VoteNest takes a transparent platform fee from each paid vote — 15% when you run the event, or 20% when we manage it for you. Free voting is always free. You keep the rest, in real time.
Pick the model per event. The fee is locked the moment a voter pays — never recomputed later.
You set up and run the event yourself. Perfect when you want full control of your competition.
Our team sets up and oversees the voting for you. Ideal when you want us to run it end-to-end.
A worked example for a ₵100 paid-vote transaction.
Self-managed · 15%
VoteNest-managed · 20%
Enter your expected votes and price per vote. We deduct the platform fee automatically — just like we do on every real transaction.
Your net earnings
Self-managed · 15%
Both models include the full VoteNest toolkit. The only difference is who runs it.
Paystack-verified payments, fraud monitoring, and tamper-resistant vote tallies.
Live leaderboards, revenue tracking, and per-transaction earnings.
Events, categories, contestants, promo codes, vote packages, and branding.
Public event pages, QR & share voting, guest voting, and instant receipts.
Everything you need to know about the fee, the split, and payouts.
There are no monthly subscriptions or setup fees. VoteNest applies a simple pay-as-you-go platform fee to paid voting: 15% when you run the event yourself, or 20% when you opt in to have VoteNest manage the voting for you. Free voting is always free.
The fee is deducted the moment a voter's payment is confirmed. Every transaction is split instantly — 85% (or 80%) is credited to your organizer earnings and 15% (or 20%) is the VoteNest platform fee. You see your net earnings in real time, per transaction.
Self-managed (15%) means you set up your event, contestants, categories, and voting settings yourself. VoteNest-managed (20%) means our team handles the voting setup and oversight for you — ideal when you want us to run the voting end-to-end. You can toggle this per event when you create or edit it.
You can switch an event between self-managed and VoteNest-managed any time before voting goes live. Once a payment is confirmed, that transaction's split is locked — it never changes, even at settlement.
No. The only cost is the platform fee on paid voting revenue. Payment gateway fees (e.g. Paystack) are handled within the transaction. Free voting events pay nothing at all.
When a competition closes, an admin settles it and your net earnings are frozen and added to your wallet. You then request a payout (mobile money or bank transfer) from your Finance dashboard, and our team processes it.