#055. Your maker business can be creative and still run on clean numbers. We walk you through Makers Manager, the inventory and costing software we co-founded, and show how it’s designed to replace the messy stack of spreadsheets, notes, and half-finished systems that creep into candle businesses and other handmade brands over time.

We start with the dashboard view that tells you what matters right now: inventory value, profit, open orders, and alerts for low material stock versus low product stock. Then we get practical about pricing. If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re actually making money after wax, fragrance, labels, vessels, and overhead, you’ll hear how a target profit multiplier or margin setting can drive a consistent pricing calculator and even support wholesale pricing without doing the same math over and over.

From there, we tour the day-to-day workflow: suppliers and saved notes like discount codes, supply orders you can enter manually or speed up by importing a receipt, and detailed material records so you stop searching supplier websites for specs. We also cover product templates, production runs for batching, and Maker Labs for candle testing, pour journals, and research and development costs that can roll straight into a finished product. If you sell in person, you’ll love the markets calendar and performance tracking, plus flexible sales tracking that can include Shopify imports. We wrap with the financial reporting makers need for bookkeeping and taxes, including key inventory numbers that support Schedule C preparation.

If you’re ready for clearer pricing, smarter inventory management, and a calmer production plan, listen now, subscribe for more maker systems, and share this with a friend who’s still running their business out of a spreadsheet. Leave a review and tell us which feature you want to try first.

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