Understand your true earning potential with this free tool.
Many bridal artists only quote on-site hours and don't account for travel time, product costs, or material markups. This leads to working for less than they realize, even when fully booked.
This free calculator helps bridal artists determine the real day rate they need to charge to be profitable, rather than relying on guesswork.
You need to provide your travel hours and rate, on-site service hours, desired daily rate, product and material costs, flat overhead, and material markup percentage.
It provides a suggested day rate, your true hourly rate for the entire day, and a detailed cost breakdown to show where your money is going.
Yes, you can customize the tool using a simple Cursor AI prompt to match your business setup in about ten minutes.
You can download the tool for free from caseybuildsit.com. Look in the free tools section or find the blog post that includes the prompt and download button.
It helps you understand your true hourly rate, ensures you're charging enough to cover all costs and desired profit, and provides a clear cost breakdown.
Yes, you can export the report generated by the calculator to save for your records or share with others.
Yes, Casey Builds It offers other free tools built for service-based business owners. You can check them out on their website.
You can leave a comment on the YouTube video to ask questions about the build or suggest a new tool you'd like to see made.
The main takeaway is to move beyond just charging for on-site hours and to accurately price your services by including all associated costs and desired profit margins.
Cursor AI can be used with a simple prompt to customize the calculator to fit your specific business needs and setup quickly.
Ensure your bridal day rate accurately reflects your true costs and desired profit.