Free tool
Commission & payout calculator
For antique malls, vendor malls and consignment shops. Work out what the dealer or consignor gets and what the shop keeps on a sale — commission or consignment split, listing fee, card fee and sales tax — then estimate a month of payouts with booth rent.
On this sale
| Customer pays | |
| of which sales tax | |
| of which card surcharge | |
| Mall keeps (after the card processor) | |
| Mall’s total cut |
A month for this dealer
| Sales | |
| Commission | |
| Listing-service fees | |
| Card fees | |
| Booth rent | |
| Payout to dealer |
Across the mall
With dealers like this one, the mall takes in about a month in commission, fees and rent.
AllAisles does this on every sale, automatically.
Set each dealer’s rate once. Every sale — at the register or online — splits itself, and each payout statement is ready when you are. Try it in the demo mall.
How mall commission and consignment splits work
An antique or vendor mall rents booths to independent dealers and runs one checkout for all of them. A consignment shop does the same thing without the booths: consignors bring items in and the shop sells them. Either way, every sale has to be split: the shop keeps its share, and the rest belongs to whoever owned the item. Most shops use some mix of these charges:
- Booth rent — a fixed monthly amount for the space, whether anything sells or not. Consignment shops usually charge none.
- Commission or consignment split — a percentage of each sale. Malls with low rent tend to charge more commission; consignment shops, with no rent, often keep 40–60%.
- Card fees — the card processor keeps a small percentage of card payments. The mall decides who bears it.
Some malls add a fourth: a listing-service fee on items the mall photographs and lists online for a dealer. Because it only applies to those items, dealers who list their own pay only the commission.
Worked example
A dealer sells a $100 item by card. The mall charges 15% commission and passes the 3% card fee to dealers:
| Amount | |
|---|---|
| Sale price | $100.00 |
| Mall commission (15%) | −$15.00 |
| Card fee (3%) | −$3.00 |
| Dealer gets | $82.00 |
If the mall had listed the item for the dealer with a 3% listing-service fee, the dealer would get $79.00. Sales tax (say 7%, or $7.00) is added to what the customer pays and goes to the state, not to the dealer.
Payout day
At the end of each period — weekly, every two weeks or monthly — the shop adds up each dealer’s or consignor’s sales, takes out commission, fees and (if it does) booth rent, and pays the rest. With dozens of dealers and hundreds of sales, that’s where most of a mall’s month-end goes, and where mistakes cause the most friction with dealers.
Questions
How is antique mall commission calculated?
Commission is a percentage of each item’s sale price that the mall keeps. On a $100 sale at 15% commission, the mall keeps $15 and the dealer gets $85, before any card fee or booth rent.
What is a typical antique mall commission?
It varies by mall and region. Many malls charge booth rent plus a commission somewhere around 10–20%; some charge more and little or no rent. There’s no single standard — compare what malls near you charge.
Who pays the credit card fee at an antique mall?
It’s the mall’s choice. Common options are passing it to the dealer (taken from their share of card sales), adding it to the customer’s total as a surcharge, or the mall absorbing it. Surcharge rules vary by state and card network, so check before charging customers.
How does a consignment split work?
A consignment shop keeps a percentage of each sale and pays the rest to the consignor. A 40/60 split means the shop keeps 40% and the consignor gets 60%. Enter the shop’s share as the commission and set booth rent to $0 — the calculator works the same way.
What is a typical consignment split?
It varies by shop and by what’s being sold. Splits from 40/60 to 60/40 are common, and some shops use a sliding scale by price. There’s no single standard — compare shops near you.
What is a listing-service fee?
Some malls photograph and list dealers’ items online for them, and charge an extra percentage on those items only — for example 15% commission plus 3% for mall-listed items, 18% in total. Items the dealer lists themselves pay only the commission.
Is sales tax part of the dealer’s share?
No. Sales tax is collected from the customer and remitted by the mall; it isn’t split with the dealer. This calculator shows it so you can see what the customer pays.
How does booth rent affect the payout?
If the mall takes rent out of payouts, the dealer’s payout is their net sales for the period minus rent. If sales are lower than rent, the dealer owes the difference.
This calculator is for estimates. Rounding is to the cent per sale, the way AllAisles calculates it. It isn’t tax or accounting advice.
Stop doing this math by hand.
AllAisles splits every sale at the moment it happens, so every payout statement is already worked out. See it with your own rates in a 30-minute walkthrough.