Tara your content recently has been CRAZY good 🥰 (who else agrees?)

@TaraLeee

4 жыл бұрын

awwwh thank you so much!!! That truly means so much to me

@themanifestvegan4818

4 жыл бұрын

TaraLee thank you for responding 😭😭❤️❤️

@TaraLeee

4 жыл бұрын

Of course! Thanks for all your support 💗

@morpro4u

4 жыл бұрын

@@TaraLeee by chance do you buy in bulk or? Is amazon the only company you buy from or?

@morpro4u

4 жыл бұрын

@@TaraLeee have you thought about a coop

I just wanted to take the time out to say that I am a 22-year-old college student in Texas and I’m trying to start my own hair care product line your videos have helped me tremendously, thank you !!!!

The Formula is 1 COI +S=T. Step 2 convert oz into Grams . Step 3 T÷G= PG Step 4 PG×G= is your answer. I hope this helped. I watched this video like 50 times but I finally got it. Here's is break down of all the letters I used above . S which is the shipping, COI which is the cost of item. T is the total price of item with shipping. Then take T and Divided it by G which is Grams(use Google or download a converter app). Which then gives your the PG (per gram) and then multiple that by G to give you your answer.

This is such a neat video, I love it thanks for sharing! And I am obsessed with your peach pillow! 💕

Hey Tara, I've just spent the day creating a spreadsheet using this video. Absolutely understandable and easy to follow. You have an amazing gift. Thank you for you videos and knowledge ❤

@flaredebeauti7681

4 жыл бұрын

And I am going to follow u and do a spreadsheet

@RK-su4hs

Жыл бұрын

Did you use google sheets or excel for your costing spreadsheets? Thanks

@jemma4511

Жыл бұрын

@@RK-su4hs I used excel

You are awesome and such a big help!! Thank you so much for being so consistent over the years, and I hope to keep watching your content for years to come ! 🤗🥰🤞🏾❣️

You are such a blessing ❤️❤️ keep up with these WONDERFUL videos ❤️

I'm so glad that I found this. I was trying to figure out how to price my first product. This was super helpful!

Thank you sooooooo much for all your tips, bless you and your business

Wow this is soo helpful, thanks Tara!!!

@TaraLeee

4 жыл бұрын

glad you found it helpful :) thanks for watching

Thank you for sharing! Awesome!❤❤

Thank you so much God bless you and your brand❤

This was so helpful thank you so much tara, I love you ❤

Great helpful video!!

Thank you! Yes plz make a wholesale video!

You explained it great Thanks I was having problems understanding how to price my product.

On your phone your can use WPS Office for the charts

I needed this THANK YOU

Omg.. thank you so much.. u got a subscriber... am done with my home made products and was struggling with the pricing.. this was so helpful

Awe I love your set up so much!😍💕

@TaraLeee

4 жыл бұрын

awww thank you! :) Glad you like

You're amazing. Thank you for this video.

Very helpful great video ❤️

You're a great teacher you know that? thankyou

Great information, thank you.

@TaraLeee

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Hello Tara! 🥰Since I found your channel, I've been watching all your videos. You are a love for sharing all this information for beginners like me. Thank you!💜 I just have a doubt about % loss in production, do you manage any % of loss in production to incorporate into the cost? I know that in some sectors, such as food, it's between 7-15%, but in the case of cosmetics, I have no idea. 😓 Also, I wanted to send you a Happy New Year, full of blessings, many improvements in your health, much happiness and love. 🥰🥰🥰

Hello! thank you so much for all these helpful videos- you have helped with reducing my level of anxiety of creating holisitc/alternative medicine/skin care business. Can you please do a video on how to calculate the cost of one drop of essential oils if that makes sense or can I use the same method as presented in this video? thank you so much!!!!

I understand your process of obtaining the amounts per Oz and per Gram.. super easy for me and I thank you for laying it out the way you have here... however I have a BIG question! Why are we not adding in the tax amount with the costs? Is there a particular reason, because it just seems like we should be doing that because it is part of the cost.. but I also wondered if maybe there was another rout for that? I am working diligently on this process to find all my costs right now so your response would be GREATLY APPRETIATED!! Love the video and thank you again Tara Lee!

Hi Tara. Do you put the cost of packaging in your final price?

