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Every page we publish and every section of the home page, with a line explaining where each one takes you.
Main pages
Free tools, comparisons and working documents
- How HerbalCounter compares to the tools herbalists already runMost apothecary owners end up paying for two or three tools that each hold half the story, so the real question is which half has to live in one place.
- HerbalCounter vs CraftybaseCraftybase suits a maker running a repeatable product line through material costing, while HerbalCounter suits a herbalist whose next batch is a one off blend for a named client.
- HerbalCounter vs Practice BetterPractice Better is built around the practitioner and her caseload, while HerbalCounter joins that client record to the batch you actually weigh, macerate and press.
- HerbalCounter vs Square for RetailSquare for Retail is built to sell units and take payment at the counter, while HerbalCounter is built to know where each of those units came from.
- Free calculators for herbalists who make what they sellTwo small tools that answer the questions a formulation bench raises every week, with realistic defaults you can overwrite with your own numbers.
- Blend Price CalculatorEnter what one batch actually consumed and see the loaded cost per finished bottle, a working shelf price, and what the whole batch contributes.
- Lot Trace CalculatorSee how far one questionable herb lot reaches into your production and what it would cost you in hours to reconstruct the trail by hand.
- Resources for the formulation benchWorking tools for herbalists who write formulas, run batches and answer for every bottle that leaves the counter.
- Traceable Batch Record SheetOne page you can print, clip to the bench and fill in as you work, built so any finished bottle traces back to the jars it came out of.
Home page sections
- The counter problemWhat paper formula cards and split notebooks cost a practice in hours and dollars.
- How it worksThe four steps from writing a formula to labeling a finished bottle.
- FeaturesThe six parts of the system you use in the first week at the bench.
- Reported outcomesTraceability lookup time, botanical waste and money recovered in a small shop.
- Inside one batch recordWhat a finished record holds, from formula head to production tail.
- Owner accountsThree named owners on what changed after they moved their records across.
- PricingSolo Practice, Shop, and Shop and Wholesale, with what each plan includes.
- QuestionsCost, migration time, data handling, integrations, cancellation and traceability scope.
- Request a walkthroughThe contact form and the direct email address for the counter.
Legal and policy
- Legal noticePublisher identity, company registration, hosting, intellectual property and applicable law.
- Privacy policyWhat the contact form collects, how long it is kept, and your GDPR and US state rights.
- Terms of serviceSubscription, billing, cancellation, data ownership, availability and liability.
Utility pages
- Request receivedThe confirmation page shown after the contact form is sent, with reply expectations.
- Page not foundWhat you see when an address does not match anything we publish.
- Email the publisherDirect line to Jimenez Julien for product, press, correction and partnership questions.
The Formulation Bench
- The Formulation BenchPractical reporting for clinical herbalists and apothecary owners on formulation, batch records, sourcing, labeling law and shop economics.
- How should I price a custom tincture formula when every client blend uses a different ingredient set?Building a per formula price from herb, menstruum, packaging, consult time and bench overhead.
- What does the FDA actually require on the label of a tincture I blend and sell myself?The five mandatory label elements, claim rules and disclosures for a tincture you blend and sell.
- How do I set up lot tracking so I can trace one finished bottle back to its ingredient lots?A numbering method that traces a finished bottle back to every ingredient lot inside it.
- Should I buy bulk herbs from a wholesaler or contract directly with a regional grower?Minimums, price per pound, testing burden and lead time compared across two sourcing models.
- What are the most common mistakes herbalists make when scaling a formula from one quart to five gallons?Ratio drift, marc absorption, filtration loss and the record gaps that break a scaled batch.
- How did one small apothecary move from farmers market sales to a licensed production space?How one shop moved from market sales to a registered production space, in sequence.
- What should be on my checklist before I release a finished batch of salve to the shelf?The identity, weight, appearance, label and record checks to clear before a salve batch ships.
- Where is the herbal products business heading now that state practice laws keep shifting?Scope of practice, safe harbor statutes and enforcement patterns for consultation based shops.
- What is it really like to run a retail apothecary and a clinical practice out of one room?Scheduling, privacy, inventory turns and staffing when a counter and a clinic share one lease.