Booth rental and antique malls

In short

In a booth rental shop or antique mall, dealers keep most of each sale and pay you rent. VendorDue takes the rent off each dealer's payout as a charge, and when a slow month doesn't cover it, shows what they owe you until it's paid.

The deal#

A dealer rents space from you, a booth or a shelf, and stocks it themselves. You run the till and take a small share of each sale, often 10%, and the dealer pays you rent every month. Most malls take the rent out of what they owe the dealer rather than asking for a separate payment.

That's two settings in VendorDue:

Your deal	In VendorDue
The dealer keeps 90% of each sale	Consignor rate: 90% of
$150.00 rent on the 1st of every month	Charge: Booth rent, $150.00, every month

If every dealer pays the same rent, add it once for every vendor: in Settings, then Vendors under Charges, press Add a charge, or answer Add a charge in Store setup. For a dealer on a different rent, open their Money tab and press Only them beside the charge: give them their own amount, or press Don't charge them. See Charges and bills.

A good month#

Quillfield Goods rents a booth at Fernhill Pottery. On 1 October, their rent is charged: VendorDue issues them a for $150.00, numbered like B-2026-0007, which they can read on their page. Their next payout takes it:

Quillfield Goods' payout Example

Sales, $680.00 revenue at 90%	$612.00
Booth rent	-$150.00
Paid to Quillfield Goods	$462.00

The bill then reads Taken from that payout, so you both see where the rent went.

A slow month#

In January, Quillfield Goods sells $80.00 of goods and earns $72.00. That doesn't cover the rent. Nothing lands for them on pay day, because a payout never goes below zero. Instead:

The bill stays Open, and Quillfield Goods appears under Owed to you in Payouts, then To pay, with how long it's been open.
The $72.00 they earned waits with it. Their next payout that covers the rent takes the bill, and pays them the rest.
Or they pay you the rent directly. Press Record money received on the bill, and say how they paid. Their $72.00 then joins their next payout as usual.

When a dealer leaves#

Set their agreement to end. Once it ends, their charges stop and no new bill is issued. Anything still open, a bill or money they earned, stays on their page until it's settled, and then they move to Archived by themselves. See Agreements.

What booth rental shops ask#

Can I charge rent weekly, or every three months?: Yes. A charge can be once, every week, month, three months or year, or a custom number of days, weeks or months. More
What if a dealer's sales never cover their rent?: Their bills stay open and are listed under Owed to you. They can pay you directly, and you record it with Record money received. More
Can I charge one dealer a different rent?: Yes. On their Money tab, press Only them beside the shop-wide charge and type their own amount. Every other dealer keeps the shop's. More
Do dealers see the rent?: Yes. Each bill is on their page with its number and where it stands, and their payout shows it as a line. More

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Checked against VendorDue on 6 Oct 2026. What's new