Start with "what do I charge?" and finish with a price list you can send to any family. The template works for venues, caterers, photographers, mehndi artists, decorators, DJs and makeup artists alike, and it's free to download.
Four pages
What's inside
Page 1: your cost per event
A table for time, people, materials, travel and overheads. Add them up, add the profit you need, and you have your floor: the lowest price you'll take for one event.
Page 2: your packages
Four blank package cards. Each asks for a name, the events it covers, what's included, what isn't, and a price type: fixed, "from" or on request.
Page 3: extras and bundles
A list for piece-by-piece services, from an extra hour to a second artist, and a worksheet for pricing two or three ceremonies together.
Page 4: deposit and terms
Your deposit, when the balance is due, and what happens if a date moves or is cancelled, written in plain words a family can agree to.
One afternoon
How to use it
- Start with page 1, not your competitors' prices. Use last year's real costs. If you don't know a figure, estimate it and mark it to check.
- Name packages by what they do. "Mehndi night, up to 150 guests" tells a family more than "Gold".
- Put the tempting extras on page 3. Families often want to add one thing rather than jump a whole package, so price each extra on its own.
- Bundle for whole weddings. Families think in weekends. A mehndi, a wedding and a walima together should cost less than three separate bookings, but never less than your floor for each.
- Show a total or "from" price that includes every charge a couple must pay. The CMA's price transparency guidance expects mandatory charges, including VAT where it applies, in the headline price.
- Write your terms before you need them. A deposit to confirm, then the balance before the event. You set your own deposit and balance terms. Keep the deposit fair and in proportion to what you'd really lose. Our guide to deposits and cancellations explains why.
A quick check before you publish. Could a family read your packages and know exactly what they get, what it costs and when to pay? Could two people in the same family compare two packages without calling you? If not, simplify. Fewer, clearer packages usually do better than many similar ones.
On Nodus
From template to storefront
Each package card matches a Nodus storefront package: name, events, inclusions, exclusions and a fixed, "from" or on-request price. Your extras become piece-by-piece services. Packages are coming to the app. On the 20-minute call after you apply, we'll set up your profile with you, using this template if you've filled it in.
Nodus costs nothing upfront. There's no subscription and no listing fee. Commission is taken from each payment you receive through Nodus: 3% for founding vendors for their first 24 months, then 8%. Try your package prices in the earnings calculator to see what you'd keep, and read how Nodus works for vendors or the vendor FAQ.
Questions
Yes. Download it, print it or fill it in on screen. You don't need to be on Nodus to use it.
Two to four is usually enough, each with a clear name, the events it covers, what is and isn't included, and a price. Put everything else in a list of piece-by-piece extras.
Cost each event on its own first, then work out what doing them together really saves you, such as one trip or shared set-up. Pass on part of that saving. The template has a page for this.
UK price transparency guidance treats VAT as a mandatory charge that belongs in the price consumers see. If you're VAT registered, show prices including it, and check your own position with your accountant.
Yes. Each package page has the same fields a Nodus package will have: name, events covered, inclusions, exclusions and a fixed, 'from' or on-request price. Packages are coming to the app.