Craft fair profit calculator — was that fair worth it?
A $250 booth + 6 hours + IRS mileage is not “profit” until materials leave too. This page does that math in the browser. Save one fair free.
Use this free craft fair profit calculator to add up the booth fee, the drive, your hours, and the materials in what you sold — then see what the day really cost and get a straight verdict: go back, negotiate, or skip it. Save this fair carries the booth fee, miles and hours you typed into a shop.
The day, in numbers
Compare next Saturday. What you typed waits in your shop — you will not type it again.
the shop stays free for cost a piece and one fair; $19 a month adds the tax packet, Etsy and Square, and more fairs.
This calculator does one fair.
Start free keeps recipe cost-a-piece and that one fair in your shop. The shop stays free for cost a piece and one fair; $19 unlocks saving 2+ fairs and the tax packet. After a verdict, Save this fair carries the booth fee, miles and hours you typed into the shop so you do not type them again.
Which fairs are worth going back to needs them side by side with your real material costs — not a guess at a percentage. That is the $19 season: every fair you work, ranked by what it actually paid per hour, with a recipe pulled into the maths so a twelve-foot run to fourteen, or a queen quilt up to a king, shows the extra material before you quote it.
Is this craft fair / Saturday market worth it?
A craft fair or Saturday market is worth it when sales minus the booth fee, IRS mileage, the materials in what you sold, and your hours still beat the rate you pay yourself. That leftover line is the one this calculator prints. Same math for a craft fair, a farmers market stall, or a holiday bazaar. Most vendors judge the day by the cash box; the cash box has not paid the booth, the drive, the materials, or you. Fill the day in above. One fair is free. After a verdict, Save this fair carries the booth fee, miles and hours you typed into a shop. The shop stays free for cost a piece and one fair; $19 unlocks saving 2+ fairs and the tax packet.
What if I sold under the booth fee?
If sales came in under the booth fee, you are already behind before the drive, the materials, and your hours. Run it anyway: sales minus booth, IRS mileage, materials, and your hours, then compare what is left with the rate you pay yourself. A day like that is the skip verdict — book a cheaper table or a better spot next time, not the same fee.
Is craft fair pricing 3x materials or 10x?
Neither number is this calculator. 3x materials or 10x materials is a pricing shortcut. It does not count the booth, the IRS miles, or the hours you stood there. A fair is worth it when sales minus booth, IRS mileage, materials, and your hours still beat the rate you pay yourself. Put your real sales and your real materials percent in the form above — the leftover line is the check, not a markup rule.
How do I calculate craft fair profit (booth + miles + materials + hours)?
Sales minus the booth fee, minus miles times the IRS mileage rate, minus the materials in what you sold. That is true profit for the day. Divide by your hours for profit per hour. Then subtract your hours times the rate you pay yourself — what is left is the leftover after paying yourself. This page does that math: booth on its own line, miles at the published IRS rate (76 cents for July–December 2026), materials as a percent of sales if you do not track per piece yet, and your hours including setup and teardown. Lodging and food on an overnight show go on the booth line.
Was a $625 festival booth worth it?
A $625 festival booth is worth it only when sales minus that $625, minus IRS mileage, minus materials, and minus your hours still beat the rate you pay yourself. Type 625 in the booth line above and read the leftover. A $625 fee needs a much bigger till than a $65 Saturday table — the calculator will say go back, negotiate, or skip from your own numbers, not from a rule of thumb.