Moving down a plan takes effect at the end of your current billing cycle. Here's what actually changes.

## The numbers

| | Lite | Pro | Platinum |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Platform fee** | 20% | 10% | 5% |
| **Payout delay** | 6 days | 4 days | Same day |

These apply to payments collected after the downgrade takes effect. Money already collected keeps the terms it was collected under.

## Dropping from Platinum to Pro

You lose:

- The **PLATINUM** badge on your profile and search card
- **GigGuard** eligibility
- **API access and webhooks** — existing tokens stop working
- Same-day payouts, and the 5% fee

You keep everything in Pro, including identity verification and your verified badge.

## Dropping from Pro to Lite

You lose:

- **Identity verification** — the verified badge comes off your profile, and you drop out of the **Verified DJs** search filter
- **SoundCloud sync** — you can't import new mixes
- **Calendar sync** — outside calendars stop syncing, so blocks from them stop protecting your dates
- **Custom document uploads** — you're back to the eight templates
- **Embeddable widgets** — widgets on your own site stop rendering
- Mix plays and post likes in analytics

## What you always keep

Whatever plan you're on:

- Your profile, handle, and DJ Link
- Your mixes and posts — including ones you imported from SoundCloud, which stay on your profile
- Every booking, past and upcoming
- Your reviews and completed event count
- Your client list and conversations
- Your payment and payout history
- Booking requests, proposals, documents, and payments — the whole booking flow works on Lite

## The ones that catch people out

**Calendar sync stopping.** If you were relying on a synced calendar to block dates, those blocks stop updating. Add busy blocks manually or you can be double-booked. See [Creating a Busy Block](/hc/djs/articles/creating-busy-blocks).

**Widgets going dark.** A booking widget on your own website stops rendering. Worth removing the embed rather than leaving a broken block on your site.

**The verified badge coming off.** Clients filtering by **Verified DJs** stop seeing you entirely.

## Before you downgrade

Check what you've collected recently under **Finance → Payments** and compare the fee difference against the monthly cost. If you're collecting steadily, a downgrade often costs more in fees than it saves in subscription.

## Going back up

Upgrade any time — it takes effect immediately. Your verified badge returns without redoing verification.