A host-focused guide to setting one realistic day price, describing special conditions clearly and evaluating each production request before booking.
A location fee is what a production pays to use your space for photo or film work. It is usually thought of per shoot day and depends less on square meters than on how demanding and disruptive the shoot is for you. Start by asking what minimum amount makes blocking the location worthwhile. On SetScout you set exactly one day price for your listing; the actual booking amount is clarified in the inquiry through date, use and scope before contract and payment follow.
A small kitchen used by a two-person photo crew can be far less disruptive than a large office that closes for a full shoot day. For your internal calculation, note six factors: your minimum price for blocking the location, disruption or business downtime, logistics and crew size, shoot time plus prep and wrap, exclusivity and the agreed usage scope, and protection, cleaning and reset. This does not create an automatic tariff; it gives you an explainable basis for one fair day price.
Your SetScout listing has one day price, not a list of separately priced items. So set a day rate that covers typical use, and describe anything beyond that clearly in your description and house rules: what is included, how long a shoot day is, and what set-up, wrap, overtime, night work, extra cleaning, power, exclusivity or unusually broad usage mean. That way a production knows what to expect up front, and special conditions can be agreed in the actual booking inquiry rather than treated as a hidden surcharge.
Think of your day price as a starting point, not a final invoice. You set exactly one price that covers typical use; the actual booking amount then follows from the date, scope and special requirements of the specific inquiry. Listing is free; we only take a small commission once the booking is paid, and before any booking the Super Check verifies the standardized location contract and insurance. So you can price with confidence: you decide on every booking yourself and never have to discount just to make your inquiries visible.
There is no fixed rate - but there are ranges you can orient around. The values below are a rough market orientation and depend on the space, city, how rare the look is and the production's budget. Use them as a starting point and adjust for your actual disruption.
These ranges are market orientation, not a binding offer and not guaranteed earnings. You set your own day price; the actual booking amount is formed in each individual inquiry.
This article is economic orientation, not tax or legal advice. Whether invoicing, VAT, consumer price disclosure or private income apply depends on your situation - clarify tax and invoicing questions with qualified advisors before a price becomes binding.
Start from disruption: how much the shoot affects you, how much prep and wrap is involved and how sensitive your rooms are. Use the ranges above as rough orientation and adjust for type of use, duration, exclusivity and your city. You set exactly one day price in the listing.
No. Creating a listing and receiving inquiries is free. SetScout only earns when you earn, and a 15% commission applies once the booking is paid and you receive your payout.
Through your day price. You set exactly one day rate that covers typical use. Extras like longer shooting hours, additional cleaning or exclusivity are handled one of two ways: either you choose a higher day rate up front, or you agree them in the specific booking inquiry. Whatever you agree is recorded in the location contract before contract and payment run through SetScout - there are no separately priced line items.
Only when the booking is paid and you receive your payout, SetScout then keeps a 15% commission. Until then, listing and receiving inquiries is free. Before any booking the Super Check verifies the standardized location contract and insurance.
Listing is free. SetScout sends qualified inquiries, the Super Check verifies the standardized location contract and insurance before any booking, and we only earn when you earn, so we take a small 15% commission once the booking is paid and you receive your payout.
