Items: Commission tab
Let an item earn commission for the staff who sell it. A rate for each staff category, as a percent or an amount per unit, counted on the price after or before discount.
On this page
Staff can earn commission on what they sell: a waiter on each bottle of wine, a promoter on each set. The Commission tab says whether this item earns it, and how much, for each staff category.
Commission is paid only when every step says yes: the item earns it, a staff member is on the bill's line, and that person's category has a rate here. Leave any step out and nothing is paid.
Before you start
- You need Items, Edit in your back office access group.
- The staff categories must exist (General Setup, Staff, Staff Categories), and each staff member must be in one (Staff Master).
- At the POS, the line must name who served it. The POS asks for items marked Required Staff (General tab) when its terminal setting says so. See Who served, and sold by.
Open the tab
- In the menu, under MASTERS, click Menu, then Items.
- Click the item's code.
- Click the Commission tab.
The tab, part by part
Edit House Red Wine (bottle)
📝 General🧾 Tax & charges💰 Pricing🍳 Kitchen🧩 Modifiers🤝 Commission1🥕 Ingredients
✓This item earns commission2
Commission is opt-in at every step: without this flag, without a staff member on the line, or without a rate for their category, nothing is paid.3
| Staff category4 | Type5 | Value6 | Based on7 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☑ WAIT — Waiters | Percent ▾ | 5 | Net (after discount) ▾ |
| ☑ PROMO — Promoters | Amount per unit ▾ | 8.00 | Net (after discount) ▾ |
| ☐ KIT — Kitchen | Percent ▾ | Net (after discount) ▾ |
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- Commission: the item's commission tab.
- This item earns commission: the first step. Unticked, the item earns nothing and the table is hidden. On the Items list, a ticked item shows Comm among its flags.
- The rule: commission needs this tick, a staff member on the line, and a rate for that person's category.
- Staff category: one row per category. Tick a category to give it a rate; an unticked one earns nothing on this item, and its boxes are grey.
- Type: Percent of the line's price, or Amount per unit, a fixed sum for each one sold.
- Value: the percent (5 is 5%) or the amount (8.00 for each bottle).
- Based on: for a percent only. Net (after discount): the percent of what the guest paid for the line. Gross (before discount): the percent of the line's price before any discount. Grey for an amount per unit.
Give an item commission
- Tick This item earns commission. The table of staff categories appears.
- Tick each category that earns it, for example WAIT — Waiters. Its row starts at Percent, 0, Net (after discount).
- Choose the Type, and type the Value.
- For a percent, choose Based on.
- Click Save.
How it is counted
| Set as | The line | Commission |
|---|---|---|
| Percent 5, Net (after discount) | One bottle at 80.00, 10% off: 72.00 paid | 3.60 |
| Percent 5, Gross (before discount) | The same bottle, 80.00 before the discount | 4.00 |
| Amount per unit 8.00 | Two bottles | 16.00 |
- It is counted on paid bills, for the staff member on the line.
- A refund takes the commission back, from the refunded lines.
- The POS shows the cloud's figure; it never works one out itself.
See the totals in Reports, Staff Report, Commission. See Commission report.
Stop an item earning commission
- Untick This item earns commission, or untick one category only.
- Click Save.
From then on the item earns nothing. What was earned before stays in the report.