Most sales reports are something you look at after the show. Live View is for during it. This short is the quick version: Live View shows today's sales as they come in, with your busiest hour so far. The full walkthrough post on FairKeep Live View goes deeper.
What You See on Show Day
Live View tracks a show's sales from the Shopify or Square register linked to that show:
- Revenue so far.
- Orders so far.
- Top sellers for the day.
- Income by hour, so you can see the rhythm of the show.
It refreshes every minute on its own, so you can leave it open on a tablet or phone at the booth and glance at it between customers.
Why Watch It Live
Seeing top sellers during the show tells you what to restock from the back of the car before it runs out. Income by hour tells you whether the afternoon is picking up or winding down. And if a crew member is running the booth while you're away, you can check in without calling.
Before show day: Live View needs a linked register, and the Shopify and Square sync post covers that. Live View is on the Vendor plan.
For the full explanation, read watching your craft fair sales live with FairKeep Live View.
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.