Twenty tiny parts. One true cost.
Keepsel is inventory and production software for jewelry makers. Track wire by the foot, beads and findings by the piece, and metal prices as they move, so every earring, necklace and ring is priced from its full bill of materials, clasp included.
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A piece of jewelry in Keepsel
Product
Gold Hoop Earrings
SKU GOLD-HOOP-M
Material
14k Gold-Fill Wire
tracked in ft · Wire
Supplier
Bead & Wire Co.
Variations, from Maker
Material, Size
Track everything that goes into a piece of jewelry
From raw materials to the finished piece, Keepsel keeps jewelry makers on top of:
- wire and chain
- beads and stones
- findings and clasps
- blanks
- boxes and pouches
Built around how jewelry makers actually work
Findings are a rounding error until they aren't
Jump rings, ear posts, crimps and clasps cost cents each and vanish by the hundred. Tracking them by the piece turns the drawer of mystery baggies into a countable, costable inventory.
Metal prices move under your feet
Gold-fill wire that jumped 15% just changed the cost of half your line. When a material price updates, every piece using it recalculates, so you reprice deliberately, not months later.
Gold, silver, rose gold: every metal, every size
One hoop design in three metals and three sizes is nine real products. From the Maker plan, variations keep each combination priced and counted under one product, without nine separate listings to maintain.
Wholesale needs numbers you trust
A boutique asking for 50/50 terms is a math question. Knowing each piece's true cost tells you instantly whether wholesale at half retail still pays the bench time.
Gold Hoop Earrings, costed line by line
This is the math Keepsel does for every product you make: every line from its recipe, updated whenever a material's price changes.
Healthy-looking margin, until unpriced hours and a metal price jump eat it. Count both and it's real.
Gold Hoop Earrings
- 14k gold-fill wire (0.6 ft)
- $2.85
- Ear posts + backs (pair)
- $0.65
- Polish + consumables
- $0.15
- Box + care card
- $0.85
- True cost
- $4.50
- Suggested price
- $28.00
- Margin
- 84%
A day in Keepsel, for jewelry makers
Catalog the bench
Wire and chain by the foot, beads, stones and findings by the piece, with the prices from your last order.
Build each design's recipe
A hoop is 0.6 ft of gold-fill, two posts, two backs and a polish pad. The bill of materials is the cost, worked out for you.
Make and log pieces
From the Maker plan, a work order for five pairs deducts the wire, posts and backs and adds five sellable pairs to finished stock (up to 10 a month on Maker as a trial and 100 on Team, unlimited on Business and Enterprise).
Watch the small stuff
From the Maker plan, low-stock alerts on clasps, posts and chain (the parts that always run out mid-order) keep the bench moving.
Questions jewelry makers ask
How do I track jewelry making supplies and findings?
Give every component a unit and a cost: wire by the foot, beads and findings by the piece. Add what you receive to its count, and from the Maker plan, work orders draw those counts down as you make pieces. The mystery of where 200 jump rings went is over.
How do I price handmade jewelry?
Total the full bill of materials (wire, stones, findings, packaging), add labor at an honest rate, then apply your markup. Jewelry commonly retails at 4× materials-plus-labor; the trap is quietly excluding the findings and the box. From the Maker plan, Keepsel counts your time in each piece's cost.
What happens to my prices when metal costs rise?
Update the wire price once and Keepsel recalculates the cost and margin of every design that uses it. You choose what to reprice, with the full picture in front of you.
Can I manage one design in multiple metals and sizes?
Yes. From the Maker plan, each metal and size can be a variation with its own materials cost (gold-fill costs more than silver-fill), price and stock, under one product.
How should I prepare jewelry inventory for wholesale?
Know each piece's true cost first, then test wholesale terms against it. If a piece can't survive 50% of retail, it's a retail-only piece: better to know before the boutique asks.
Keepsel for other crafts
Guides for jewelry makers
All guidesHow to Price Handmade Jewelry (Down to the Finding)
Twenty tiny parts, one true cost. Price jewelry from the full bill of materials and the margin holds, even at wholesale.
How to Handle a Material Price Increase
Your supplier just raised prices. If your product prices don't move with them, the increase comes straight out of your margin. Here's how to respond.
How to Create SKUs for Your Handmade Products
SKUs sound like big-business jargon, but they're just short codes that keep your products straight. Here's a simple way to create ones that actually help.
Wholesale vs. Retail Pricing: A Maker's Guide
Selling to shops is exciting, until you realize you're barely breaking even. Here's how to price wholesale and retail so both actually make you money.
Run your jewelry business like a business
Know your true cost and margin and keep every material counted. Or try the free pricing calculator first.
Try free for 30 days, with 25 Suli messages once you confirm your email (all of Suli from Maker). No card.