Tailor Revenue Sharing in Dry Cleaners: Easy Calculation with Cleandy

The majority of dry cleaning businesses operate with in-house tailors on a revenue-sharing model. The tailor runs their work independently; the business provides the space and customer base. At month-end, the tailor receives a share of their own revenue.

This seemingly simple model creates a real challenge at settlement time: Separating the tailor's portion from the month's total revenue.

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Why Is It Difficult?

A customer comes to the counter, drops off a suit for dry cleaning and asks the tailor to fix a zipper on a jacket. That single order contains two different service types. When the ticket is closed, the total appears as one line.

At month-end, these questions arise:

Going through them manually one by one is both time-consuming and error-prone.

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Cleandy's Solution: Separation by Service Type

In Cleandy, every order line is recorded with a service type tag:

| Code | Service |

|------|---------|

| KT | Dry Cleaning |

| ÜT | Pressing/Ironing |

| TRZ | Tailor / Alterations |

| YK | Washing |

Each item is tagged when the order is opened. Tailor work is marked TRZ; dry cleaning is marked KT. Both can exist on the same ticket, and the system keeps them separate.

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Extracting Monthly Tailor Revenue: Step by Step

1. Open the Reports menu

From Cleandy's left menu, navigate to Reports → Revenue Report.

2. Select the period

Choose the month you want to calculate. Start and end dates are filled in automatically.

3. Apply the service type filter

On the report screen, select TRZ from the "Service Type" filter. The system lists all order lines containing only tailor items in the selected period.

4. Read the total

The summary row at the bottom shows the TRZ total. This figure is the tailor's gross revenue for that month.

5. Calculate the share

Apply the agreed percentage to the gross tailor revenue. For example, with a 30% arrangement:

Tailor Payment = TRZ Total × 0.30

Done.

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Real-World Example

| Service | Revenue |

|---------|---------|

| KT (Dry Cleaning) | 68,400 TL |

| ÜT (Pressing) | 12,750 TL |

| TRZ (Tailor) | 14,200 TL |

| Total | 95,350 TL |

Tailor payment (35% arrangement):

14,200 × 0.35 = 4,970 TL

Running this calculation in Cleandy takes 2 minutes; doing it manually takes hours and introduces errors.

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Additional Benefits

Transparency: If the tailor wants to see their own performance, print the TRZ breakdown for the period and hand it over.

Tax & accounting ease: Service-type breakdowns simplify VAT base separation when shared with an accountant.

Tailor performance analysis: Track whether your tailor is growing month over month, spot seasonal patterns, and see which alterations they do most — all from the same reports.

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Conclusion

Revenue sharing with a tailor is a valuable extra income stream for dry cleaning businesses. With the habit of recording by service type in Cleandy, the month-end revenue-sharing calculation is done in a few clicks — no room for disputes.

Try it 15 days free and experience the difference at your first month-end.