Craft Vendors on Wave pay $16/month — $192/year. Over three years, that's $644. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 17.4 months. The median craft vendor earns $25,000/year, so Wave's annual cost is roughly 0.8% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $644 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
See the full history of Wave price changes in the SaaS Graveyard →
You're not the only one who's had enough.
Craft Vendors face unique challenges: Tracking profit per item when material costs vary by batch. Square processing fees on low-margin handmade items. Managing inventory across craft fairs, online shops, and consignment. Booth fees and travel costs eating into already thin margins. On top of all that, Wave charges $16/month ($192/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median craft vendor earns $25,000/year. Software at $192/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Display setup (tables, racks, signage) is yours. You bought it once. Nexa works the same way — $279 once for invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, and full accounting. All connected. All offline-capable. You own it like you own your tools.
Wave is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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Your exact Wave cost, full stack total, and what switching saves. 10 seconds.
| Feature | Wave | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $16/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $644 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most craft vendors are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Settings → Data Export. Download customers, invoices, transactions, and accounts.
15-minute setup. Import your client list and chart of accounts from CSV.
Run both for 1-2 weeks. Verify bank connections and recurring invoices work.
Cancel paid features. Your free account data stays accessible for records.
You're at a craft fair from 8am to 5pm. You paid $150 for the booth, drove an hour to get here, and loaded your car with $2,000 in handmade jewelry. By 3pm you've sold $450 — Square took $12 in fees. Your material costs for those items was roughly $120, booth was $150, gas was $30. You think you made $138 but you're not sure because you don't track per-item costs. By the end of the season you have no idea which items or which fairs are actually profitable.
Real craft vendors near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a craft vendor? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every craft vendor on Nexa →
For solo operators and small teams (1-5), yes. Nexa includes invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, task management, and full accounting. Wave may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. Wave is $16/month — that's $644 over 3 years. Which is more? And if you'd rather split it, Nexa is also available as 3 payments of $99.
Yes. Nexa is $279 as a one-time payment, or 3 payments of $99 ($297 total). Either way it's a one-time purchase — no subscription, no recurring fees ever.
30-day money-back guarantee. Full refund. If Nexa doesn't save you $500 in year one, you get every penny back.
Export your data from Wave as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $2,352/year on software — and craft vendor face their own version of that math. IL state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Aurora metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Craft Vendors run into with Wave, and what Nexa does instead.
If you want to compare notes or see how other craft vendors are running their tools, here's where the conversation happens.
$644 over 3 years. Or $279 once (or 3 × $99). Own your tools.
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