Was the Fair Worth It? Market & Booth Day Profit Calculator

Booth fee, fuel, the helper, the materials in what sold — and nineteen hours of your weekend, which the cash box never counts. Some fairs are gold. Some are expensive hobbies with applause. This workbook tells you which is which, before you book and after you unload.

How it works

• Before You Book — the fair's numbers and yours → the break-even day with your weekend priced in, and the selling pace the booth must hold, per doors-open hour. If the pace is fantasy, so is the fair. (It also shows the cash-only trap number most vendors use, so you can see the gap.)
• The Season Log — every event, one row: true profit and profit per hour of your life, ranked. Book next year from this tab, not from memory — memory keeps the applause and drops the hours
• The pipeline math — emails captured and custom orders started, priced honestly; enough to save a break-even day, never a bad one
• Four booth moves that raise the pace (the $10 table, bundling, tap-to-pay, price tags on everything) and the two-year quitting rule

Built for

Makers, crafters and artists doing fairs and shows · farmers-market vendors · food and candle and soap booths · anyone whose spring schedule gets booked from last year's fond memories.

What you get

One .xlsx file, four tabs, instant download. Excel, Google Sheets, Apple Numbers, LibreOffice. No macros, no subscription. Sample season included so you can see it working before your first entry.