Laser Engraving Pricing Calculator Spreadsheet, Laser Cutting Cost per Piece, Machine Cost per Hour, Etsy Fees, Google Sheets Excel

Know what every laser job really costs, and what to charge for it after Etsy fees.

The plywood is often the cheap part. The machine wears a little every hour, the exhaust and air assist draw power, a few pieces come out burnt or misaligned, and you stand next to the laser while it runs. This calculator counts all of it and gives you a cost per piece and a suggested price for the profit margin you want.

HOW IT WORKS
- Materials: type your supplies once as you bought them (10 plywood sheets, 12 slate blanks, a 12 in x 100 yd roll of masking tape, 10 sq ft of cork). The cost per sheet, square inch, ml or piece is worked out for you.
- Calculator: pieces you nest on one sheet and a scrap allowance give the sheet share per piece.
- Machine cost per hour from machine price and expected life hours, power draw and electricity price, lenses, tube and filters.
- Type the machine minutes for the whole sheet from your laser software. Machine cost per piece fills in.
- Add masking, finish and hardware, a failed-piece allowance, packaging, setup minutes per batch, hands-on minutes and the share of machine time you stand by the laser.
- Read the suggested price, then type your own price to see fees, profit, margin and earned per hour.

FEATURES
- Pieces per sheet (nesting) with scrap / test-cut allowance
- Machine cost per hour and per piece
- Setup time spread over the batch, attended machine time counted as your time
- Failed-piece allowance
- Materials library: 100 supplies. Type the pack as you bought it, cost per recipe unit is worked out with unit conversion (sq ft to sq in, fl oz to ml; pcs)
- Break-even price, suggested price for your target margin, rounded to .99
- Your price: Etsy fees, profit, margin and what you really earn per hour
- Wholesale check: is your wholesale price (default 50% of retail, editable) still above your cost?
- Optional Offsite Ads fee in the price
- Price Test: six prices side by side
- Price List: up to 50 products, status OK / Below target / Losing money
- Dashboard: averages, best products by earned per hour, what needs attention, chart
- Price List for coasters, signs, keychains, ornaments, tumblers, slate and leather patches

WHAT YOU GET
+ Laser-Engraving-Pricing-Calculator.xlsx (Dashboard, Calculator, Price List, Price Test, Materials, Settings, Start Here)
+ How-to-open PDF (Google Sheets and Excel)

HOW TO OPEN IT IN GOOGLE SHEETS
1. Download the files from You > Purchases and reviews.
2. Upload the .xlsx file to Google Drive and open it.
3. Choose File > Save as Google Sheets.
It also opens directly in Excel 2016 or newer. No macros.

GOOD TO KNOW
- Digital download, no physical item. Nothing will be shipped.
- Works for diode, CO2 and fiber lasers: you type your own machine's numbers. A costing and pricing tool: follow your laser maker's safety guidance.
- Works in any currency: amounts are plain numbers.
- Etsy fee rates (listing $0.20, transaction 6.5%, payment processing by bank country, optional Offsite Ads 15% / 12%, regulatory fee) are editable settings, so you can update them if Etsy changes its fees.
- Comes with sample data, clearly marked SAMPLE, so you can see how it works. Sample prices are made up and are not benchmarks.
- Not affiliated with or endorsed by Etsy, Inc. Not tax, legal or financial advice.

Designed by seller. This spreadsheet was created with the help of AI tools, built and tested by hand (formulas recalculated and checked with sample data and with empty inputs).

Questions or a problem with the file? Message us on Etsy and we will help.