How much can you earn hosting a workshop? A worked example
What a workshop earns is seats sold × price, minus the booking fee and your costs. As a worked example, 10 guests at ₹1,500 is ₹15,000 in bookings; after PlanKnit's 5.5% fee plus GST and 0.1% TDS, ₹14,011.50 reaches the host, and the host's own costs (materials, venue, food) come out of that.
The worked example
Example only, not a promise of earnings: a pottery workshop with 10 seats at ₹1,500 per person, all 10 sold.
Bookings: 10 × ₹1,500 = ₹15,000.
PlanKnit fee: 5.5% of ₹15,000 is ₹825, plus 18% GST on the fee (₹148.50) = ₹973.50. TDS of 0.1% (₹15) is deducted and shows in your tax records.
Paid to the host: ₹14,011.50. Guests pay a small convenience fee on top of your price, so it doesn't come out of your share.
Then subtract your own costs. If clay, firing and tea cost ₹300 a guest (₹3,000) and the studio costs ₹4,000 for the evening, ₹7,011.50 is left as profit for one session.
Find your break-even
Fixed costs are what you pay whatever happens (studio rent, travel). Costs per guest grow with each seat (materials, food).
Break-even seats = fixed costs ÷ (what you receive per seat − cost per guest). In the example: ₹4,000 ÷ (₹1,401.15 − ₹300) ≈ 3.6, so the fourth guest puts the session in profit.
PlanKnit's pricing editor has an earnings calculator that does this for your own numbers.
Ways to earn more per session
Run the same workshop again: the page, photos and reviews are already done.
Add a second date as soon as one is nearly full.
Offer an advanced class to past guests.
Keep groups small enough to deliver well; reviews sell the next date.
Questions
Does the fee apply to free workshops?
No. PlanKnit charges nothing on free events, cancelled bookings or unpaid bookings.
Is the fee taken from my price or added for the guest?
PlanKnit's 5.5% plus GST comes out of the booking amount you receive. Guests pay a separate convenience fee on top of your price.
What price should I set?
Start from your costs and break-even, then compare with similar workshops in your city. Price for the group size you can deliver well.