as here. When a material price changes, the cost per bar changes with it.
Yes. Enter the amount you use and the pack you buy in any unit of the same kind: grams with kilos, ounces or pounds; millilitres with litres or fluid ounces; millimetres with metres, inches or feet. The calculator converts before it does the maths.