Promoter pay
Door split calculator.
Enter the door, the costs that come off first and the venue share. See the promoter share both ways: after costs and on gross.
Promoter share = (1 - venue share) x (door - costs). A $3,000.00 door, $600.00 of costs and a 70% venue share leaves $2,400.00 to split and a promoter share of $720.00.
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Result
Worked example
The door takes $3,000.00. Door staff and security cost $600.00, taken off before the split. The pool is $2,400.00. The venue keeps 70% = $1,680.00 and the promoter keeps 30% = $720.00, which is 24% of the door and $6.00 per paying guest across 120 guests. Splitting the gross instead would give the promoter $900.00, which is only fair to compare if the costs fall on the venue in that version of the deal.
How the calculation works
Net door = door takings - costs, never below zero. Promoter share = (1 - venue share) x net door. On the gross toggle, the pool is the whole door and the costs you entered are not shared; they stay with whoever pays them under your deal. Effective share = promoter share / door takings. Per guest = promoter share / paying guests.
Gross or after costs
Which costs come off, who approves them and when they are proven are the details that move this number. A split after unspecified costs can shrink the pool without anyone changing the percentage. Ask for a costs list, a cap or a fixed deduction in writing. The commission explainer covers gross versus net more generally.
Edge cases
If costs are higher than the door, the pool is floored at $0, the promoter share is $0 and a warning appears. The page does not assume costs carry over to the next night or are charged back to anyone; your deal decides. A venue share above 100% is capped at 100%. Zero door takings returns a prompt.
What this does not cover
This page does not cover: minimum payments owed regardless of the door, bar splits, table or bottle-service splits, sponsorship income, tax collected at the door, card fees, comps and guest-list entries that did not pay. It also does not tell you what a fair rate is, what any venue or platform actually pays, or what your results will be. Results vary night to night and deal to deal, and the model only does arithmetic on the assumptions you enter.
Everything runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent or stored.
Sources
Retrieved October 2026. All rates, show rates, percentages, tiers and splits on this page are numbers you type in from your own deal; none comes from a source below.
- Ticket Fairy, promoter and affiliate commission calculator: a ticketing vendor's page, cited only for the common ways commission is structured (flat percentage, flat fee per ticket, percentage plus per-ticket bonus). Its figures are not used here.
- Fourvenues blog on promoter guest-list data: a nightlife software vendor's argument that pay should follow verified check-ins rather than names submitted. A vendor view, not an industry standard.
- IRS: Independent contractor (self-employed) or employee?
- IRS Topic 554: Self-employment tax and About Form 1099-NEC
- Canada Revenue Agency: sole proprietorships and partnerships (for readers outside the US)
FAQ
How does a door split work?
The money collected at the door is divided between venue and promoter by an agreed percentage, usually after agreed costs are taken off.
Is the split on gross or net?
Either can appear in a deal. The calculator shows both so you can see the difference.
What if the costs are more than the door?
The pool is floored at zero here, with a warning. Whether the shortfall is carried or charged is a contract term this tool does not assume.
Is 70/30 normal?
The page uses 70% only as an example and does not claim any standard split.