Craft show inventory calculator
How much inventory should I bring to a craft show? Change any number and the results update instantly. Nothing you enter is saved or sent anywhere.
Results
- Items you need to sell
- 40
- Items to bring
- 60
- Retail value of that stock
- $1,800
How this is calculated
- Items to sell = sales goal ÷ average price, rounded up.
- Items to bring = items to sell × stock multiplier, rounded up.
You bring more than you expect to sell because a full display sells better than a sparse one and shoppers want choices of color, size and style. Made Urban suggests bringing enough inventory that selling 75% of it would cover your show expenses and leave a profit, and adding 25%–100% to your usual number of products depending on the event and what you sell [1].
Base your sales goal on the booth cost you need to cover — the show profit calculator gives you a break-even number.
Sources
- Made Urban — How much inventory to bring to a craft show — https://www.madeurban.com/blog/how-much-inventory-to-bring-to-a-craft-show/