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Understand Income Per Hour (IPH)

Income Per Hour helps you compare shows on a fair basis — learn how FairKeep calculates it and how to use it to prioritize next year's market schedule.

  1. 1IPH = net profit ÷ total hours at the show.
  2. 2By default those are the hours the booth is open, worked out from the event start and end time.
  3. 3To count the whole day instead, go to Settings → Event day and turn on "Include setup and breakdown time". That adds your setup, breakdown, and round-trip drive to every show's hours.
  4. 4It is off by default, so turning it on lowers your IPH figures — that is the point: it reflects what a show actually costs you, not just the hours you were selling.
  5. 5Events where you typed setup and event hours by hand are left alone either way — that number is already your own total.
  6. 6FairKeep calculates IPH automatically and color-codes it: blue = great ($100+/hr), green = good ($50+/hr), amber = average.
  7. 7Use IPH to decide which shows to prioritize next year.

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Plan your event day

Set your normal setup and breakdown times once, override them on the shows that need it, and see your whole day — leave, arrive, set up, sell, pack down — on the calendar.

Run a tax report

Generate a complete year-end tax summary — income, expenses, and mileage deductions — and export it as a CSV to hand to your accountant.

Understand the analytics dashboard

Walk through every section of the Analytics dashboard — year-over-year comparisons, quarterly revenue charts, top events, and expense breakdowns.