Progressive Commission Structure for Orders in USD, GBP, CAD, NZD, and AUD
We’re excited to introduce commission percentage adjustments that create a fairer structure for artists invoicing in USD, GBP, CAD, NZD, and AUD. This new system ensures that as artists grow their businesses, they retain a larger share of their earnings while still benefiting from Book An Artist’s platform.
The structure follows a tiered approach, where different commission rates apply to each portion of the invoice, similar to how tax brackets work. This means that as an invoice amount crosses higher thresholds, the commission percentage decreases—ensuring fairer fees for large projects.
Additionally, artists can continue working with the same clients in future projects while benefiting from lower commission rates over time, making it easier to bring repeat business through the platform.
Important Note:
These commission reductions apply at the order level rather than across multiple projects.
This means that only invoices exceeding $10,000 USD (or equivalent) in total project value with a single client will see the reduced commission rates.
Why a Progressive Commission Structure?
Book An Artist has introduced this system to ease the financial burden on artists, especially for larger projects where material, logistics, and equipment costs can be substantial. By lowering commission percentages at higher tiers, we ensure that artists can cover their operational expenses while still maximizing their profits.
Standard Progressive Commission Rates
For USD, GBP, and CAD Invoices
Invoice Amount | Commission % |
$0 - $10,000 | 20% |
$10,001 - $15,000 | 15% |
$15,001 - $20,000 | 10% |
Above $20,000 | 5% |
📌 Example for a $25,000 USD Project
First $10,000 → 20% → $2,000
Next $5,000 → 15% → $750
Next $5,000 → 10% → $500
Remaining $5,000 → 5% → $250
Total Commission: $3,500 USD (14% effective rate)
For GBP Invoices
Invoice Amount | Commission % |
£0 - £15,000 | 20% |
£15,001 - £20,000 | 15% |
£20,001 - £25,000 | 10% |
Above £25,000 | 5% |
📌 Example for a £40,000 Project
First £15,000 → 20% → £3,000
Next £5,000 → 15% → £750
Next £5,000 → 10% → £500
Remaining £15,000 → 5% → £750
Total Commission: £5,000
What If an Artist Wants a Commission-Free Portion for Materials & Equipment?
If an artist prefers to exclude reasonable material and equipment costs from the total value before commission is applied, this can only be done via:
Support Chat
Speaking to a Book An Artist admin
Important Conditions:
The above reduced commission structure will not apply if material and equipment costs are separated.
Instead, Book An Artist will charge a flat 20% commission on the remaining balance after reasonable materials/equipment costs are deducted—just like any other standard project.
The materials and logistics must be reasonable and will be reviewed by our team.
📌 Example Scenario (NZD $50,000 Project):
Total project value: $50,000
Material and logistics costs deducted: $15,000 (approved by admin)
Remaining balance for commission: $35,000
Commission charged: 20% of $35,000 = $7,000
This system ensures that artists are fairly compensated while maintaining transparency.
Final Takeaways
Lower commission on large jobs is designed to help artists cover their material and logistics costs without needing to break them down.
If an artist chooses to exclude material and equipment costs, they must speak to support, and a flat 20% fee will apply on the remaining balance after deducting reasonable expenses.
This system keeps pricing transparent while ensuring that both artists and Book An Artist benefit from high-value projects.
If you have any questions or need to adjust a project's commission structure, reach out to our support team for assistance.
New Deposit Structure
These changes will go live from 16th September, 2024 for all new Offers(i.e Invoices/Quotes), any offers before 16th September, 2024 will not be affected.
New Artist - First 2 Projects
If you are a new artist on the platform who has yet to complete a project on Book An Artist, the full payment will be held and will be released upon project completion for first 2 projects.
Existing Artist
For all project categories, the following table outlines how the deposit is split between BAA Payout and the Artist Payout. Depending on the deposit % requested by the artist, the deposit payment is paid out to the Artist and Book An Artist as per the below table.
This only applies if the Customer chooses to release the deposit. They can also hold these funds on their end.
Note: In all these cases, BAA commission remains 20%, there is no change to that. The table only shows how the payout will change.
Deposit % of the Total Value Paid by the Client | Artists Payout % | BAA Payout % |
5% | 2.5% | 2.5% |
10% | 5% | 5% |
15% | 7.5% | 7.5% |
20% | 10% | 10% |
25% | 12.5% | 12.5% |
30% | 15% | 15% |
32% | 16% | 16% |
35% | 17.5% | 17.5% |
40% | 20% | 20% |
43% | 23% | 20% |
45% | 25% | 20% |
50% | 30% | 20% |
55% | 35% | 20% |
60% | 40% | 20% |
65% | 45% | 20% |
70% | 50% | 20% |
75% | 55% | 20% |
(For example: For a Project with a total invoice of $2000, which has been divided as:
Deposit - $800
Remaining payment - $1200
Here in example as you can see the deposit being $800 which is 40% of the total invoice amount($2000).
On comparing to the above table -
40% means that you would be getting 20% of $2000 which is $400
and our commission would be 20% of $2000 which is $400)
For Artists located in Dubai, India, Japan, Nigeria, Ukraine and South Africa the full amount will be held in escrow and released upon order completion.
Need help? Contact the support team via your artist panel by clicking on the support button.