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<blockquote data-quote="Eric Cagle" data-source="post: 47818" data-attributes="member: 277">Re: Production cost rule of thumb on ticket sale ?I have never heard of anything like that. It is obvious the more people we have to cover the more speakers and power it takes but I have never thought of it on a &quot;per head&quot; basis. Interesting concept. I have done jobs where my pay has been a lower guarantee with a percentage of ticket sales on the back end. In that situation we take part of the risk but also get part of the gain if the event does well. I have done very well sometimes and not so well others. I at least try to get enough minimum to cover crew and fuel at worst case.In general I use the 5% version of your first method as a place to start. My Super Secret final calculation goes something like this: &quot;The maximum amount I can bid, still get the gig, be hired back for the next event, and still be profitable enough to do it. &quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eric Cagle, post: 47818, member: 277"] Re: Production cost rule of thumb on ticket sale ? I have never heard of anything like that. It is obvious the more people we have to cover the more speakers and power it takes but I have never thought of it on a "per head" basis. Interesting concept. I have done jobs where my pay has been a lower guarantee with a percentage of ticket sales on the back end. In that situation we take part of the risk but also get part of the gain if the event does well. I have done very well sometimes and not so well others. I at least try to get enough minimum to cover crew and fuel at worst case. In general I use the 5% version of your first method as a place to start. My Super Secret final calculation goes something like this: "The maximum amount I can bid, still get the gig, be hired back for the next event, and still be profitable enough to do it. " [/QUOTE]

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