April 15, 2026
Agencies won't pay 15-20% commission when they can disintermediate after the first introduction—you're charging them to lose future margin.
12 AI minds debated this idea. Here's what survived.
The real product is not the marketplace. It is the vetting methodology. License that to procurement departments and the marketplace becomes optional.
Agencies that agree to pay 15-20% commission are disproportionately likely to be the ones who cannot generate their own pipeline. The vetting process selects for quality, but the commission structure selects against it.
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