FirstMark Pricing Calculator

Build an Item Step 1 — price a line, then add it

Laser

Embroidery

Apparel (Press)

Wholesale

Item description (shows on the quote)

Your blank cost per unit

Quantity

Garment markup × on the blank — premium items higher (e.g. caps 2.6×)

$0.00 / unit

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Quote Step 2 — review & export

Customer / Company

Contact email

Item	Qty	Unit ✎	Line
No items yet — build one on the left and click “Add to Quote.”

Rush order? % surcharge

Sales tax % 0 if resale/exempt

Shipping $ added to total

Deposit % due to start (0 = none)

Notes to customer shows on the quote

Subtotal (decorated goods)$0.00

One-time fees (setup / digitizing)$0.00

Total$0.00

🔒 Internal only — not shown to customer

Your total cost$0.00

Your profit$0.00

Blended margin—

⚙️ Settings — your rates & quantity breaks (saved in this browser)

These are research-backed starting points, not your confirmed costs. Edit to your real numbers and click Save. “Charged” = what the customer pays · “cost” = your cost (used only for the internal margin readout). Pricing model: (blank × markup) + decoration charge, then quantity break.

🔥 Laser engraving — charge = max(minimum, minutes × per-minute rate)

Per-minute rate charged

Minimum engraving charge / unit

Your machine+labor cost / minute internal

Default minutes / unit

Setup fee charged one-time

Extra location charge / unit

🧵 Embroidery — charge = max(minimum, stitches ÷ 1,000 × retail per-1k)

Retail charge / 1,000 stitches

Minimum embroidery charge / unit

Your cost / 1,000 stitches internal

Default stitch count left chest / cap ≈ 7,000

Digitizing fee charged one-time per logo · 0 = you absorb it

Your digitizing cost internal

👕 Apparel — heat press (you press) — each print priced by size · DTF = 2 presses, screen = 1

Print size / location	Base charge (1 press) $	DTF transfer $	Screen transfer $

Press upcharge added per extra press · DTF = +1 vs screen

Your cost per press internal · machine + labor

Minimum price / printed shirt floor so cheap blanks still pay for the work

Per-size blank costs (e.g. 2XL/3XL costing more) are entered per quote in the Apparel tab's size breakdown — your markup applies to each size's real cost.

🤝 Wholesale (partner decorates) — you mark up their finished price

Default wholesale markup ×

Default partner charge / unit

Default setup fee charged

📊 Quantity price breaks — % off the single-unit price once the order reaches each threshold

Order qty ≥	% off unit

⚙️ Defaults

Default garment markup ×

Minimum margin floor % warns below this

Quote valid for (days)

Settings now save automatically as you edit. Export backup downloads all your settings + saved quotes to a file — import it on another computer to move everything over.

FirstMark Pricing Calculator v2 · (blank × markup) + decoration charge + quantity breaks · all rates editable above · saves to this browser only
Default rates are 2025-26 industry starting points until Greg confirms real costs. No data leaves this computer.