For photographers

One file, many SKUs, real margins.

One image becomes an 8×10 matted, a 16×20 framed, a metal print, a canvas — each with its own lab cost, its own price, its own margin. The photo was your art; the print business is a size-and-finish matrix. MadeKeeper tracks each SKU with its outsourced print cost, so you know which sizes actually earn the wall space.

The app is live. Free during the pilot. Founding rate $19/mo, locked for life.

No card to start. Use it free through the pilot, and lock the $19/mo founding rate for as long as you stay.

How MadeKeeper maps to your print rack

Sizes and finishes as variantsOne image, many SKUs — matted, ready-to-hang, metal, canvas. Each variant carries its own lab cost and price, tracked separately.
Lab and framing costs per printThe lab bill, the mat, the bag, the frame — logged per SKU, so an 8×10's margin and a framed 16×20's margin stop being the same guess.
Editions where you offer themLimited editions track x/25 with the count honest as they sell. Open prints just keep selling — both live in the same books.
Fairs and gallery wallsArt-festival booths and gallery consignment each run their own channel — and the festival math tells you whether the $375 juried show beat the $50 local one.

Two SKUs of one image, to the penny

Say one file sells in two forms:

  • 8×10 lab print $4.85 + mat and bag $2.30 → sells $30$7.15
  • 16×20 print $18.40 + frame $24.00 → sells $145$42.40
Margin per sale: $22.85 and $102.60

The framed print earns four and a half times the matted one per sale — but ties up more cash per unit on the rack. That's the trade MadeKeeper lets you see instead of feel.

Straight about what's live

Materials and true cost per piece, products (in bulk or one-of-a-kind), sales that drain stock, the was-this-fair-worth-it event math, mileage, expenses, and the year-end tax packet — all in the app today. Etsy and Square sync, your own storefront, a booth card reader, and shipping labels are building, shaped with founding makers. Nothing above describes a feature that doesn't exist without saying so. See the full live-vs-building list →

Questions photographers selling prints ask

How do I handle one image in many sizes?

The image is the product; sizes and finishes are variants, each with its own lab cost, price, and stock. Sales report by variant, so you learn which sizes actually move at which venues.

Do outsourced lab costs count as materials?

Yes — the lab bill is your cost of goods. Log it per SKU and every sale's margin is real, including shipping-in costs if you want them counted.

Can I track show inventory?

Load-out and count-back: log what you hauled to the festival, count what came home. The event report turns the difference — plus booth fee, miles, and hours — into a keep-or-skip verdict.

Ready to see your real numbers?

The app is live and free during the pilot. Lock the $19/mo founding rate for as long as you stay.

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