Sound familiar?
- The freight on a wax order never makes it into your cost per candle
- Rejected candles shrink every batch, but your price assumes they didn’t
- Fragrance comes by the pound and goes out by the ounce
- Holiday rushes leave stock counts and the books out of step
How GodKey MFG handles it
Every material in its own unit
Wax in pounds, fragrance in ounces, wicks and jars by the piece. Receive an order against its purchase order, and the freight is spread across the lines by value — into the wax and jar costs where it belongs.
Pour batches, count the good ones
Plan a pour from the recipe and check you have enough of everything first. Complete it with poured, good and rejected counts; the batch cost is divided over the good candles.
Supplier bills read for you
Upload your supplier’s invoice and GodKey reads it, matches it to what you ordered and received, and flags differences before you pay. Nothing posts without your review.
Know your margin before the holiday rush
Cost of goods sold posts at the real cost of each candle, so the profit and loss tells you which scents actually make money.
The math makers miss
A $389.00 batch of 100 candles with 8 rejects costs $4.23 per sellable candle — not $3.89.
How to calculate cost per unitQuestions
How do I calculate the cost of a candle?
Add up materials (wax, fragrance, wick, jar, lid, label), the freight you paid to get them, packaging, labor and a share of overhead, then divide by the candles you can actually sell. Try our free cost per unit calculator, or read our step-by-step guide.
Can GodKey MFG handle many scents and sizes?
Yes. Each scent and size can be its own recipe and finished good, and recipes can be versioned when you change a formula.
Does it connect to my online store?
Square sales can be imported for your review. Shopify isn’t connected yet.