BoothReady

No. The website only sends you the page. Everything you enter stays on your own computer: in the folder you picked with Open folder, or in this browser if you never picked one. The line under the BoothReady title always says which. Nobody else can see it, and there is no account or subscription.

Almost always, the page has just lost track of your folder. Your files are fine. Look at the line under the BoothReady title:

• "Saved in this browser only": click Open folder… and pick the folder that has data.json in it.
• A yellow bar with Open it: click it. Browsers ask for permission again after a restart.

Please don't start typing your designs in again. Also check you're in the browser you usually use: Chrome and Edge each remember the folder separately.

No. On the Designs tab, click Import…. You can:

• Pick a file: Excel (.xlsx) or CSV. If you use fiveanddime, download your product sheet from Google Sheets (File, Download, Microsoft Excel) and pick that.
• Paste rows copied from any spreadsheet, including the heading row.
• Starting from nothing? Download a blank template from the Import window, fill it in, and pick it.

All you need is a column of names. BoothReady matches your columns (SKU, price, category, wood and so on) and shows you what it found, so you can fix any it got wrong or set them to Ignore. Then choose a Start from design: anything your list leaves out, like wood, times and machine settings, is copied from it. Tick the ones you want and click Import.

It never changes designs you already have, and only reads your file. It skips names and SKUs already in BoothReady, and rows repeated in your list, and tells you how many. A cost column goes in each design's Notes, so it's never counted twice in COGS. A wood that isn't in Settings yet gets added at $0, and you'll be reminded to give it a price.

Name each photo with its SKU or design name (COA02.jpg or Moon Coaster.jpg). On the Designs tab, click Add photos… and pick them all at once (Ctrl+A in the folder). Each goes on its matching design, and you'll see a list of any that didn't match. Designs that already have a photo are left alone, so it's safe to run again.

+ Add several on the Designs tab: type the names one per line, pick a design to copy wood, times and settings from, and optionally a first SKU to number from. Then the List view lets you fill in prices and details row by row.

For privacy, browsers never tell a website where a folder is on your computer, only its name. So BoothReady knows your folder is called "data" but not that it's in Documents. Pasting the location is optional; it just lets the top bar show you exactly where your work is saved. Use change path next to it if you move the folder.

No. Every change saves right away, including each + on a card. The Save button in a design only closes it with your changes kept.

Copy your BoothReady folder (data.json and the photos folder) like any other folder. On a new computer, put the folder there, open this page, click Open folder… and pick it.

Saving to a folder needs Chrome or Edge on a computer. Other browsers and phones work too, but save in the browser only, so use them for looking more than for keeping your only copy.

Your time (finishing + any extra work + packaging) at your hourly rate, plus laser time at the laser rate, plus wood and materials. Then an overhead buffer and a shop profit percent on top. All the rates and percents are in Settings. BoothReady shows the minimum; you choose the actual price, and it shows what that price earns per hour of your time.

Leftover bits usually end up in the scrap pile, so a design pays for the whole sheets its usual batch needs, split over the pieces. A show is figured differently, because you can mix designs on a sheet: it adds up the parts of sheets and rounds up once per wood.

COGS (cost of goods sold) is what goes into the piece: wood and materials. For a sole owner, your own time is not a cost of goods; it's your profit. That's the number your bookkeeping or POS wants. Each design shows it with a copy button.

Per piece. If one cut file makes 2 and takes 12 minutes, enter 6 and set Pieces from one cut to 2. BoothReady shows "file makes 2: 12 min" where it helps.

Same work, two views. The Board shows pictures, so you can see what's left at a glance and pick what suits your mood. The Cut list groups what's left by wood, with cut files and machine settings, and prints neatly to take to the laser.

Export to Excel makes a spreadsheet of your designs and shows. It's a copy for looking at or sharing. Your real data stays in BoothReady. The export can also be brought back in with Import…, with every design detail intact (designs only: not shows or photos).