{"product_id":"the-money-tools","title":"The Money Tools","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJust want to know what the gig paid?\u003c\/strong\u003e Five calculators and nothing else, for anyone who wants the maths without the guesswork, including the number most people in music put off working out until the money has already gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe five tools\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStreaming royalties.\u003c\/strong\u003e What your streams pay across the platforms, with Spotify's 1,000-stream floor built in.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAd returns.\u003c\/strong\u003e What a spend brought back, and what it would need to break even.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGig break-even.\u003c\/strong\u003e How many tickets the night has to sell.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMerch margins.\u003c\/strong\u003e What a shirt makes once the shirt is paid for.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Gig P\u0026amp;L.\u003c\/strong\u003e What one show paid, once everything is in. Its own file, so you can keep one per show.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat comes with every edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo files, five tools. Every rate is a cell you edit, checked against the market in 2026 rather than recycled from an old blog post.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIs this you yet\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe whole money layer already sits inside The Manager \u0026amp; Label and The Lot, so take this if you want the maths on its own. There's no worked example and no companion; these are working tabs only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReal spreadsheet formulas, not a pretty database.\u003c\/strong\u003e Change one number and the rest answers back. Works in Excel, Google Sheets and Apple Numbers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWill you use it?\u003c\/strong\u003e It's built for the first twenty minutes. Open it, fill in the light grey cells on four tabs, then look up. Every workbook comes with a worked example filled in end to end, so you're never starting from a blank page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePicked the wrong edition?\u003c\/strong\u003e We swap it free, whenever you notice. Changed your mind? Full refund within 14 days, no interrogation. Or buy up any time and pay only the difference, because your downloads page credits what you already paid. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/refunds\"\u003eRefunds, plainly\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKept current.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rates and references get re-checked through the year, and your link always serves the latest version.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne purchase covers your team: you, the artists you work with, and the people inside your projects. Copy it per campaign and per artist. Don't resell it or post it publicly; it's priced so you don't have to.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eQuestions people ask\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's not in it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe plan. No campaign calendar, no content planner, no pitching. If you want the plan around the maths, The Artist runs the whole campaign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIsn't this just a template?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA template is blank and passive. This carries a worked example and a sample project, so you see normal numbers before you type your own, and the notes explain why each one matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo I need to be a marketer?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo. The writing is plain English and it teaches the few terms worth knowing as you go. 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