Why we charge a flat fee instead of a commission

Businesses pay one flat monthly price here. Freelancers pay nothing, ever. We never handle the money between the two of you. Those three sentences are one decision, and it has consequences in both directions.

What a percentage does to a rate

If a platform takes a cut of every payment, it has an interest in the size of every payment. That interest is invisible and it points in an awkward direction: the platform earns more when the rate is higher, and it earns nothing when two people who found each other decide to work together somewhere else.

The second half is why commission platforms police contact details, watch for off-platform payment, and make leaving expensive. None of that is malice. It is the fee model doing what fee models do.

What a flat fee does

It stops mattering to us what you agree. We can put the pay in the job post, show the freelancer's own rate on their profile, and let the two of you settle the rest without us in the room.

It also means the money never touches us, which is the part people ask about most. There is no escrow, no wallet and no payout schedule here, because there is no account of ours for your money to sit in.

The part that costs us

At low volume, a flat fee is worse for the customer than a percentage. If you hire one person for a short project, a commission platform is cheaper. Our own comparison page says so, with the arithmetic: what hiring costs.

We think that is the right trade to be honest about rather than to hide. The model is built for a working relationship that lasts, and it is a bad deal for a single small job. If that is what you need, we would rather you knew before paying us.

What the fee actually opens

Publishing job posts, messaging freelancers directly, and reading full names and contact details. Browsing every profile and building shortlists is free and always has been.

The prices are on one page, and there is only one of them.