Features
BuildItTV Product Pricing Studio walks you through your entire pricing workflow — from company profile and fixed costs to machines, materials, products, and final pricing.
Company Profile
Set up your shop identity once and reuse it across quotes and reports.
- Company name, owner name, and contact info
- Mailing address and website
- Footer notes for printed or exported reports
Why it matters
Keep your quotes and reports consistent and professional with your shop details already in place.
Fixed Costs & Overhead
Enter your monthly business expenses so the app can allocate overhead into each product price.
- Rent or mortgage
- Utilities and internet
- Phone and insurance
- Software subscriptions, accounting, and advertising
- Custom “other” categories for your unique costs
See the real numbers
The app shows monthly and yearly totals, helping you understand how much your shop really needs to earn to break even.
Machine Costs
Define the real cost of running each machine in your shop, not just “what feels right”.
- Purchase price and salvage value
- Expected useful life in years
- Estimated hours of use per year
- Automatic calculations for cost per hour and cost per minute
Use it everywhere
These machine rates are used automatically when you assign machine time to products in your catalog and pricing screens.
Raw Materials
Define your sheet goods and hardwoods so material cost per product is always grounded in real usage.
Sheet goods
Enter plywood, MDF, and other sheet materials with length, width, thickness, and sheet cost. The app calculates cost per square inch, square foot, and cubic inch automatically.
Hardwoods
Define hardwoods by board-foot price, typical board dimensions, and cost. The app computes cost per cubic inch and per board.
Feeds into product pricing
These material definitions feed into the Products and Pricing pages, so every product pulls from the same material database.
Product Catalog
Build a catalog of everything you sell — from simple cutting boards to complex CNC signs and multi-piece projects.
Core product details
- Name & SKU
- Finished dimensions
- Current base price
- Quantity per pack
Production & shipping
- Production time (minutes)
- Shipping price
- Status (Active / Inactive / Archived)
Materials & machines
- Primary & secondary materials with usage dimensions
- Machine time for one or more machines
- Optional product image (v1.1.0 stores images in AppData/ProductImages)
Product Pricing Calculator
Bring everything together and see exactly what each product costs you — and what you should charge.
Cost breakdown
- Material cost (sheet goods & hardwoods)
- Machine cost (based on your machine rates)
- Labor cost (based on your time)
- Packaging, platform fees, and custom “other” costs
Pricing controls
- Set your target margin or profit
- View suggested selling price and margin %
- See total profit amount per unit
Key actions
- Reload From Product Inventory – pull the latest product details
- Recalculate Pricing – recompute after any change
- Update Product Base Price – push new price back to the product record
Offline license, one machine per license.
One-time purchase
No subscription. You purchase once and can use the current v1.x series on your activated machine.
Offline activation
Each install generates an Activation Code. You email the code + computer name and receive a License Key in return.
Runs offline
Once activated, the app runs entirely offline. You only need internet for the initial download and activation email.
Updates & future features.
Minor fixes and quality-of-life improvements are included as free updates. Major new features will arrive in future paid upgrades (v2.0 and beyond).
Planned ideas include CSV importing for materials and products, advanced reporting, and expanded inventory modules.
You can track what’s new on the Changelog page.