The “I feel like Dora” got me 😂😂 You are amazing Tara, do you have an updated version of this video that will simplify or make it any easier? This one is easy to follow but I know you are a very innovative person and you are always finding out ways to do this easier ❤️

Thank you so much. This video help me whole alot. You the best!!!😉

ooo this is so cool! thanks for sharing ehhe i learned something new

Always love your videos👌💗💗

@TaraLeee

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :)

Thank you!!

Great content as usual Tara; very helpful. The only thing I would alter (and I know I’m being picky here) is the division of the shipping cost; I believe that rather than simply dividing it equally, it should be divided according to the ratio of the subtotal. It would make sense for items on the invoice that are proportionally small in cost compared to other items xx

@dareal.playgirl

10 ай бұрын

This comment was literally years ago lol but how would dividing “according to the ratio of the subtotal” look? How would I divide the shipping

Thanks for this. I'm about to start selling and completely forgot shipping!

Tara what a helpful video. Thankyou Do you include Etsy (or in my case Amazon) fees into costing? Appreciate the help & guidance

You’re amazing!!

@TaraLeee

4 жыл бұрын

awwh thank you so much! :) You're amazing!

Thank you ❣

Your my favorite person 😊 your voice calms me so much ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️

@TaraLeee

3 жыл бұрын

Awwwh really! 🥺🥰 You are so sweet!💗

Tara I so paused the video and did the calculations I FEEL ACCOMPLISHED EVERYONE THANK TARA 👏🏽💐💐💐💕💕💕❤️

Yes, a video on how to sell on wholesale will be helpful.

Tara do you use a template for your costing? Do you recommend google sheets or excel for your business related charts & details Thanks in advance You are a source of inspiration for me

Hi! I love your videos! But question. What if you're shipping is free?? How do you incorporate shipping?

Very interesting!!

@TaraLeee

4 жыл бұрын

glad you enjoyed. thanks for watching :)

4:48. Excel. I'm genuinely curious if she didn't know that Excel existed lol

Can you please tell me what preservatives should we I use in lipsticks and body butter before selling them?

Do you also calculate the taxes you paid on the shipment? Shipping+Handling+taxes or just Shipping+handling?

I love your channel! Quick question: Why not include the cost of packaging as well? (Bottles, lids, labels, etc)

@TaraLeee

4 жыл бұрын

You definitely want to include that. This video is just about how to calculate the cost of the actual material in the product. I have another video talking about how to price a products all together

Thank you tara , love you 💓💋

@TaraLeee

4 жыл бұрын

Awwwwh love you!

The best would be to use the cost of shipping each ingredient separately and use it as the cost. That way even if you only need to ship one ingredient, the cost of shipping is already accounted for

Hello Tara, I started following you just last week and you have been amazing. Please, I don’t seem to know the 8 oz, 2.2 lbs and 1lbs. In case my Allantoin was 100g or 250g and white willow bark 60ml how will I get a gram from them.

Hi Tara, this video was helpful. I have a question. After we find how much it costs for 1 gram of each ingredient, is the next step to multiply the 1 gram by the total amount of grams in our product formulation to get the total costs for the total amount of grams in our formulations? I hope this question wasn't confusing, but I am so lost.

Hey tara so that means when you add .055 + .055 would equal to 1.1 and that would be 2 grams of allantion. Is that correct?

Thank you so much for these informative videos! Would you do the same if you brought your items from the store? Just not adding in a shipping cost?

@TaraLeee

4 жыл бұрын

yup. exactly :)

@MsXknight

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤

would the coloring and fragrance be something to add into the cost??

Hi Tara. Do you incorporate the price of packaging in the price of your product?

