Clients
No cost
Membership is free by invitation. You pay the agreed project fee and nothing else. The referral reward is never added to your bill.
- No subscription
- No introduction fee
- Funds released only on your approval
Pricing
One number to remember: eighty / twenty.
No subscriptions, no lead fees and no paid placement. The network earns when members earn.
Experts
80%
You keep 80% of eligible fees on referred work. The remaining 20% funds the reward for the Connector who introduced you.
- No subscription
- No lead purchases
- No paid placement or ranking
Connectors
20%
You receive 20% of eligible fees on completed, paid work you introduced. Nothing is charged to you at any point.
- No cost to participate
- Paid from the expert's share
- Reversed if the client is refunded
Questions about the split
- Is there a subscription?
- No. The Circle Corporation does not charge membership fees to Clients, Experts or Connectors.
- Can an expert pay to rank higher?
- No. Placement is limited and earned through review and delivery record. There is no advertising inventory.
- What counts as eligible fees?
- The agreed project fee, less taxes and any applicable platform fee. The 80/20 split applies to that amount.
- What happens on a refund?
- A refunded milestone reverses the associated expert payout and connector reward for that milestone.
- Are payments real in this build?
- No. This is a demonstration build and all funding, releases and payouts are simulated in an internal ledger.