Hivara for Craft Supplies

Kits, components and bundles — counted to the piece

Hivara is inventory and production software for craft supply sellers. Track components by the piece, assemble kits with known costs, price bundles that earn at every pack size, and restock the fast movers before your customers' projects stall.

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A craft supplie in Hivara

Product

DIY Craft Kit

SKU CRAFT-KIT-01

Material

Craft Component

tracked in each · Supplies

Supplier

Maker Supply Co.

Variations

Size, Pack size

Built around how craft supply sellers actually work

  1. 1

    You sell the pieces other people count

    Hundreds of small components in dozens of variants — a supply shop is inventory as a product. Piece-level tracking is the whole business, done properly.

  2. 2

    Kits are products made of products

    A DIY kit bundles components you also sell individually. Kit recipes draw from the same component stock, so selling a kit and selling its parts never double-promise the same pieces.

  3. 3

    Pack sizes change the economics

    Singles, 3-packs and 5-packs of the same component carry different margins and different packaging. Pack-size variations price each honestly from one base cost.

  4. 4

    Stockouts break other people's projects

    When your component is step three of someone's craft, an outage loses the whole basket. Velocity-based reorder points keep the staples your customers build around always sellable.

Worked example

What a diy craft kit really costs

This is the math Hivara does for every product you make — every line from a real bill of materials, updated whenever a supplier price changes.

The same components sold separately gross $24.50 — the kit undercuts the pile while earning more per order.

DIY Craft Kit

Components (bundled)
$3.60
Printed instructions
$0.35
Kit box
$0.90
True cost$4.85
Suggested price$19.00
Margin74%

Track everything that goes into a craft supplie

From raw materials to finished stock, Hivara keeps craft supply sellers on top of:

  • components and supplies
  • kit items
  • finishing materials
  • packaging

A craft supplie in Hivara

Product

DIY Craft Kit

SKU CRAFT-KIT-01

Material

Craft Component

tracked in each · Supplies

Supplier

Maker Supply Co.

Variations

Size, Pack size

A day in Hivara, for craft supply sellers

Step 1

Receive components at real cost

Bulk purchases land as piece-counted stock with per-unit costs from the actual invoice.

Step 2

Assemble kits as recipes

The DIY kit draws its components, instructions and box — costed as a bundle, tracked as a product.

Step 3

Sell parts and kits from one count

Kit sales and component sales draw the same stock, so availability is always the truth.

Step 4

Reorder on velocity

The components that move weekly get tighter reorder points than the shelf-sitters — automatically visible.

Questions craft supply sellers ask

How do I track inventory for a craft supply shop?

Everything by the piece at landed cost: receiving converts bulk invoices into per-unit stock, sales draw it down across channels, and reorder points fire by velocity. A supply shop is pure inventory — the tracking is the business.

How do I price DIY craft kits?

Cost the bundled components, instructions and box, then price between the components' individual total and a bare-parts price — kits sell convenience. A $4.85-cost kit at $19 undercuts buying separately while earning more per order.

Can I sell kits and their individual components together?

Yes — kit recipes pull from the same component stock, so both stay accurate. When the last blue beads go into kits, the single-bead listing knows immediately.

How do I decide which supplies to restock first?

By sales velocity and margin together: fast movers with good margin get the tightest reorder points and the deepest buys. The report that ranks components by both is your purchasing list.

How do I handle bulk discounts when buying inventory?

Receive at the real landed per-unit cost of each order. When a bigger buy drops your unit cost, your margins update to match — and you can pass savings to pack prices deliberately instead of accidentally.

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Run your craft supplies business like a business

Know your true cost and profit, track every material, and produce by scan. Start free — no credit card. Or try the free pricing calculator first.