Price for non-billable time
Admin, sales and leave still need to be covered by the work you can bill.
Great Future · Business
Run the numbers behind independent work
Good admin protects your time and cash flow. Use these tools to create consistent documents and make the assumptions behind your pricing visible.
See recommended toolsTop tasks
Choose the path that matches your decision
Recommended tools
Start with your own numbers
Create invoices, price your time and check margins with local-first tools.
createInvoice generator
Create and download a professional invoice in your browser.
Open free tool →calculateFreelance rate calculatorTurn costs, time and income goals into a practical rate.
Open free tool →calculateProfit margin calculatorCompare markup, revenue, cost and profit margin.
Open free tool →calculateSouth African VAT calculatorAdd or remove VAT with a visible calculation.
Open free tool →Full catalogue
All business tools
46 live Tools connected to this topic.
- Freelance rate
- Profit margin
- Invoice generator
- Barcode generator
- QR code generator
- Date calculator
- South African VAT Calculator
- Business Name Generator
- Etsy Fee and Profit Calculator
- eBay Fee and Profit Calculator
- PayPal Fee Calculator
- Stripe Fee Calculator
- Dimensional Weight Calculator
- Customer Acquisition Cost Calculator
- Customer Lifetime Value Calculator
- MRR and ARR Calculator
- Sales Commission Calculator
- Cups-to-Grams Ingredient Converter
- Recipe Scaler
- Oven Temperature and Gas Mark Converter
- Coffee-to-Water Ratio Calculator
- Amazon FBA Fee and Profit Calculator
- Shopify Profit and Fee Calculator
- TikTok Shop Fee and Profit Calculator
- Walmart Marketplace Fee Calculator
- Amazon PPC ACoS, TACoS and Break-Even Calculator
- Landed Cost and Import Duty Calculator
- CBM, Shipping Volume and Container Load Calculator
- LTV:CAC and Unit Economics Calculator
- Churn Rate Calculator
- Burn Rate and Startup Runway Calculator
- Inventory Reorder Point, Safety Stock and EOQ Calculator
- Forex Profit and Loss Calculator
- Options Profit and Loss Calculator
- Crypto Profit and Loss Calculator
- Impermanent Loss Calculator
- Print-on-Demand Profit Calculator
- Dropshipping Profit Calculator
- Baking Pan Size Converter
- Oven-to-Air-Fryer Time and Temperature Converter
- Baker's Percentage Calculator
- Dough Hydration and Sourdough Calculator
- Yeast Conversion Calculator
- Rice-to-Water Ratio Calculator
- Meat Cooking Time Calculator
- Cake Pricing and Food Cost Calculator
Good practice
Use these tools well
Keep an audit-friendly trail
Use consistent invoice numbers and retain the source records behind every total.
Start-here guides
Understand the decision behind the result
Direct answers, worked examples, sources and clear limits.
Reviewed 21 September 2026
How to set a freelance rate
Turn income, capacity, costs and risk into a transparent hourly or project rate.
Read guide →Reviewed 21 September 2026Profit margin vs markup
Avoid confusing profit as a share of selling price with markup on cost.
Read guide →Reviewed 21 September 2026How to create an invoice
Create a clear payment request with traceable parties, scope, totals and terms.
Read guide →Reviewed 21 September 2026South African tax invoice requirements
Check the core SARS fields and VAT-vendor boundary before issuing a tax invoice.
Read guide →Reviewed 21 September 2026Quotation vs invoice
Use a quotation to propose work and an invoice to request payment for an agreed supply.
Read guide →Reviewed 21 September 2026How to price services
Combine scope, capacity, cost, risk and value into a reviewable service price.
Read guide →How Great Future works
Methods, sources and privacy are part of the result
Review assumptions and source dates on each Tool. Core inputs stay out of analytics, and estimates identify when an official decision or qualified professional is still needed.
Keep exploring
Useful paths across Great Future
Need something else?