Below the prices, every proposal has a Proposal Terms section. It's short, and it's the part that matters most.
Expiration Date
This event proposal is valid until [date].
How long the DJ's offer stands. Pass it without responding and the proposal expires — you'd need to ask for a new one, which may be a different price, and your date may have gone.
If you're waiting on something before deciding, message the DJ and say so. Most will extend rather than let it lapse.
Payment Structure & Schedule
The payment structure for this proposal is [Deposit or Full Amount]. The amount due must be paid in full to accept this event proposal and confirm the booking.
Full Amount — you pay everything to confirm.
Deposit — you pay a deposit to confirm, and the remaining balance falls due 7 days before your event.
The deposit route has a consequence worth knowing before you accept: if the remaining balance isn't paid by its due date, the event is canceled and the deposit is forfeited. See When Your Remaining Balance Is Due.
Cancellation Policy
If accepted, this event can be canceled until [date], for a full refund.
The single most important date in the document. Before it, you cancel and get your money back. After it, what you've paid may be forfeited — the deposit on a deposit booking, the full amount on a full-amount one.
DJs set this themselves, so it varies. Write the date down. Put it in your calendar.
The other things in this section
Requisites — what the DJ needs you or the venue to provide. Parking, power, a meal, storage. Read this properly and check you can actually deliver it, because you're agreeing to.
Equipment — what they're bringing. Enough detail to tell whether you need to hire anything else.
Documents — the agreements you'll complete. See Signing Booking Documents.
Event Proposal ID — the reference to quote if you contact support.
Before you accept
Three things to note down: the expiration date, the cancellation date, and your balance due date if it's a deposit booking. All three have money attached.
If a term doesn't work
Message the DJ before accepting. Terms are set per proposal, and a DJ can revise and resend. Once you've accepted and paid, they're what you both agreed to.