{"product_id":"craft-fair-market-vendor-tracker","title":"Craft Fair and Market Vendor Tracker","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis craft fair tracker is for makers and market vendors who sell at fairs, farmers markets and festivals and want to know which ones are worth booking again. It works out the real profit of each market day and keeps the rest of your books in the same workbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease read:\u003c\/strong\u003e This is a tracker tool only, not financial, tax, legal, medical or any other professional advice or advisory service. It records and calculates what you enter; you are solely responsible for checking all figures, rates, dates and results and for every decision you make. By purchasing, downloading or using it, you accept these terms (your statutory consumer rights are not affected).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eProfit per market, not takings\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA good day of takings at a fair a long drive away is not the same as a good day. Takings less the pitch fee, less the stock you sold, less the drive is the only number that tells you whether to book it again. The Stalls tab works that out for every event. In the worked example, two of the twenty-four markets lost money.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLines for a market stall business\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ledger opens on categories a maker business actually uses, not product sales and service income.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIncome lines:\u003c\/strong\u003e Market takings, Fairs and festivals, Online sales and Wholesale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExpense lines:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stock and materials, Pitch and stall fees, Stall kit and Packaging, and more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMileage reasons:\u003c\/strong\u003e market, fair, supplier and storage, chosen from a drop-down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith pitch and stall fees on their own line, the expenses tab doubles as a booth fee tracker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTwelve connected tabs\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eStart Here, Setup, Stalls, Income, Expenses, Inventory, Mileage, Monthly, Quarterly, Profit and Loss, Balances and Dashboard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e500 income rows and 500 expense rows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Inventory tab beside the ledger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA mileage log with your own reasons and the year totaled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMonthly and quarterly totals, which is how tax gets filed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA profit and loss built from the same two lists\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccount balances, so the file knows what the business holds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA dashboard that reads all of it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA worked year and a blank copy\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe filled copy follows one maker through a year: 242 income entries and 414 expense entries at a 35.2% margin. The blank copy is ready for your own season, and the Start Here tab walks you through setup in a few minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a bookkeeping spreadsheet, not an accountant. Tax rates and what you can claim are yours to set and yours to check.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWorks with\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMicrosoft Excel 2016, 2019, 2021 and Microsoft 365, on Windows and Mac, and LibreOffice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoogle Sheets with a free Google account. The Google Sheets version is a real workbook you take a copy of, not a PDF with a link in it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo dynamic arrays, no macros, no add-ins and no subscription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat you download\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Excel workbooks: the filled example and a blank one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe instruction guide, with one-click links to the Google Sheets versions (filled and blank)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe terms of use as a PDF\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour files are ready the moment payment clears, for personal and business use on your own devices. Please do not share or resell them. Questions? Use our contact page and we will help.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFrequently asked questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDoes it work in Excel and Google Sheets?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes. The Excel workbooks run on Excel 2016 or later on Windows and Mac, and the instruction guide has one-click links to copy the Google Sheets versions with a free Google account.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow does it tell me if a market was worth it?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Stalls tab takes each event's takings and subtracts the pitch fee, the stock you sold and the drive, so you see the profit of that market rather than the takings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCan I track online sales as well as markets?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes. Market takings, Fairs and festivals, Online sales and Wholesale are separate income lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDoes it log travel to fairs?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes. The Mileage tab has reasons such as market, fair, supplier and storage, and totals the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWill it calculate my tax?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo. It gives monthly and quarterly totals and a profit and loss. 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