MarketerHire

The pre-vetted talent markup model: bill $200/hr, pay the vetted pro half

Sam explains the mechanics shared by Toptal and MarketerHire: the platform pre-vets specialists, the client interviews and approves them, then pays roughly $200/hour with about half going to the vetted worker. This margin model scaled Toptal to ~$100M with almost no funding.

“So basically they have pre-vetted It was just pre-vetted particular types of engineer. Now they have pre-vetted finance people, pre-vetted marketing people, and you pay, let's say, $200 an hour, and they give half of that to the vetted person who you've interviewed and approved. So it's a little bit different, but of similar mechanics, and they scaled to like $100 million in revenue with close to no funding.”

Steal thisPre-vet niche specialists, let clients interview them, bill ~$200/hr and keep roughly half as your marketplace margin.