Pricing that doesn't need a decoder ring

You’re hiring fractional talent because you don’t have time to build a finance and legal function. So we built one into the platform.

Every engagement on StartUpJobs comes with the boring-but-critical stuff done for you:

• Contract for services, generated and signed digitally.No templates to find, no lawyer on retainer, no “we’ll sort the paperwork later.”
• Timesheets and approvals.Your fractional CFO logs hours, you approve them in one click. That’s the whole process.
• One invoice, GST handled. We invoice you, we pay them. You get one clean line in Xero, not a contractor admin headache.
• Verified people. Everyone in the directory is reference-checked before you ever see them. No verification, no listing.

What it costs

Talent set their own rates — what you see on a profile is what they charge. We add a platform fee on top. That’s it. No signup cost, no subscription, no fee to browse or shortlist.

After 12 months, your rate drops.

Long engagement? Good. From month 13 of a continuous engagement, the fee steps down to 9% (pay as you go) or 12% (invoiced). The longer you work together, the less you pay us. We think that’s how it should work.

Want to take them off-platform? Here’s the deal, in plain English.

Most platforms bury this in clause 14.3. We’d rather you just know:

• Within 6 months of meeting someone through StartUpJobs, hiring them directly (contract or permanent) costs a one-off conversion fee of 20% of their estimated first-year fees, capped at $15,000 + GST. Capped means capped — it never balloons.
• Months 6–12: the fee halves. Capped at $7,500 + GST.
• After 12 months of working together on the platform:zero. Nothing. They’re yours, go direct with our blessing.

Honestly though — by month 13 you’re paying 9% for contracts, timesheets, invoicing and GST to be someone else’s problem. Most clients stay because leaving means doing admin again.

Talent pays nothing

Worth saying out loud: the people in this directory don’t pay to be here. No listing fees, no commission deducted from their rate. They quote a rate, they get that rate. The platform fee is on your side only, and it’s printed on this page, not hidden in their pay.