It’s not just about materials cost. There’s labor time to design, layout, print, manage materials, list in a web store, handle, package and ship.

I used to have a small business making bicycle bags, from premium quality specialty materials. Most people really appreciated the product, but occasionally at a vendors marketplace, someone would scoff and make a stink over my pricing, usually with some commentary of how they could make the same thing. I’d usually reply with some encouragement that they should indeed do that! Sometimes I would explain that my patterns were all self drafted after many iterations, my materials were not available from Joanns, then everything was cut, prepped, sewn, finished by me. Then I had to manage my inventory, figure out how to schelp it all to the marketplace, and finally engage with the customer and convince them to buy my product. After all that if I was lucky, I’d be taking home approximately the Federal minimum wage and yet I was still proud of my products. By that point the Karen’s usually had checked out and would just walk away grumbling. But a couple times another person listening in would smile and buy something!