Craftybase syncs wholesale orders from Faire alongside your Etsy, Shopify, and other DTC channels — with one shared inventory pool, accurate COGS across all channels, and reorder alerts before your next big wholesale run depletes your materials.
Most makers selling wholesale juggle two separate tracking systems — one for their Faire wholesale orders and another for their Etsy or Shopify direct sales. The result? Stock counts drift out of sync, materials get double-counted, and you spend hours reconciling spreadsheets instead of making things.
Craftybase brings all your channels together. Faire, Etsy, Shopify, Amazon, WooCommerce, Square — every order imports automatically and draws from the same material and product inventory pool. Your stock levels are always accurate, across every channel, without any manual work.
I was spending so much time just trying to reconcile my Faire orders with everything else I was selling. Craftybase made that whole problem disappear.
When you're selling wholesale on Faire and retail on Etsy and DTC through your Shopify store, calculating your actual Cost of Goods Sold shouldn't require three separate spreadsheets and a lot of guesswork at tax time.
Craftybase assigns a material cost to every order — wholesale or retail — based on your actual purchase history. Your COGS accumulates throughout the year, channel by channel, and rolls up into a single accurate figure for your Schedule C. No manual entry. No year-end panic.
Having a business that manufactures products with countless raw materials, Craftybase keeps us organized and helps us have a clear picture of the health of our business.
A wholesale order that empties your material stock is a crisis. You can't tell your retail buyers you're backordered because Faire just cleaned you out. Craftybase gives you reorder points — stock-level thresholds that trigger a low stock alert before you hit zero.
Set your reorder point based on your typical wholesale batch size plus a buffer for your DTC sales. When a material dips below the threshold, Craftybase alerts you so you can place a supplier order before the problem becomes a production stoppage.
The standard wholesale pricing formula is 2x your unit cost. But if you don't know your real unit cost — including materials, labor, and overhead — you're just guessing. A lot of makers discover they've been pricing their wholesale products at a loss only after their accountant runs the numbers.
Craftybase calculates your true unit cost for every product you make, using your actual purchase history. When you buy materials in bulk for wholesale orders and get a volume discount, Craftybase updates your per-unit costs automatically so your pricing always reflects your real margins.
Craftybase helped us make sure we were accounting for everything in our prices, and helped us quickly test what would happen if we changed suppliers to upgrade some of our materials.
Makers who manufacture their own products and sell through a mix of wholesale and direct-to-consumer channels.
If you're managing Faire wholesale orders alongside an Etsy shop, a Shopify store, or both — Craftybase is built for exactly that situation.
Soap and candle makers selling wholesale to boutiques and gift shops
Bath and body brands expanding from Etsy DTC into Faire wholesale
Food producers and specialty food makers supplying wholesale accounts
Jewelry and accessories makers selling direct and wholesale simultaneously
Cosmetics and skincare brands tracking compliance-sensitive material lots across wholesale batches
Any maker who has outgrown the "separate spreadsheets for wholesale and retail" approach
Wholesale inventory management for makers is the process of tracking raw materials, finished products, and orders across multiple sales channels — including wholesale platforms like Faire and direct-to-consumer channels like Etsy and Shopify. Unlike retail-only inventory tools, it accounts for the batch manufacturing process makers use, automatically deducting materials when production runs are logged and syncing finished goods stock across all channels. Craftybase is designed specifically for this workflow — handling wholesale orders alongside your DTC sales with a single shared inventory pool.
Yes. Craftybase pulls in orders from Faire, Etsy, Shopify, Amazon, WooCommerce, Square, and other channels into a single order feed. Whether a sale comes through your Faire wholesale account or your Etsy shop, Craftybase deducts the same materials and finished goods from the same inventory pool. This means your stock counts are always accurate across all channels — you will never oversell on one channel because another channel already depleted your materials.
Craftybase assigns a COGS value to every order based on the material cost of the products included — regardless of which channel the order came in on. Your wholesale Faire orders and your DTC Shopify orders both draw from the same costing engine. At year-end, your COGS report shows the true cost of goods sold across your entire business, which is what you need for Schedule C and your accountant. There is no need to maintain separate spreadsheets for wholesale versus retail.
In Craftybase, you set a reorder point on each raw material — the stock level at which you need to reorder to avoid running out. For wholesale makers, this is especially important because wholesale orders often require large quantities on short notice. You can set your reorder threshold based on your typical wholesale batch size, your supplier lead time, and your sales velocity. Craftybase alerts you when any material drops below its reorder point so you can place orders before a big wholesale run depletes your stock.
Yes. Craftybase connects directly with Faire to import your wholesale orders automatically. Each Faire order appears in your Craftybase order feed alongside your DTC orders from Etsy, Shopify, and other channels. Material usage is deducted, finished goods stock is updated, and COGS is calculated — all automatically. You do not need to manually enter Faire orders or reconcile wholesale stock separately. For full details, see the Craftybase Faire integration page.
Craftybase calculates your true unit cost — including materials, labor, and overhead — so you have a solid foundation for wholesale pricing. The standard wholesale formula is to set your wholesale price at 2x your unit cost, which then supports a suggested retail price of 4x cost. With Craftybase, you can see your exact per-unit material cost for any product and use the built-in pricing guidance to test different margins. If your material costs change when you buy in bulk for wholesale orders, Craftybase automatically recalculates your unit costs using your actual purchase history.
Craftybase is used by handmade product sellers who manufacture from raw materials and sell through a mix of wholesale and direct-to-consumer channels. This includes soap makers, candle makers, cosmetics formulators, bath and body brands, food producers, bakers, jewelers, and other artisan product businesses. Most Craftybase wholesale users sell through Faire alongside Etsy, Shopify, or their own website. Craftybase is not designed for retail-only resellers, service businesses, or large-scale manufacturers needing enterprise ERP systems.
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