Total sales tell you how a show went. They don't tell you which products carried it. This short video shows FairKeep's inventory counter, which works out what sold at a show by comparing what you packed with what came home.
How the Inventory Counter Works
- Count before you leave. Record what you're taking to the show.
- Count when you get home. Record what's left after the show.
- Let FairKeep do the math. It works out what sold and what it earned, product by product.
Why Count Product by Product
Knowing what each product earned at each show helps with the next round of making and packing. If one item consistently sells at outdoor markets and another only moves at holiday shows, you can pack accordingly instead of hauling the same boxes everywhere. If you sell through a register, the counter is also a useful cross-check against your sales report.
If you just want a quick counter without an account, there's InvCount, a free inventory counter for craft fair and market vendors with no signup needed. The FairKeep inventory counter is on the Maker and Vendor plans.
Try It Yourself
The step-by-step guide on the FairKeep site walks through using the inventory counter 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.