Compensation for Classes/Events

For businesses that offer classes and events, you have the ability to set up staff compensation payable based on classes and/or attendance. The compensation structure can be set up as straight commission, tiered commission by revenue, tiered commission by attendees, or tiered commission by sessions

In this article, we will review how to set up compensation for classes and how each is calculated.   

Things to know: 

• The commission is calculated only for checked-in or paid attendees for a class session.
• The rate can be either a percentage of the class revenue or a fixed dollar amount.
• Straight Commission: Pay staff a straight percentage or flat commission per checked-in or paid attendee in a session.
• Tiered Commission by Revenue: The commission is calculated on the total revenue earned from all checked-in or paid attendees in a session. It can be based on the entire class revenue generated in the period or just the amount above the tier. You can set the base rate that the commission is paid for the first tier and then add as many tiers as you like.
  • All Revenue Earned: Applies only one tier, the one that matches the overall revenue. The commission will be calculated as total revenue x tier %.
  • Amount Above Earned: Applies an incremental commission for each revenue threshold achieved. The commission will be calculated as revenue minus tier threshold x tier percentage.  
• Tiered Commission by Attendees: The commission is calculated based on the number of checked-in or paid attendees in a class session per pay cycle. You can set the base rate that the commission is paid on for the first tier and then add as many tiers as you like.
• Tiered Commission by Sessions: The commission is calculated based on the number of class sessions conducted per pay cycle. You can set the base rate that the commission is paid on for the first tier and then add as many tiers as you like.
• If the attendee has a membership where the class is free, the commission can be based on the regular class price or on the internal price set on the membership configuration interface.

Content:

• Setup Commission
• Straight Commission
• Tiered Commission by Revenue: All Revenue Earned
• Tiered Commission by Revenue: Amount Above Earned
• Tiered Commission by Attendees
• Tiered Commission by Sessions

Setup Commission

To set up compensation for classes:

1. Navigate to Business Setup > Staff & Availability
2. Select the desired staff member
3. Scroll down to the Compensation Reporting > Classes Commission section 

We will now look at how the commission is calculated for all options.

Straight Commission

Setup:  

Staff Member: Alexis

Commission structure: 20% per attendee

# of Attendees - 3

# of Attendees checked in or paid for their session: 2

Revenue per attendee: $60 

Total commission for Alexis for the period will be:

Checked-in Attendee: $60 x 0.2 = $12

Paid Attendee: $60 x 0.2 = $12

Total commission: $24

Tiered Commission by Revenue: All Revenue Earned

Setup:  

Staff Member: Grace 

Commission Tiers:

Above $0  per pay cycle, pay 25% of the revenue earned

Above $200 per pay cycle, pay 30% of the revenue earned

Above $300 per pay cycle, pay 35% of the revenue earned

# of Attendees - 5

Revenue per attendee: $60 

Total class revenue: $60 x 5 = $300

Total commission for Grace for the period will be:

$300 x 0.35 = $105

Tiered Commission by Revenue: Amount Above Earned

Setup:

Pay Cycle: Weekly

Staff Member: Lewis

Commission Tiers:

Above $0  per pay cycle, pay 25% of the revenue earned

Above $200 per pay cycle, pay 30% of the revenue earned

Above $300 per pay cycle, pay 35% of the revenue earned

# of Attendees - 5

Revenue per attendee: $60 

Total class revenue - $60 x 5 = $300

The total commission for Lewis for the period will be:

1st tier: $200 x 0.25 = $50

2nd tier: $100 x 0.3 = $30

Total commission: $50 + $30 = $80

Tiered Commission by Attendees

Setup:  

Staff Member: Jennifer

Commission Tiers:

Above 2 attendees  per pay cycle, pay 25% of the class revenue 

Above 4 attendees per pay cycle, pay 30% of the class revenue 

Above 10 attendees per pay cycle, pay 35% of the class revenue 

# of Attendees: 3

Revenue per attendee: $60 

Total class revenue - $60 x 3 = $180

Total commission: $180 x 0.25 = $45

Tiered Commission by Sessions

Setup:  

Staff Member: Alicia

Commission Tiers:

Above 2 class sessions  per pay cycle, pay 25% of the class revenue 

Above 5 class sessions per pay cycle, pay 30% of the class revenue 

Above 8 class sessions per pay cycle, pay 35% of the class revenue 

# of Class sessions: 2

Number of attendees: 4 (2 per session)

Revenue per attendee: $60 

Session 1 - $60 x 2 = $120

Session 2 - $60 x 2 = $120

Total class revenue: $240

Total commission: $240 x 0.25 = $60

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