I swear to god you have saved me so much times I cannot thank you enough

Idk if i completely skipped over it but after you do price per gram do you multiply by the amount of grams in the product

Where does packaging go, overhead or production? Things like stuffing, organza bags for products

hey quick question what if your buying different sizes of the ingredients each time say i buy 8oz and i do all of this what you just showed me but then i need to make bigger batches so i buy 1 gallon of each ingredients do i do this over or i keep the same grams thing from before.... and how will this affect the price of my product because i don't want to keep changing the price... and also how do i use the supplies+laborX2+overhead=whoesaleX2+=retail when using this method i know u said in the last video use how much each gram is and add it in the supplies

This causes me SO much confusion in my business when trying to calculate the cost of a final product because each of my products contains multiple ingredients of differing weights. Each time I buy my ingredients they cost a different amount from the last time due to buying different sizes of the ingredients or simply because of using different suppliers when my preferred supplier is sold out. So I have to do these calculations non-stop in my business and it's sooo tedious. Do you have any tips for making calculating the cost of a product easier/quicker, please? x

@TaraLeee

4 жыл бұрын

I always use the most expensive cost so I don’t have to recalculate all the time. Cause I know sometimes it’s more expensive and other times cheaper depending on how much shipping costs and what supplier you have to buy from.

@TheWellnessAbbey

4 жыл бұрын

@@TaraLeee ah thank you. So your calculations are an estimate rather than the exact final product cost. I was always trying to make the calculation precise. Thanks then xx

@LuckyyLEVEN

3 жыл бұрын

@@TaraLeee hey Tara can you help me as well. My comment is above . I’m having a really hard time as a bulk buyer of oils . Being that my cost for ingredients came up to such a high amount

How to you figure out the cost if the size in grams is as small as 0.05g, I’m trying but failing epically as to try and divide 1g into such a small number I’m struggling?

Where can I get silicone resin ? It’s so expensive on making cosmetics

How would this work for fl oz or ml ingredients?

I do understand what you are saying.

I loved this video it was helpful, and I tried the calculations too. But I didn't get one thing, that shipping cost is only for one product? or more than one?

@matildas3177

4 жыл бұрын

$8.99 is for the entire order, she then split it up according to how many items she ordered so each item carries an equal part ($1.28) of the shipping cost and that gets incorporated into the total cost for each item. You can do it by weight too, but I find it easier to just split it evenly between all the items I've ordered. It might be worth doing it by weight if one item is much heavier than the others, just so that an otherwise cheap ingredient doesn't suddenly become expensive due to the high shipping price of the heavy item.

So if you were using oz then you would just divide the cost of the ingredient by the number of ounces?

My jars are 8oz 25 for$59 including shipping. Its 0.262 for a gram. So when I tried to convert it I to ounces it said 7.34 🤔 and I know that's too much for an ounce. Can you help me please idk what I'm doing wrong

you're the best

What if i get my ingredients from different websites?? Do i still divide the different shipping cost by all ingredients?

How do you calculate your cost on your labels and ink? I'm having trouble there.

Does anyone make their own handmade products (hair and body) and do you also buy in bulk ? Because i have to buy my oils that i use more of in bulk because i make a lot of products with those specific oils. My ingredients alone doing all the math came up to $79.33 .. I haven’t included packaging pricing , overhead and labor. Also i work in oz not grams

If you only work in ounces will it be the same set up ? And before you calculate the price of shipping are the original prices before tax or including tax ?

@paulinamolinari4099

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, you would just divide the cost of the item by the number of ounces in that item.

Hi, do you charge the labor?

do I add tax along with shipping ?

Whew! I think I’ll leave that to you! How can I purchase skincare products from you?😊

so is the end number supposed to be low? I got $3.75 after multiplying the price for 1g of my ingredients by the amount of grams of the ingredient in 1 jar of my body butters. If so, If I were to price a jar for $12 does that mean my profit is $8.25?

So with your first product you use it costs 0.55 grams right, when you are looking into making a product, say you use 30 grams of that item in your product how do you tally that up? Because I have an all natural body butter line and I use 2 tbs of Almond oil (and other stuff of coarse) to make 5 body butters and I saw that 30 grams = 2 tbs so I am so confused at this point on how to get the price of that for each!

@paulinamolinari4099

2 жыл бұрын

Hey! You would just multiply the amount you use (30 grams) by the cost per gram of the item (say $0.05) to get a cost of $1.5. If you use the 30 grams for 5 body butters, then you would divide the $1.5 by 5, which would be $0.3 for the almond oil for 1 butter. Do this for all the items you use in the body butter and add the costs of each ingredient together to get the full material cost of one body butter.

