Craft Fair Calculator

Model what it costs, and what you could earn, to have a table at a craft fair. Your inputs are saved in this browser, so they are still here after a refresh. Export a CSV to keep a copy or to move your inputs to another browser.

Fair costs

Table fee ($)

Your time at the fair

Selling takes time too. When you count your time as a cost, these hours are paid at your desired hourly wage.

Fair duration (hours)

Setup (hours)

Cleanup (hours)

Other fixed costs

Tent, signage, parking, and anything else you pay once for the fair.

Sales tax (optional)

Sales tax rate (%)

My listed prices already include tax

Payment processing fees (optional)

Percent fee (%)

Fixed fee per transaction ($)

Share of sales paid by card (%)

Average items per sale

Materials

Enter what you pay for a package and how much usable material it holds. A $10 skein of 220 yards is price 10, package quantity 220, unit "yard".

No materials yet. Add the supplies your products use, such as fabric, yarn or thread.

Products

What do you want to see for each product? What I earn per hour Suggested prices from my wage

Desired hourly wage ($)

How many of each to make is set in the Making plan below.

No products yet. Add what you plan to sell.

Making plan

Choose how many of each product to bring and see how many hours it takes to make them.

No products yet. Add one in the Products section.

Add a complete product to see the hours.

Fit it to your calendar

Enter how long you have before the fair and how much of that you can spend making. You will see whether your plan fits, and quantities that do.

Weeks until the fair

Hours per week for making

Scenarios

Materials are bought for everything you bring, so costs stay the same however much sells.

Count my time as a cost

Your time is the hours to make your inventory plus the hours at the fair (duration, setup and cleanup), times your desired hourly wage.

Percent of inventory sold

50%

Add a complete product to see the scenarios.