Commission payroll that doesn't live in a spreadsheet anymore
Resident splits, guest artist house-cuts, booth rental — every studio runs commission differently. NoirHQ tracks each artist's actual agreed rate and calculates payout automatically, per session.
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What happens without this
- ✕A shared spreadsheet where it's easy to apply the wrong commission rate to the wrong artist
- ✕Guest artists on short residencies falling through the cracks of a system built for permanent staff only
- ✕No session-level audit trail, so payout disputes have nothing to point to
- ✕Manual end-of-month reconciliation eating hours that should go toward running the studio
- ✕An artist questioning their payout with no easy way to show them the session-by-session breakdown behind the number
- ✕Booth rental and percentage-split models mixed together with no clean way to track both structures at once
- ✕A guest artist's residency ending before payroll gets reconciled, turning a quick payout into a drawn-out back-and-forth
How guest artist payroll & commission splits works in NoirHQ
Per-artist commission rates
Set an individual rate for each artist — resident splits and guest house-cuts don't have to match.
Automatic calculation on session completion
The moment a session is marked complete, the commission split calculates automatically against that artist's rate.
Clean per-artist payout summary
Generate a line-item summary per artist, per pay period — ready to hand over as an actual pay slip.
Guest artist support
Guest and resident artists are both supported, so short-residency splits don't need a separate manual process.
Built for this, not adapted to it
- ✓Commission tracking that is tattoo-industry-specific — most general booking software has no concept of guest artist residencies or per-session house-cuts at all.
- ✓Automatic, session-level calculation removes the single biggest source of payout disputes: unclear records.
- ✓Per-artist rate flexibility means a studio doesn't have to force every artist into the same split structure.
Guest Artist Payroll & Commission Splits FAQ
Can different artists have different commission rates?
Yes. Each artist has an individually configurable commission rate — resident and guest artists can run completely different splits.
How is a guest artist's payout different from a resident's?
Guest artists are tracked the same way as residents but typically carry a different agreed rate for the duration of their residency — NoirHQ supports both without a separate manual system.
Does this generate a payout report I can actually use?
Yes — a per-artist, per-period summary is generated automatically based on completed sessions and each artist's configured rate.
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