If you only learn one thing in FairKeep, it should be this: logging a show from start to finish. Everything else, from reports to income per hour, is built on it. This short video walks through it.
What to Enter
- The date and hours of the show.
- The booth fee.
- What you made.
- What it cost.
What You Get Back
Once the show is logged, FairKeep shows the net for that show and the income per hour. Those two numbers are the honest answer to "was that show worth it?", and they're what you'll compare when next year's applications open.
Make It a Habit
The easiest time to log a show is the evening after, while the numbers are fresh. Do it every time and by the end of the season you have a clear record of every show. If you sell through Shopify or Square, you can skip typing the income: the sales sync video shows how to pull it straight from your register.
Try It Yourself
The step-by-step guide on the FairKeep site walks through tracking your first event screen by screen, so you can follow along at your own pace. FairKeep is free to start and doesn't ask for a credit card, so you can set up an account and try it 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.
I recorded this video on a demo account for a made-up candle company, so the shows, names and numbers on screen are examples, not real data. For the bigger picture of what FairKeep does, see my FairKeep overview, and for the free calculators and tools that sit alongside it, the VendorTools hub.
More short how-tos on the VARØ Industries YouTube channel.