The agency commission is fundamentally the revenue model of a modeling agency. In general, modeling agencies receive performance-based compensation when they successfully place a model with a client. The agency commission is therefore a portion of the total fee for jobs booked through the agency. It also represents the value of the comprehensive services provided by the agency. In addition to talent development, networking, and marketing, this particularly includes professional project management, which involves client consulting, capturing requirements, contract creation, and billing. The agency commission is usually agreed upon in the management contract with the model and presented to the client in the order confirmation. The agency fee is legally negotiable. In practice, agency commissions between 20% and 30% have become standard.

An example calculation:

The model fee is €1,000.00. With a commission agreement of 25%, the model pays €250.00 in agency commission. In practice, this amount is usually deducted directly from the model fee, so the model receives a payout of €750.00.