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break down the four main types of
modeling contracts that most models sign
so stick with me I'm going to explain
the four main types of modeling
contracts coming right up alright guys
so let's get to it so the very first
type of contract is your mother agency
contract so you might be asking what
exactly is a mother agency and how do
they actually work so a mother agency is
like literally your first agents as a
model this is the first agent that you
sign with so like for example a mother
agency in Lagos Nigeria is few models
and what they actually do is that they
partner with bigger agencies across the
world so like they might partner with
like elites or Wilhemina models and get
their models signed and get them jobs in
other cities around the world so like
mother agency in Lagos Nigeria could get
their their models work in New York
Paris Milan you name it so that's why
their mother agency is that when they
extend their contracts to other agencies
and other cities they actually still get
in a percentage of that contract or
whatever job the model books in overseas
the mother agency still gets a cut so
for example if you are a model and you
sign a mother agency contracts if your
mother agency gets you into a bigger
agency or a different agency in another
city you're actually going to be paying
20% Commission to both agents typically
if you're just working with your agent
you would only pay 20% to your agent but
now since you're working with two
agencies maybe one locally and one
abroad if the one abroad gets you work
you're gonna pay both of your agents so
you're losing about 40% Commission and
you're keeping 60
the centerpiece for yourself so that's
sort of how a mother agency works and
that's sort of how the contract goes all
right so the next type of contracts is a
non-exclusive contract and this is a
contract that could actually work in the
models favor because it gives you the
flexibility to sign with other agencies
so for example in LA I'm signed to EMG
models but I'm signed on a non-exclusive
contract so this gives me the
flexibility to sign with other agencies
so that way you don't feel like you're
tied down and you can only stick and
work with one agency so you can sign to
different agencies for different
purposes like commercial print high
fashion editorial whatever so that's the
benefit of a non-exclusive contracts and
that's kind of how it goes now obviously
the next type of contract is an
exclusive contract so typically when you
sign an exclusive contracts the agencies
were signing for like a one-year
exclusive or a two-year exclusive even
so now this kind of works in your favor
if it's a bigger agency like for example
when I was in Chicago I was signed to an
exclusive contract with Elite Model
Management and this kind of worked in my
favor because they were getting me a lot
of work so there was almost like no
opportunities to even look at other
agencies because I was working and going
out to lots so it's a good idea to sign
an exclusive contract if it's a bigger
agency if it's a smaller agency you
might want to think about it I'm not
saying it's necessarily a bad idea to
sign an exclusive with them but just
make sure that they're actually pushing
you and like getting you out and getting
you seen by clients now the last type of
modeling contract that models can sign
is a one-time-only contract so a
one-time-only contract is kind of
self-explanatory so for example if a
client is specifically looking for
models with gap-toothed but the agency
doesn't have any models with a
gap-toothed on their board they might go
out and do some casting on their own or
try to find some models with gap-toothed
once they find you they might book you
for the job but they will sign you to a
one-time-only contract just to test how
you perform and if you perform well and
then if they can get you other jobs as
well they might convert your wartime
contracts you a full contract like a
one-year exclusive or non-exclusive or
what have you so that's kind of what a
one-time-only contract is it's a on a
per job basis and it can always convert
to something else so another thing to
note is that with these contracts it's
usually typical to pay anywhere from ten
fifteen or twenty percent commission to
your agents I've never seen it go over
twenty percent twenty percent is usually
the max that I've seen but that's normal
so when you get paid
usually the clients pays your agency
your agency takes out their twenty
percent and then they cut you a check so
that's kind of how it goes so if you
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