Understand and calculate your true bridal day rate.
Many bridal artists only quote on-site hours and don't account for travel time, product costs, or material markup. This can lead to a fully booked day that doesn't result in significant profit.
This tool helps bridal artists calculate their real day rate by factoring in all associated costs, not just on-site service time, ensuring they charge appropriately for their work.
You need to input your travel hours and rate, on-site service hours, desired daily rate, product and material costs, flat overhead, and material markup percentage.
The calculator 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, the tool can be customized using a simple Cursor AI prompt to match your specific business setup, typically in about ten minutes.
Yes, the tool is completely free and can be downloaded from caseybuildsit.com.
You can find the free calculator in the 'free tools' section of caseybuildsit.com or through a blog post that includes the prompt and download button.
Casey Builds It offers other free tools for service-based business owners, which you can check out on their website.
You can leave a comment on the YouTube video if you have questions about the build or want to see a new tool created.
AI tools can help you build things that make your business easier to run, such as custom calculators and automation solutions.
It means that if you don't include all your costs like travel and materials in your pricing, your actual hourly earnings are lower than you might assume based only on your on-site service time.
Yes, the calculator allows you to export the report, which you can then save or share.
Calculate your true bridal day rate to ensure profitability.