For macramé artists

Cord by the meter, profit by the piece.

You buy cord by the spool — 3 mm, 5 mm, single twist, braided — and burn through meters faster than the receipts can say. A wall hanging eats 80 meters before you've knotted the first row of fringe. MadeKeeper tracks cord by length and size so every hanger, hanging, and commission knows exactly what's in it.

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How MadeKeeper maps to your cord shelf

Cord tracked by mm and meterA 100 m spool of 3 mm cotton logs once at cost; every piece pulls its meters down. Different diameters are different materials, because a 5 mm piece can't be rescued by the 3 mm shelf.
Dowels, rings, and beads by the pieceThe hardware is small money that adds up — wooden rings, driftwood, brass dowels. Log them per piece and they show up in every hanger's true cost.
Fringe waste is realComb-out and trim ends are cord you paid for. Build a waste allowance into a recipe and your costs stay honest even when the floor is covered in fluff.
Fairs, Etsy, and big commissionsMarket-day hangers, Etsy orders, and that six-foot headboard commission each log in their own channel — with the event math telling you which Saturdays earn their booth fee.

One plant hanger, to the penny

Say you knot a classic single-pot hanger:

  • 42 m of 3 mm cotton cord @ 18.5¢/m$7.77
  • Wooden ring$0.65
Materials in the hanger$8.42

At $32 on the market table, you keep $23.58 before fees. Stack that against the ninety minutes it took and the booth fee it shares, and pricing next season stops being a feeling.

Straight about what's live

Materials and true cost per piece, products (in bulk or one-of-a-kind), sales that drain stock, the was-this-fair-worth-it event math, mileage, expenses, and the year-end tax packet — all in the app today. Etsy and Square sync, your own storefront, a booth card reader, and shipping labels are building, shaped with founding makers. Nothing above describes a feature that doesn't exist without saying so. See the full live-vs-building list →

Questions macramé artists ask

Can I track different cord sizes separately?

Yes — 3 mm and 5 mm are separate materials with their own meters and costs, just like they're separate on your shelf. Recipes pull from the right spool automatically.

How do I cost a large commission?

Log it as its own piece with its own recipe — the cord, the dowel, the hours — plus the deposit when it lands. When it's done you'll see what the piece truly paid, not just what it grossed.

What about cord bought in bulk from different suppliers?

Each purchase logs at its own price, so when the cheap spool runs out and the good stuff costs 30% more, your per-piece costs update instead of quietly drifting wrong.

Ready to see your real numbers?

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