How your profit is worked out

giggd works everything out from your point of view: what you take home and what you spent.

Just me gigs

Figure	How it’s worked out
Expected profit	Your fee + additional income − your expenses
Actual profit	What you received − your expenses

Example: $500 fee, $60 fuel = $440 expected profit.

Whole band gigs

For band gigs, expenses are either personal (yours alone) or shared (split between the band).

For each shared expense:

• your share = the expense ÷ the number of people
• if you paid more than your share, the difference is owed back to you
• if you paid less than your share, the difference comes off the gig total before the split

Worked example

Band total $1,000, split between 4. Expenses:

• Fuel $100, shared. You paid all $100.
• Accommodation $200, shared. The band paid it from the fee, so you paid $0.
• Your own dinner $20, personal.

Payment card row	Amount	Why
Main band payment (4 people)	$1,000.00
Your share of total pay	$250.00	$1,000 ÷ 4
Your share of shared costs (off the total)	−$50.00	Your quarter of the $200 accommodation
Reimbursement owed back to you	+$75.00	You paid $100 fuel; your share was $25
Your expected take	$275.00	What should land in your hand
Expected profit (after your costs)	$155.00	$275 − the $120 you paid out (fuel $100 + dinner $20)

The Expenses card totals show Total recorded $320.00, You’ve paid out of pocket $120.00, Your share coming off the gig total $50.00 and Owed back to you $75.00.

If you’re then paid $260, giggd shows Actual profit $140.00 and You were paid $15.00 less than agreed.

Dashboard figures

Figure	Meaning
Received	Total actually received.
Profit	Actual profit on paid gigs, after expenses.
avg per gig	Average expected take.
margin	Average profit as a share of what you received.
on stage	Profit per hour on stage, from Set length.

Select View insights for plain-English takeaways, such as how much of every $100 is yours after expenses, and your biggest cost.