What should I charge at a craft fair?

Add up what one item really costs you: materials and packaging, your time (minutes to make it ÷ 60 × the hourly pay you want), your share of the booth fee (the fee ÷ how many items you expect to sell) and any other overhead per item. That total is the least you can charge without working for less than your rate. Then add a profit margin on top, because some items won't sell, some days are slow, and the business needs money to grow. The checker does exactly this and rounds the result up to a booth-friendly price.

That's your call, and it's the number that matters most. The checker starts at $15 an hour as an example. Some makers start at their local minimum wage, others at what they'd earn at a day job. Try a few rates and watch how the price changes. If the price feels too high for your market, the honest fixes are making the item faster, lowering material costs or choosing a different item, not working for $3 an hour.

Your wage pays you for the time spent making things. The margin pays the business: unsold stock, mistakes, slow fairs, a new tent, the next booth fee. The default is 30% of the price (so $3 of every $10 sale). You can change it under More costs.

Divide the booth fee by the number of items you realistically expect to sell at that fair, not the number you're bringing. A $60 booth fee and 30 sales puts $2 on every item. If you're not sure, use what you sold at a similar fair.

Open More costs and pick Cash, Card reader or Etsy. Card reader starts at 2.6% + $0.15 per sale, Square's US in-person rate on its free plan as of October 2026. Etsy uses the US seller fees as of October 2026: $0.20 listing + 6.5% transaction + 3% + $0.25 payment processing, so 9.5% + $0.45 per sale (shipping and Offsite Ads aren't included). Fees change, so type your own rate if it's different.

Shops usually buy at about half of the retail price so they can mark it back up. The checker compares that wholesale price with your cost to make one item (materials, packaging, overhead and your time, without booth fees or selling fees). If wholesale doesn't cover it, a shop order would pay you less than your hourly rate, and it shows the lowest retail price that makes wholesale work. Change the percentage under More costs if your shops pay a different share.

Round prices are easier at a booth: faster change, simpler signs, fewer coins. It rounds up to the next whole dollar under $20, to the next $5 from $20 to $200, and to the next $10 above that. It never rounds down, so rounding can only add to what you earn.

No. It's math on your own numbers, not market research. Use it to know your floor, then look at what similar items sell for at your fairs. If the market price is below your floor, that's useful to know before you make 40 of them.

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