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It sounds like the MC angle could be an interesting one here as you and dbcfd have mentioned. Based on your experiences and from knowing some other bar owners,

It sounds like the MC angle could be an interesting one here as you and dbcfd have mentioned. Based on your experiences and from knowing some other bar owners, is the MC on trivia night usually someone who works for the venue or a 3rd party? Trying to see what the best customer segment might be. Thanks to everyone for great feedback so far!

bmelton 15y ago
They're independent contractors. The pay is something to the effect of $15 an hour + drinks on the bar while they're there. I don't personally know of any MCs who do that as their day job, and they're generally recruited (in my experience) through craigslist ads and/or "want to make some extra money" type ads on the side of the road.
- throwaway_90210 15y ago
  Okay. So it sounds like you could market this to the venue as a buzztime type service as well as a tool for any MCs they employ for live events. Thanks again. This is useful information in helping shape the idea further!
  - bmelton 15y ago
    Yeah, my idea was to just give the MCs a tool for which they could get their own questions from. They're making $15 an hour while the service charges between $150 and $200 to the bar. The bar is generally happy to pay it as a good trivia night will fill the place up on a Tuesday which is generally dead. Even if they're not going to town getting drunk, it's pretty much guaranteed to be more active, and as well looks active so that they can draw in more people by looking lively. If you could BE the question vendor, you could do so fairly straightforwardly, charge a minimal amount, and then market to the MCs. The MCs then become their own marketers to bars. Now they can charge $50 an hour, still undercut the services, and everybody wins. If you charge something like $10-40 a month for the questions, you're in the green too.

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It sounds like the MC angle could be an interesting one here as you and dbcfd have mentioned. Based on your experiences and from knowing some other bar owners,

by throwaway_90210 15y ago

bmelton 15y ago
They're independent contractors. The pay is something to the effect of $15 an hour + drinks on the bar while they're there. I don't personally know of any MCs who do that as their day job, and they're generally recruited (in my experience) through craigslist ads and/or "want to make some extra money" type ads on the side of the road.
- throwaway_90210 15y ago
  Okay. So it sounds like you could market this to the venue as a buzztime type service as well as a tool for any MCs they employ for live events. Thanks again. This is useful information in helping shape the idea further!
  - bmelton 15y ago
    Yeah, my idea was to just give the MCs a tool for which they could get their own questions from. They're making $15 an hour while the service charges between $150 and $200 to the bar. The bar is generally happy to pay it as a good trivia night will fill the place up on a Tuesday which is generally dead. Even if they're not going to town getting drunk, it's pretty much guaranteed to be more active, and as well looks active so that they can draw in more people by looking lively. If you could BE the question vendor, you could do so fairly straightforwardly, charge a minimal amount, and then market to the MCs. The MCs then become their own marketers to bars. Now they can charge $50 an hour, still undercut the services, and everybody wins. If you charge something like $10-40 a month for the questions, you're in the green too.