A show's total tells you whether it was worth it. It doesn't tell you when the money came in. This short is the quick version: the FairKeep sales report breaks a show down hour by hour, so you can find your best hour. The full walkthrough post on the sales report by hour goes deeper.
What the Report Shows
The report is built from the Shopify or Square register linked to that show, and it covers:
- Revenue for the show.
- Orders, so you see how many customers bought, not just how much came in.
- Your busiest hour, broken out by hour of the day.
- Your top sellers at that show.
You can run it for a single day or a whole multi-day run, which is handy for weekend festivals and holiday markets.
Using Your Best Hour
Knowing when the rush happens helps you plan. It tells you when you need a second pair of hands at the booth, when to take a break, and whether the last hour of a long show is worth staying for. Top sellers tell you what to restock before the next one.
The report needs a register linked to the show, and the Shopify and Square sync post covers that setup. For everything else, read the craft fair sales report by hour walkthrough.
FairKeep is free to start and doesn't ask for a credit card, so you can try FairKeep with your own shows. If you haven't seen the app before, the two-minute tour of FairKeep covers the dashboard, events, applications, calendar, packing list, reports and integrations in one pass, and my FairKeep overview has the bigger picture. For the free calculators and tools that sit alongside it, see the VendorTools hub.
More short how-tos on the VARØ Industries YouTube channel.