Resources · 8 articles
Business operations
Running a bartending business: rates, taxes, reviews, diversification, and Captain Service.
Building Your Independent Bartending Career
How to use the bartendersNow™ app and our planning tools as you build your own mobile bartending business.
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Earning 5-Star Reviews as an Independent Bartender
Service habits that tend to earn positive reviews from the hosts you work with.
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Expanding Your Bartending Services
Ideas for expanding the services you offer as an independent bartender, and what to weigh before you add them.
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Gig Economy Tips for Independent Bartenders
Practical strategies for building an independent bartending business through the bartendersNow™ platform.
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Setting Your Rates
Background information about the factors independent bartenders consider when they set their own rates.
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Tax Preparation for Independent Bartenders
Understand your tax responsibilities as an independent contractor, and the records that make filing easier.
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Understanding Captain Service
Captain Service gives hosts one point of contact for a multi-bartender booking, and pays the Captain separately for the coordination work — all through the bartendersNow™ app.
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Understanding Your Professional Liability as a Bartender
You are an independent business. This guide explains the liability you carry when you serve alcohol at someone else's event, and the decisions that are yours to make.
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