Building a commission structure

A commission decides exactly what each admission pays. This article walks through building one for admissions and tickets, the standard promoter deal, and covers VIP commissions at the end.

Creating a commission

Create a New Commission and choose who it's for: a Promoter, earning a base rate per admission plus bonuses, or a Host, earning on their crew. Give it a name and description, like Standard, Premium or VIP, and optionally set it as default so new promoters are assigned it automatically.

Then choose what it pays on: Admissions & Tickets, or VIP Services.

Setting your base rate

The base rate is what each admission earns. Enter a flat rate per admission, or add tiers so the rate changes with performance, like $1 per admission rising to $2 at 100 admissions.

With tiers, you choose how they pay:

• Volume based: reaching a tier pays that rate on all admissions. Hit 100 and every admission, including the first 99, pays the higher rate. Big target energy: one number to chase, and crossing it lifts the whole night

• Tiered: each admission is paid by the bracket it falls into. Admissions 1 to 99 pay the first rate, 100 onwards pay the next. Steady and predictable, with no cliff moments

Controlling what counts

Three settings shape when and what the commission pays:

• Minimum to earn: the promoter must reach this many admissions before earning anything at all, base and bonuses included. Leave it at 0 for no minimum

• Applies to: pay on free and paid admissions, free only, or paid only. Paid only is how you make commissions chase revenue rather than door count

• Requires Promoter Check-In: the promoter must be admitted at the door themselves before earning any commission. Your promoters show up to the night they're being paid to fill

Adding bonuses

Bonuses pay extra on top of the base rate when the admitted guest matches conditions you set. Name the bonus, set the extra amount per admission, and build the conditions, with quick templates for the common ones: Contact Captured, Admission Time and Age. Each bonus shows a plain-language logic summary as you build, so you can sanity-check the rules before saving.

If an admission qualifies for more than one bonus, only the highest-paying one applies. Bonuses never stack, so your cost per admission always has a known ceiling: base rate plus your biggest bonus.

VIP commissions

For VIP Services commissions, pick the booth and birthday packages the commission covers, then choose the payout model: a set rate per booth, or a percentage of the booth total. This is how your promoters earn on booth sales, not just the door. See the Booths collection for package setup.