The details
You've seen the five steps on the homepage. This page explains each one: how you apply, where the clients come from, how an introduction becomes paid work, and how we get paid. Every number here is an example — we're new, and we'd rather show you how it works than make promises.
The five steps
The same five steps as the homepage — here with what happens at each one, how long it takes, and what you need to do. You can't pay to skip any of them.
You apply once, free, at /apply. We ask what AI and automation work you've actually done, with examples — redacted is fine. No listing fee, no bid credits, no subscription. A human reads every application, and you get an answer in 3–5 days either way.
One question decides it: have you shipped real work you'd stand behind? We don't count followers, certificates, or years on a profile. If it's a no, we say so plainly, and you can reapply when you've shipped more. If it's a yes, you're in. There are no paid tiers.
Members get ProcessScout free — normally $390/month. Client workspaces, guided intake, professional reports, for every client you have. One condition, stated up front: use it with at least one client every six months. If you stop, normal pricing applies — but we'll warn you before any billing. No surprise bills.
There's no public directory and no bidding. When a client's report calls for work that matches your skills and your capacity, we introduce you to the client directly. You can say no to any introduction, no penalty. How often this happens depends on client demand in your field — we don't promise volume of work.
You contract directly with the client and invoice them yourself. We invoice you 10% of what they pay — 5% after $25,000 with the same client — with terms fixed in writing before your first project. Your own clients: 0%, forever. On some jobs, payment protection holds the client's money and releases it as milestones are approved. Not on every job yet
Where the clients come from
Businesses pay $1,500 for a ProcessScout assessment. Sarah, ProcessScout's intake assistant (an AI, not a person), collects the evidence. A named analyst signs a written report — ProcessScout calls it a Trail Map — delivered in five business days once the evidence is in.
The report ranks the client's top three fixes, says what to build, and gives a rough budget for each. When that work matches your skills, we introduce you. That's the whole pipeline: assessments in, real jobs out.
An example, not a real job. Confidence is High / Medium / Low, never a score.
One job, end to end
Introduce → Agree the job → Do the work → Get paid. You and the client contract directly with each other. We introduce you, then step back.
You and the client meet with the report on the table. It already says what's broken and what fixing it is worth — so the first conversation starts at “when do we start?”, not “convince me”.
You quote inside the report's budget range and agree terms directly with the client. Your contract, your rates, your paperwork — we're not a party to it.
You do the work — on ProcessScout if you like — against the numbers measured in the report. Results are checked at 30 and 90 days, so outcomes are recorded, not claimed.
You invoice the client. We invoice you 10%. Payment protection applies where it's been offered in writing.
Example: an $18,000 project → $1,800 fee to us → you keep $16,200. An example, not a real job.
Your own clients
Clients you bring yourself never pay us anything. Not 10%, not a “platform rate” — 0%, forever, and no exclusivity. Our fee only applies to clients we send you. That's the whole deal, and it's in writing.
ProcessScout — normally $390/month — is free for members. Run assessments, client workspaces, and reports for your own clients on it, and pay us nothing on them. The only thing we ask is that you actually use it.
Use the software with at least one client every six months. That's it — no minimum billings, no monthly quota, no streaks to keep up.
Go six months without a client on the software and normal pricing ($390/month) applies — but we'll tell you before any billing, with time to run a client through or wind down. Nobody gets a surprise bill, and your own clients stay at 0% regardless.
Know a business that needs help? Refer them to the $1,500 assessment and earn $300 — 20% — when they buy. The report that comes back can become your next project, as your own client, at 0%. Four referrals a year is $1,200. An example, not a promise.
Level up
Certification rewards delivery, not self-promotion. The first group is forming now, by invitation — we'd rather say that plainly than sell seats to a program we haven't finished proving.
Learn the method. How ProcessScout builds its reports: evidence first, honest confidence labels, a human signs everything. So a report you deliver is as rigorous as one ProcessScout delivers.
One reviewed project. You run a real client project on the software and a ProcessScout analyst reviews it end to end — the evidence, the reasoning, the report. You pass on quality, not a quiz.
Your brand on the front. Certified members can deliver reports co-branded or fully under their own brand, and go to the front of the queue for introductions. Earned by a reviewed project, never bought.
Certification is new: groups are small, entry is by invitation, and details may change as we learn. Members hear first.
No surprises
We're deliberately not a party to your contracts. Here's the line, so nobody finds it mid-project.
Questions
You and the client, directly — your contract, your rates. We're not a party to it. We vet, we introduce, and we invoice you our fee. The work and the relationship are yours.
We invoice you — not the client — for 10% of what the client pays you on work we sent. It drops to 5% after $25,000 with the same client. This is launch pricing, and how and when you pay is fixed in writing before your first project — nothing to discover later.
Yes, always, no penalty. Introductions are offers, not assignments — if the job, timing, or client isn't right, say no. It doesn't affect your membership, your free software, or future introductions.
No. We charge you, not the client. The client pays only what they agree with you — we add no markup.
Founding members
Free to apply, a human answer in 3–5 days, free software — and you only ever pay when we send you work.