Hey Tara my ingredients come in pound for example 7.5lb for coconut oil it cost $33.12 but when I add the shipping in it it’s $47.22. And then when I got to put 7.2lb in ounces it’s 120 ounces and then when I put it in grams is 3401.94 and then when I start doing the math it doesn’t make sense can you plz help me

It was really confusing in the beginning because we don't use ounces in South Africa but I managed to work it out😊

Want to see more products for oily skin type please

@TaraLeee

4 жыл бұрын

gotcha! I'll keep that in mind :) It's hard for me to formulate products for oily skin types since I don't have oily skin and I'm the one who tests all the products. lol But I will definitely try to do more :)

So I love this I completely understand everything and even made me a spreadsheet but one thing I have to ask how do u get 500 g for 1 lb I keep getting 453g for 1 lb😢

Quick question because I’m confused so , now that I have all my cost of 1 gram calculated... what do I do with that information? Do I add all of them up and that’s the material cost? Or.. am I only using the chart to know how much 1 gram cost per ingredient?

@keshahunt1476

3 жыл бұрын

She also has another video about how to price items, it's like part 2 to this video

Please help. I am stuck. What if i have a 1oz oil and im trying to figure out what the price of .60oz of the oil. Im sorry if im confusing! Please help

when im measuring out water it seems to be too much im not sure why!

Is it possible (in my personal calculations) to have 4 digits after the decimal? Ex: .0089 PLEASEE RESPOND! ❤️

Thanks ..I can take classes with u personal....I'm in nyc I don't i went to Puerto Rico for take some soap classes with a other youtuber 😊🇺🇸✏📓🤓☕

@TaraLeee

4 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, but I don't offer classes. That is awesome you got to go to Puerto Rice for a soap class though. sounds fun! :)

@tico25

4 жыл бұрын

@@TaraLeee yes..a convention ...4 days...but think about 🤔🤔🤓😉😉Thanks ah now I can make ur lye soap....🤓🤓😊thanks thanks again guapa bendiciones cada Dia bonita 😍😍😍🇺🇸🇺🇸🎁🎁📓✏☕

Hello TaraLee, working in supply chain, I am used to calculate those cost of material. You usually also need to add your electricity costs, evaluate the cost of you working for it and so on. Therefore, the pricing needs to be calculated based on that also.

@TaraLeee

3 жыл бұрын

Yup! This video is all about how to calculate cost of material though. I have a whole other video about how to price items that talks about overhead costs, which would include electricity and labor costs - kzread.info/dash/bejne/mJeDl8Wvf5TRmKg.html

PC based software comparable to MAC numbers is Microsoft Office Excel

Wouldn’t the weight (in grams) be different for the green tea extract since it’s liquid ounces whereas the allantoin is weight ounces? Or does FSS measure/label all ingredients by weight?

@TaraLeee

4 жыл бұрын

It’s all measured by weight :)

@TheLiaBird

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reply! That’s good to know!!

@taylorstime2988

3 жыл бұрын

Literally just asked this question, am I just to google fluid oz to grams?

Hi crazy question, math isn’t my thing sssso how do I do this with fl. oz? I’m lost

This is so interesting!!!

@TaraLeee

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you found it interesting. thanks so much for watching :)

Percent usage of product multiplied by unit price divided by grams used. That should give you better estimate. 😉

What if I only ordered one item how would I calculate the shipping?

@TaraLeee

3 жыл бұрын

Add the shipping cost into the one item you bought

Do u have a recipe for acv conditioner??

@TaraLeee

4 жыл бұрын

I used to use an ACV rinse. I actually just used pure Apple cider vinegar. I might of added some essential oil to it. I can't quite remember, it was years ago when I used an ACV rinse. I'm sorry I can't be much help here.

@jumanaaljaml6491

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about adding some to the water phase Thanks Tara

Ok, we still have to add boxes, your paper, your Etsy. How do we add them to this and then get the actual cost?

how much according to you should be the bottle cost? empty bottle i meant especially when your product is new in market and you are launching it in small batch

Heyy for the calculations to get $12.28 , $12.28/226.8grams = 0.05414462 x 226.8 = $12.28

Do I include the shipping with the supply cost?

@TaraLeee

3 жыл бұрын

That’s all up to you 😊

@alyssaromero7470

3 жыл бұрын

@@TaraLeee Ok thank you!! I love watching all your videos and now I’m starting my own business!🥰

And so if i just go to the store don't even add the shipping I would assume

@cassielaw2869

3 жыл бұрын

Yep