How do I run applications for a monthly craft market?

Publish one application page for the market and add a date block for each monthly date. Makers apply and request dates, you approve and assign a table for those dates, and the page keeps accepting applications for the dates that still have tables.

Can vendors book a whole season instead of one date at a time?

Yes. In FestKit a booth on a specific date is the unit you sell, so you can bundle every date of the season into one offer with a single price, or publish one offer per date and let vendors pick. Many organizers list both — a season pass and a drop-in day rate — and the same booth stays correctly available for whichever dates are unsold.

Can I keep a balance of vendor categories?

Yes. Booths and applications can be tagged by category, so you can see the mix as you fill each date and avoid ending up with eight candle makers and no jewelry.

What stops two vendors from booking the same booth on the same day?

Every booth-date is held the moment a vendor starts checkout, so it disappears from the public listing while they pay. Checkout holds last 24 hours and approval holds last 3 days; if payment does not land, the hold expires and the booth returns to the pool automatically.

For craft and maker markets

Booth booking software for craft and maker markets

Monthly makers markets, art walks, and craft fairs. Take applications, jury them, and sell tables per date without rebuilding your layout each month.

How it runs: Monthly or seasonal, often juried
Typical examples: First-Friday art walks with a rotating maker roster · Monthly makers markets in a recurring venue · Juried craft fairs that run twice a year

FestKit is booth booking software for craft and maker markets: makers apply or buy a table online, and organizers assign tables per market date.

One system, every audience

The same event, purpose-built for each job

Layers
Vendors
71
Acoustic Corner
DJ Tent
Main Stage
Infrastructure
6
Water Station
Restrooms A
Parking Lot
Safety & Medical
1
First Aid
Organizers + staff
Plan it, then run it on-site
Draw stalls, power, entrances, and walkways to scale on your real location. Use audience-specific layers and notes to turn that same plan into a staff map for load-in and day-of operations.
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Cold Pressed Charlotte
Pending
$1500
~103 sq ft
Beverage
10x10 tent spot — Row B, Position 3
Electricity (20A)Water Hookup
Vendors
Apply, pay, done. On a phone.
Vendors apply to the opportunity that fits, upload their permit, and pay at the point you choose: with the application, or once you approve them. They keep a link back to their own page to edit details or settle a balance later.
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Main Stage
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Attendees
The same map, for your shoppers
Your site plan becomes a browser-based public map: search a vendor, find the nearest restroom, see today's lineup, and receive live announcements. Real coordinates let attendees see where they are on the site.

What breaks without it

Jurying applications in email while the table map lives in a different file
Makers asking which months still have tables open
Table fees collected by hand, one maker at a time
Repeat makers re-entering the same details every market

How FestKit handles craft and maker markets

Apply once, book many dates

Makers apply through one public page and can request the specific dates they want, rather than filling out a new form for every market.

Jury, then assign

Review applications, approve the ones you want, and assign a specific table on specific dates in the same action — with the payment request going out automatically.

Tables tracked per date

The same table can hold a different maker each month, and your layout is drawn once for all of them.

Categories that keep the mix right

Tag tables and applications by craft type so you can keep the balance you want between categories as you fill each date.

Ways to sell it

Price the season, the weekend, or the day

A booth on a date is the unit you sell. Bundle every date into one price, or publish them individually — the same booths stay correctly available across both.

Season of markets
Every market date in the season, one price
Single market table
One date, for makers testing the market
Premium corner table
Higher-traffic tables priced separately

Common questions

How do I run applications for a monthly craft market?: Publish one application page for the market and add a date block for each monthly date. Makers apply and request dates, you approve and assign a table for those dates, and the page keeps accepting applications for the dates that still have tables.
Can vendors book a whole season instead of one date at a time?: Yes. In FestKit a booth on a specific date is the unit you sell, so you can bundle every date of the season into one offer with a single price, or publish one offer per date and let vendors pick. Many organizers list both — a season pass and a drop-in day rate — and the same booth stays correctly available for whichever dates are unsold.
Can I keep a balance of vendor categories?: Yes. Booths and applications can be tagged by category, so you can see the mix as you fill each date and avoid ending up with eight candle makers and no jewelry.
What stops two vendors from booking the same booth on the same day?: Every booth-date is held the moment a vendor starts checkout, so it disappears from the public listing while they pay. Checkout holds last 24 hours and approval holds last 3 days; if payment does not land, the hold expires and the booth returns to the pool automatically.

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Draw your site plan, add your dates, and start taking craft and maker markets applications in an afternoon.

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Booth booking software for craft and maker markets

What FestKit does for craft and maker markets