Everything in Dance Command is free: tickets, the door, your dancer list, messages, forms and booking your team. We charge one transaction fee when you sell something, and nothing else.
Start freeTransaction fee: 7.5% + $1 per sale: tickets, passes, merch, lessons, tips and team dues, online or in person.
Under $10, it is 10% with no fixed part, never under 50¢. On a $5.00 tip the fee is $0.50.
Pass the transaction fee on and the buyer pays it at checkout, so you keep your whole price. Or absorb it, or split it. The checkout, the receipt and your reports all show it the same way.
| You charge | Fee | Buyer pays | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| $20 ticket | $2.50 | $22.50 | $20.00 |
| $60 lesson | $5.50 | $60.00* | $54.50 |
Fee passed on. Absorbed instead, the $20 ticket costs the buyer $20.00 and you keep $17.50.
* A $60 lesson link takes the fee from the amount today, so the student pays $60.00 and you keep $54.50.
We want you to run everything here, so it's cheaper to pay your DJs, instructors and crew. Paying your people has a lower transaction fee: Bank 0.8% (max $5) · Card 2.9% + $0.30.
Paying someone $60.00: $0.48 by bank, $2.10 by card. They always receive the full $60.00.
Every night you publish goes on Dance Seekers, where dancers look for somewhere to go. No extra charge for any of it:
| Ticket | Eventbrite fees | Dance Command |
|---|---|---|
| $20.00 | $3.11–$3.18 | $2.50 |
| $60.00 | $5.75–$5.87 | $5.50 |
At $60.00 the gap is small, $0.25 to $0.37 a ticket. The difference is what the fee includes: your nights on Dance Seekers, the door, your dancer list and messages.
What the buyer pays in fees on one ticket. Eventbrite's figures are its US pricing as published at eventbrite.com/organizer/pricing, read September 26, 2026 (3.7% + $1.79 per ticket, plus 2.9% processing per order); the range depends on whether their per-order charge is taken on the ticket alone or on the whole order.
Charge your students on Dance Command and keep the record straight:
A lesson you charge for has a transaction fee of 7.5% + $1. Venmo charges sellers too: 2.99% on a personal profile paid for goods and services, 1.9% + 10¢ on a business profile, and it keeps that fee when you refund. Source: Venmo's fee page, read September 26, 2026.