MadeKeeper is inventory and pricing software for pet treat and gear makers.
The batch decides it: flour, pumpkin, eggs, bags and labels, spread over however many bags you really got. Now a bag has a cost instead of a guess.
Free tools, no signup: the fair profit calculator.
free to start, and no card to start. No order-line meters, ever.
$19/mo for the whole back office, kept for as long as you stay. No card to start — MadeKeeper asks for one when you subscribe, not before. The shop stays free for cost a piece and one fair — no product cap. The tax packet, Etsy and Square, and more fairs are the $19.
Pet treats & gear, specifically
Same books underneath — the numbers below are the ones that change.
Dog bandanas
A bandana business is a size-run business: every new print becomes XS through XL, each with its own stock, multiplied across the whole collection — plus snaps by the hundred and a market table where the dog picks the print. MadeKeeper runs the size matrix and the snap math so drop day starts from real counts.
Say you cut 24 bandanas across four sizes:
- 4.5 yds quilting cotton @ $8.75/yd$39.38
- 24 snap sets (from a per-100 bag)$2.16
- Thread and hang tags$1.85
At $14 each you keep $12.19 before fees — and after two markets the size history shows L selling out while XS lingers, so the next run cuts to the dogs who actually show up.
Eight pounds of chicken goes into the dehydrator and two and a half pounds of jerky comes out — a yield problem your pricing has to survive. Add bags, labels, best-by dates, and the bandana size runs on the sewing side, and pet goods is two businesses in one booth. MadeKeeper runs both sets of numbers.
How MadeKeeper maps to your kitchen and cutting table
MadeKeeper records what the dehydrator actually yielded
Log what went into the dehydrator and what came out. The shrink is the recipe — 8 lb in, 10 bags out — and every bag's cost carries it.MadeKeeper stamps a best-by on every batch
Treat batches date themselves, so the table stock is always fresh-first and the close-dated bags find the discount basket before they find the trash.MadeKeeper keeps bandana sizes as one product
One print in four sizes is one design with a size matrix — snap counts, fabric pulls, and per-size stock without a separate product for every size.MadeKeeper ranks the farmers market against Etsy
The Saturday market table and the online shop each track their own sales and fees, with the market-day math answering whether the booth paid.One dehydrator batch, to the penny
Say you run 8 lb of chicken into 10 bags of jerky:
- 8 lb chicken breast @ $2.49/lb$19.92
- Bag and label, each$0.42
- Dehydrator electricity, per bag$0.11
At $12 a bag you keep $9.48 before fees — and when chicken jumps to $3.29 a pound, the next batch reprices itself and you'll know before the market whether $12 still works.
Pet treats usually fall under state feed programs rather than cottage food — a different set of paperwork. MadeKeeper keeps the batch, ingredient, and label records that registration asks about, in the app instead of a folder.
Market Saturday, for pet treat and gear makers
The bench is one half of it. MadeKeeper follows pet treat and gear makers out to the booth as well: it opens on one bar of signal, rings a sale in taps and files it against that day's event, holds that sale on the phone if the signal quits and puts it through when the bars come back, reads the tag you printed, and prints a market-day sheet before you load the truck.
None of that is a card reader. Pet treat and gear makers take payment however they already take it; MadeKeeper only keeps the count honest while you sell. Everything it does at the booth →
Straight about what's live
Materials and true cost per piece, batch "makes" with your labor amortized in, the suggested-price coach, product variants, sales that drain stock, the market-day quick-sale screen, lot tracking, the was-this-fair-worth-it event math, money-insight reports, multi-location consignment, the cure/best-by heads-up engine, mileage, expenses, and the Schedule C tax packet are all in the app today, with guided setup and a full Craftybase history migration to get you started. So are Etsy order sync, Square card sync, your own shop page, a Buy button on your own Square account, and custom-order requests off a piece you already sold. On the $24 MadeKeeper AI plan you also get receipts, shelves and recipe cards read from a photo — photo reads are on that plan; hand entry is how the $19 shop starts. Still building: your own books answered in plain words, buying a shipping label inside the app, and a best-customers report. MadeKeeper does not send marketing email to your buyers and is not going to: every maker here sends from one shared reputation, and a quote that has to arrive matters more than a mailing list. Nothing above is dressed up as done when it is not. See the full live-vs-building list →
Questions pet treat and gear makers ask
How does MadeKeeper handle dehydrator yield?
The batch recipe is input-to-output: pounds in, bags out. Cost per bag reflects the real shrink, so high-yield and low-yield proteins price themselves correctly.
Can I track best-by dates?
Yes — every batch carries its dates, and your sellable stock sorts fresh-first. Close-dated bags can move to a discount tier before they expire on the table.
What about the guaranteed analysis and labeling side?
MadeKeeper keeps your batch and ingredient records organized — the raw material for whatever your state's feed program asks of your labels. The program's requirements themselves stay yours to check.
How do size runs work?
One design, a size matrix, per-size counts. When the fall plaid drops, you'll see within a weekend that M and L carry the collection — and cut the winter prints accordingly.
Snaps versus ties — does it matter to the books?
Only as materials: snap sets per-100 versus nothing extra for ties. Cost both styles honestly and you may find the tie-on's simpler build is quietly your better margin.
Can I sell treats at the same table?
Yes — treats run as batches with best-by dates under the same roof (they usually carry state feed-program paperwork, which MadeKeeper's records help organize). One booth, two product lines, one ledger.
Ready to see your real numbers?
The app is live. $19/mo, kept for as long as you stay.