Hi Ben!
Thanks for reaching out to us!
Charging money for a featured event submission is not a built-in functionality of our plugins.
You might want to check our Community Tickets plugin > https://theeventscalendar.com/product/community-tickets/ that extends the functionality of our Community Events and Event Tickets Plus so that visitors can create and sell tickets for the events they submit to your calendar, without needing to access your WordPress admin dashboard.
With Community Tickets you can collect ticket fees on a per-ticket or per-sale basis and also has a Split-Payment Option that allows you to split the ticket revenue between your site and the event organizer at the time of ticket purchase.
I hope that helps! Let me know if you have other questions and I’ll be happy to help 🙂
Best,
Victor