Craft fair break-even calculator
Before you pack the table, know your number. Find the sales you need to make the day worthwhile.
Your numbers
All amounts in USD. Update any field to recalculate.
items to cover your event costs
- Fixed event costs
- $150.00
- Contribution per sale
- $15.25
- Expected event profit
- $307.50
Estimates use only the costs you enter. Add shipping, waste, fixed transaction fees, and other overhead to the relevant cost fields. Taxes are excluded.
How the math works
Fixed event costs = booth + travel + other event costs. Contribution per sale = average selling price × (1 − fee ÷ 100) − average product cost. Break-even units = fixed costs ÷ contribution, rounded up. Estimated profit = contribution × expected units sold − fixed costs.
A real-world example
A $100 booth, $30 travel, and $20 in other costs total $150. At a $25 average price, $9 product cost, and 3% payment fee, each sale contributes $15.25. You need 10 sales to cover the event. Selling 30 items would leave $307.50 after these modeled costs.
Example inputs are illustrative, not market rates or a promise of profit. Results round selling prices to cents; actual processor rounding may vary.