# How to earn a fee from the supplier discount

Source: https://archiboard.design/help/how-to/supplier-discount-fee

Sometimes the client pays suppliers directly at full price, and the studio earns a fee for securing the discount. In ArchiBoard you can set a scale: the bigger the discount, the bigger the studio's share. You can also set when the client pays this fee.

1. **Open the fee settings.** Open the project → «Project finances» and find the «Studio fee» block.
2. **Set the discount scale.** In «Scale by supplier discount», add tiers with «+ tier»: «Discount from» N% → the studio takes M% of the discounted price. For example, discount from 10% → 9%, from 15% → 13%.
3. **Set the minimum.** Set what the studio takes if there is no discount or it is below the first tier.
4. **Choose when the client pays.** In «When the client pays the fee», add events with «+ event»: «Item approval», «Supplier payment», «Delivery to site» or «Installation». The total must be 100%, for example 50% after the supplier payment and 50% after installation. Click «Save».

- The scale applies to items the client pays the supplier for directly.
- How the studio earns (commission, markup or discount share) is chosen in the project's finance settings.