Market Event Management Software

SmartGig helps market organisers run the admin around street food events, makers markets, seasonal markets, council markets and community events without living inside spreadsheets.

Applications, stallholder records, documents, payments, pitch needs, site planning and arrival state stay connected from first form to final check-in.

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Market operations

Stallholders, compliance, pitches and arrival

SmartGig market event management visual showing stallholder applications, compliance checks, pitch status and arrival check-in

Built for trader-led markets

Markets need fast applicant review, clean trader lists and clear event-day answers. SmartGig keeps the trader story together instead of splitting it between a form export, an inbox and a payment note.

  • Collect stallholder, caterer, exhibitor, charity, supplier and maker applications online.
  • Track category, pitch size, power, vehicle, date choice and special requirement detail.
  • Reuse participant records across recurring market dates and seasonal events.

Market organiser software, not just a booking list

Market organiser software should show who applied, who is approved, who has paid, what evidence is missing, where they fit on site and who has arrived. SmartGig keeps those answers close together.

  • Use one workflow for stallholder applications, trader records, fees, compliance, messages and arrival state.
  • Support recurring markets and repeat stallholders without rebuilding the same records every date.
  • Keep finance, compliance, site and gate teams working from current market data.

Keep compliance and payments visible

Market readiness usually depends on small details being complete before the first van turns up. SmartGig shows what is paid, approved, missing or waiting for review.

  • Collect insurance, food hygiene, risk assessment, method statement and trading licence uploads.
  • Review missing, expiring, approved and rejected documents from the trader record.
  • Connect fees, add-ons, deposits, invoices, Stripe payments, manual payments and balances.

Plan pitches and event-day arrivals

Once traders are approved, SmartGig keeps the details useful for layout, gates, site teams and the post-event tidy-up.

  • Link trader data into site planning where pitch size, power, frontage and category matter.
  • Use QR check-in and manual search so arrival teams can confirm who is on site.
  • Export current lists and reports without asking which spreadsheet is the real one.

Works for recurring and public events

Use SmartGig for recurring markets, one-off public events, local authority markets, food and drink events and mixed community programmes.

  • Clone and reuse good setup across repeated market dates.
  • Keep public portals and organiser dashboards connected.
  • Add ticketing, site plan or transport workflows when the market grows beyond trader intake.

Give different teams the market view they need

Market work crosses admin, finance, site, gate, compliance and organiser roles. SmartGig keeps the full record connected while letting each team work from the part they actually need.

  • Finance can see fees, invoices, balances, manual payments and card payments without chasing application reviewers.
  • Compliance reviewers can focus on document state, expiry dates and decisions.
  • Site teams can work from current trader records, pitch requirements and published site information.

Scale past the first tidy spreadsheet

The first market spreadsheet often looks fine. The problem arrives when you add repeat dates, returning traders, changing pitch requests, missing files, payment follow-up and a queue at arrival. SmartGig is for that stage.

  • Use one participant history across multiple markets instead of rebuilding records each time.
  • Keep application answers useful for pricing, compliance, site planning and communications.
  • Use reports and exports for the parts of the market that still need a file handover.

For street food, makers and council-run markets

SmartGig is a practical fit for markets where stallholders, caterers, charities, makers, exhibitors or suppliers need to be reviewed before the public-facing event starts.

  • Collect trading dates, product categories, pitch requirements, power needs, vehicle notes and custom questions.
  • Track deposits, balances, invoices, Stripe payments, manual payments and refunds beside the trader record.
  • Use check-in, exports and reports when site teams need a current list.

Keep exploring the connected bits.

SmartGig works best when the workflows around the event talk to each other. Wild concept. Quite useful.

See SmartGig with your own event in mind.

Bring the messy version: the application process, ticket flow, site plan, route sheet, stage schedule, or spreadsheet you would rather stop nursing back to life.