How much money (royalties per unit) will an artist receive for each unit sold through traditional full priced retail outlets sales (once the label has recouped) if the deal is 17 points on a suggest retail list price of $18.95, with a 15% packaging/breakage/server fee, and a deduction of three points for the producer/production royalties?

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First, calculate the artist's royalty rate after accounting for the packaging/breakage/server fee and the producer/production royalties. The artist's deal is 17 points, but there's a 15% packaging deduction and a 3-point deduction for producer royalties, leaving the artist with 14 points (17 - 3 = 14). The packaging deduction is applied to the suggested retail list price (SRLP) of $18.95, which reduces the base amount from which royalties are calculated: $18.95 - (15% of $18.95) = $18.95 - $2.8425 = $16.1075. The artist's royalty per unit is then 14% of $16.1075, which is approximately $2.25505, or $2.26 when rounded to the nearest cent.

How Much Money (Royalties Per Unit) Will an Artist Receive