Build an Etsy Profit Calculator with Claude Code

Business analysis tool that calculates true profit margins for Etsy sellers including all fees and costs. Etsy sellers and handmade entrepreneurs use it to price products profitably and grow their business.

2,300 searches a month for “etsy profit calculator”WeekendA working first version in a day or two

The Claude Code prompt

Build an Etsy Profit Calculator web app. People search for "etsy profit calculator" about 2,300 times a month, plus related searches like "etsy fee calculator", "etsy profit margin calculator", "handmade profit calculator". The goal is a tool that ranks for those searches and makes money.

What it should do:
Create an Etsy profit calculator with product cost input and comprehensive fee breakdown. Include material costs, labor time, Etsy fees (listing, transaction, payment), and shipping costs. Calculate net profit, profit margin percentage, and suggested pricing. Add scenario comparison and break-even analysis. Show detailed cost breakdown charts. Focus on getting accurate fee calculations working first.

How to build it:
1. Read this folder first. If it is empty, set up Next.js (App Router, TypeScript, Tailwind). Write a short PLAN.md with the pages, components, any library or API you need, and what you are leaving for later. Then build.
2. Put the tool itself on the homepage so a visitor can use it within seconds, with no sign-up. Do the processing in the browser where you can, so it is fast and cheap to run. Look at how Marmalead, eRank, CraftCount do it and make ours simpler and faster.
3. Make it rank. Use "etsy profit calculator" in the title tag, H1 and meta description. Under the tool, add a short how-to and an FAQ with FAQPage schema, and add a sitemap and robots.txt. Scaffold these programmatic pages from one template and a data file: /etsy-profit-calculator-[product-category], /calculate-etsy-fees-[listing-type], /handmade-profit-[business-size].
4. Monetisation: Freemium: 15 calculations/month, $6/mo unlimited + pricing insights. Add a pricing page and the free usage limit, and leave Stripe checkout as a clearly marked stub with the environment variables it needs.
5. Run it locally and test the main flow end to end, including edge cases like empty input and very large files. Fix what breaks, then finish with a summary of what works, what is stubbed and how to deploy it to Vercel.

Paste it into Claude Code in an empty folder. It plans first, so read PLAN.md and steer before it starts building.

What people search for

etsy profit calculatoretsy fee calculatoretsy profit margin calculatorhandmade profit calculatoretsy seller calculatorcraft business profitetsy profitetsy feeshandmade profit marginetsy seller toolscraft business calculatorpricing calculator

Who you're up against

  • Marmalead : Etsy SEO and analytics platform
  • eRank : Etsy shop analytics and research tools
  • CraftCount : Craft business pricing and profit calculator

Pages that can rank

One template, many long-tail pages:

  • /etsy-profit-calculator-[product-category]
  • /calculate-etsy-fees-[listing-type]
  • /handmade-profit-[business-size]
  • /etsy-pricing-[product-type]

Content to write

  • How to Calculate True Profit on Etsy Sales
  • Etsy Fee Structure Guide for New Sellers
  • Pricing Handmade Products for Maximum Profit
  • Etsy Business Financial Planning for Sellers

How it makes money

Freemium: 15 calculations/month, $6/mo unlimited + pricing insights

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