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Defining your target venue tiers

Telling Mintoor what size rooms you play keeps the Router from pitching you to the wrong venues.

When you'd use this​

You're in onboarding or you've noticed the Router keeps suggesting rooms way too big (or too small) for your draw.

The tiers​

Mintoor groups venues into four capacity tiers:

  • Cafe / bar (50–200) — DIY circuit, small rooms, tip-jar to $500 guarantees typical.
  • Club (200–500) — indie touring mainstay. $500–$2,500 guarantees typical.
  • Mid-club (500–800) — established touring acts. $2,000–$6,000 range.
  • Theater / ballroom (800–2,500+) — headliner + major support slots. $5k+ guarantees.

Pick your range​

Your band profile draw estimate should roughly correspond to one tier:

  • Draw 30–75 → Cafe / bar
  • Draw 75–250 → Club
  • Draw 250–500 → Mid-club
  • Draw 500+ → Theater

Pick one primary tier and one adjacent fallback (e.g., "Club primary, Cafe/bar fallback"). The Router will prefer your primary and only consider fallback when primary options are unavailable in a market.

Why this matters​

Too small: your shows are capacity-constrained. You're leaving revenue on the table because you could fill a bigger room.

Too big: your shows look poorly-attended even when you draw your usual number. Empty-room optics hurt your reputation with bookers in that market.

Mintoor's Router uses your tier to hard-filter venue suggestions. Weekend Finder uses it to rank matches.

Adjusting after a tour​

After each tour, Mintoor auto-flags rooms where your attendance was significantly outside the tier's sweet spot:

  • Drew 40 in a 500-cap room → suggest dropping to Cafe/bar or Club.
  • Sold out a 200-cap room with a waitlist → suggest trying Club as your primary.

You can accept or dismiss each suggestion.

Different tiers in different markets​

Realistic: you might draw 300 in Nashville and 75 in Minneapolis. Mintoor supports per-market tier overrides:

  • Profile → Tour defaults → Market overrides.
  • Add a city + tier. Router and Weekend Finder respect the override.

Still stuck?​

  • Mintoor keeps suggesting bigger rooms even though I set a smaller tier. Check your draw estimate — inflated draw can override tier preference. See Setting your band profile.
  • No venues matching in a market? Your tier may be too narrow for that market's inventory. Loosen fallback or email us for help.