How to Enter Commissions Correctly

How to Enter Commissions Correctly

How to use the Commission Page correctly

Sales Price

Use either the % or Flat Fee $ fields, if using the % fields, you can then use the Flat Fee/Bonus field to add an additional bonus


No Sale Price

Must use Flat Fee $ field


Each Commission Side Breakdown

Loft supports two commission setups depending on office configuration: Side Base and Gross Base. 

Side Base

  • Listing Side (Left) = Listing Commission
  • Selling Side (Right) = Selling Commission
  • Each side is calculated and displayed separately

Gross Base

  • Commission is calculated from the total Gross Commission (Left) 
  • Sell Commission (Right) = Selling Commission
  • Loft automatically calculates the Listing Commission based on the gross split rules (Gross Commission minus Sell Commission) 

Bonus / Flat Fee

  • Add a flat fee instead of percentage commission
  • Add a bonus on top of commissions if needed
Commission Breakdown below: (example when brokerage is set to Gross Base)
Price: $800,000  
Tax rate set up as 5% 

Gross Commissions: 3% of the price $24,000 + Bonus $2000 = $26,000 plus tax $1,300.00 = $27,300.00
Sell Commissions: 1.15% of the price $9,200 plus tax $460.00 = $9,660.00
List Commissions: Gross Commission $26,000 - Sell Commission $9,200 = $16,800 + tax $840= $17,640.00 (calculated by loft) 


Commission Breakdown below: (example when brokerage is set to Side Base)
Price: $800,000  
Tax rate set up as 5% 
List Commissions: 1.85% of the price $14,800 + Bonus $2,000 = $16,800 plus tax $840.00 = $17,640.00  
Sell Commissions: 1.15% of the price $9,200 plus tax $460.00 = $9,660.00 

👉 You can view Gross Commission by selecting the List dropdown menu. It will show the gross amount on the spot, but will switch back to List & Sell Commissions if your brokerage is set to Side Base.



  1. Click Update to finish. 
** For more details on Gross vs Side Base setup, please see: New Commission Display Setting: Gross & Sell vs List & Sell Views