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# Multi-Party Splits

> Configure how revenue is divided between artists, venues, and other parties.

**Multi-Party Splits** handle the financial division of merch revenue between different parties — typically the artist (or their entity) and the venue. Fanhaven automates this at the event level so you don't have to reconcile manually.

## How splits work

When a sale happens at an event with payment splits configured:

1. The full payment is collected through Stripe
2. Fanhaven calculates each party's share based on the split configuration
3. Funds are routed accordingly — artist's share to their account, venue's share to the venue account (if connected)

## Split types

### Simple split

A single percentage applied to all merch sales at an event.

**Example:** 85% artist / 15% venue on all sales

### Advanced split

Different percentages for different product categories:

| Category                              | Artist share | Venue share |
| ------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- |
| **Hard goods** (apparel, accessories) | 85%          | 15%         |
| **Soft goods** (posters, stickers)    | 90%          | 10%         |

<Tip>Advanced splits are common at major venues where the venue takes a different cut depending on the product category. Always negotiate these terms before the show.</Tip>

## Configuring splits

### Per-event configuration

<Steps>
  ### Go to the event settings

  Navigate to your event and open the settings.

  ### Set up payment splits

  Choose simple or advanced, then enter the percentages for each party.

  ### Connect the venue account (optional)

  If the venue has a Stripe account, connect it so their share is routed directly. Otherwise, you'll settle with the venue manually.
</Steps>

### Tour-level defaults

You can set **default split percentages** at the tour level. Individual events inherit these defaults but can override them — useful when most events have the same deal but a few have special terms.

## Tip splits

Tips are handled separately from merch revenue. Configure tip splits to determine how tips are divided:

* **Artist share** — Percentage going to the artist entity
* **Staff share** — Percentage going to the merch staff working the booth

## Viewing split data

From **Finance → Splits**, you can see:

* Split configurations for each event
* Calculated amounts per party after each event
* Settlement status — whether each party has been paid

## Settlements

After an event, the split data feeds into the **settlement** process. See [Settlements](/finance/settlements) for details on how final event settlements work.