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Site map
Every page on boothinventory.com, plus each section of the home page, with a line explaining what you will find there.
Main pages
Free tools, comparisons and working documents
- How BoothInventory Compares to Other Craft Fair ToolsBoothInventory answers one question, which is what sold at each show and whether that booth fee was worth paying, so the honest comparison is whether you need that or something wider.
- BoothInventory vs Square Point of SaleSquare Point of Sale suits any seller who needs to take a card and hand over a receipt, while BoothInventory suits a maker who needs to know which fairs on the circuit are worth reapplying to.
- BoothInventory vs CraftybaseCraftybase suits a maker whose hardest number is what a finished piece costs to make, while BoothInventory suits a maker whose hardest number is what a weekend at a given fair returns.
- BoothInventory vs Google SheetsGoogle Sheets suits a maker doing a handful of shows a year with a setup they enjoy maintaining, while BoothInventory suits a maker whose tab count has outgrown the season.
- Calculators for makers who sell from a ten by ten boothOne calculator prices the weekend before you send the application, the other tells you whether three weeks at the bench can fill the booth you plan to set up.
- Booth Break Even CalculatorEnter the booth fee, your travel and help for the weekend, your average sale and the share of each price that goes to materials and card fees, and see the number the show has to clear.
- Restock Bench Hours CalculatorPut in your target booth inventory, what is left in the totes, your minutes per piece and the bench hours you truly have each week, and see where you will land at load in.
- Resources for makers who sell from a boothEverything here is built for the aisle: what a booth weekend has to sell, whether you can restock in time, which tool fits, and how to close out a show properly.
- Post Show Reconciliation SheetFour short stages you fill in at teardown, in the van and on Monday, ending with a restock list and a written verdict on whether that fair earns your application again.
Home page sections
- What the bins hideFour costly habits that come from counting a booth by memory instead of by number.
- How it worksThe four passes of a show: build the list, count in, sell, count out and close.
- FeaturesBooth manifests, offline sales, restock lists, scorecards, break even math and jurisdiction tallies.
- Season resultsWhat changed for makers who counted a full season, with the numbers behind each claim.
- Maker storiesThree vendors describing what counting changed about their circuit.
Buying and answers
- PricingWeekend Maker, Full Circuit and Maker Team, with what each plan includes and what it costs monthly.
- FAQSix questions on cost, setup time, offline use, data ownership, imports and cancellation.
- Request a demoThe form that starts a 25 minute walkthrough using your own product lines.
- Request receivedThe confirmation page you land on after sending the form.
Booth and Bench, the magazine
- Booth and BenchThe magazine index, with all nine reports on booth economics, show rules and display craft.
- Sales Tax at Craft Fairs: Temporary Permits and FilingTemporary seller permits, local rate lookup and post show filing for a traveling maker.
- What a Craft Fair Booth Costs: Fees, Travel, and Break EvenEvery cost line behind a booth fee, and the sales figure that makes a weekend worth doing.
- Pricing Handmade Work for Shows: Materials, Labor, OverheadMaterials, labor and overhead inside a retail price that still leaves room for wholesale.
- Show Week Checklist: Permits, Insurance, Weights, and FloatThe two weeks before load in, from the certificate of insurance to the cash float.
- Juried Art Festivals vs Open Craft Fairs vs Holiday MarketsJury standards, fee models and crowds compared across three different show formats.
- Booth Layout Mistakes That Keep Shoppers Out of Your TentThe layout and merchandising errors that keep shoppers from stepping off the aisle.
- Tracking One Product Line Across a Six Show SeasonOne earring line followed from a spring street fair to a December holiday market.
- Cashless Markets and Card Fees: What Makers Pay to Get PaidHow an in person card rate is built, and what a dead cell signal costs at the table.
- A Saturday on the Aisle: Traffic, Weather, and Load OutA two day outdoor market hour by hour, from dawn load in to the last tote in the van.
Legal and contact
- Legal noticePublisher identity, company registration, hosting, intellectual property, liability and applicable law.
- Privacy policyWhat the contact form collects, how long it is kept, and your US state and EU privacy rights.
- Terms of serviceSubscription terms, billing, cancellation, data ownership, availability and governing law.
- Email the publisherWrite directly to Jimenez Julien for anything the site does not answer.