For venues
A DJ is a cost. A draw is a return.
Bars, lounges, clubs and music rooms programming a weekly calendar. This page is the practical version: what a draw number means for a room your size, how to read a record without being fooled, and what to put in the booking so the night runs.
What a DJ actually costs you per head.
Talent cost only feels expensive in the abstract. Divided by the people who walked in, it usually isn’t. Totals below are the DJ’s fee plus the flat $7 and card processing — the DJ receives their full fee.
The expensive DJ is the cheap one who brought forty people.
How many people the night needs.
Pick a DJ fee and your average bar spend. You’ll see the headcount where the booking pays for itself — on drinks alone, before door or food.
The night pays for itself at
42 people
Margin is on drinks only. Your numbers beat ours — the point is the shape: a DJ with a real 200 draw clears most fees, and an unproven claim might not clear $300.
Not every number on a profile is worth the same.
Draw comes from three places and they are labelled. Knowing the difference is most of the skill in using this platform well.
Venue-confirmed
A booker in your position entered the count after the night. This is the strongest signal on the platform — the person who paid had no reason to inflate it.
Ticketing check-ins
QR scans at the door of a ticketed event. Hard to fake, but it counts people who bought a ticket — it can undercount a night with a big walk-up or guest list.
Self-reported
Entered by the DJ and labelled as such. Useful context, not evidence. Weigh it accordingly, and ask what it was based on.
What to look at
The rolling 90-day average, not a career best — it shows current form.
Consistency across several nights beats one big number.
Room size the draws came from. 250 in a 300-cap room is a different achievement from 250 at a festival.
What we exclude for you
Counts that were disputed never enter the average. Counts that were auto-confirmed because nobody entered anything are excluded too — silence doesn’t become evidence. You’re seeing a filtered number, not a raw one.
Specify these and the night runs itself.
Most night-of problems start with a detail nobody wrote down. The request covers the money. Agree these in the same thread.
The set
- Start and end time, and if it includes a warm-up
- Genres to play, and anything off-limits
- On the mic, or music only
- Who else is on the bill, and in what order
The room
- Load-in time, door and parking
- What sound you provide and what they bring — the most common night-of problem
- Booth gear: mixer, CDJs, table height
- Who to call after 10pm
The money
- The fee, agreed before they accept
- Travel or a hotel on top, if any
- A creative package, if you add one
Confirm the headcount
- Use the link we email you — it works for 7 days
- That number is what the next venue trusts
- Skip it and the night won’t count toward their draw
What you pay, and what protects you.
Your card is authorized when you request and charged when the DJ accepts. The money sits in escrow until the event completes — not with the DJ, and not spent by us.
- A flat $7 on your side; the DJ receives 100% of their fee
- Card processing passed through and shown as its own line
- More than 72 hours out — no cancellation penalty, though card processing already charged isn’t returned
- 2 to 72 hours — the DJ’s rate splits 50/50; the $7 fee and card processing aren’t refunded
- Inside 2 hours — cancellation is blocked; the room is committed
- If the DJ cancels late you are refunded in full and it is recorded against them
Four ways to agree a room, without a 3am argument.
Most room deals take one of four shapes. Soon you can post yours up front, so a promoter knows your terms before they ask.
The bar must clear the line
Bar minimum
The organizer keeps the door. The room is free if the bar hits an agreed number. If it comes up short, the organizer pays the gap.
Split by a percent you agree on
Door split
Ticket money is split by a percent you agree on.
One set price for the room
Flat rental
One set price for the room, no matter how the night goes. Easy to agree. The organizer takes the risk — and the upside.
A floor, then a share above it
Guarantee + split
The venue gets a set floor, plus a share of anything above it. Both sides get some safety and some upside.
Set once, then it runs
Both sides see the terms when the room is booked. The door count is the count.
Find out who actually fills your room.
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