Intelligence + outcome pricing
Your monthly plan includes Intelligence credits for research, monitoring and verification. Success fees are separate, and are earned only when Middleman completes an outcome agreed with you in advance.
Two-part pricing
The monthly plan pays for intelligence whether or not a transaction completes. The success fee is added only when the agreed completion event happens.
Your base rate buys a monthly allocation of Intelligence credits.
A separate fee is earned only when the agreed outcome is completed.
The two ledgers
Intelligence credits can be used throughout an engagement. Only the completed outcome can add a success fee.
Success, evidence, timing and the fee are written down before work starts.
Middleman structures the requirement and checks possible supply, terms and authority.
Dead ends, incorrect parts, rejected offers and incomplete transactions do not count.
The agreed result happens and the evidence named in the engagement record supports it.
Two sides · one rule
For buyers
We agree the exact requirement, acceptable condition, commercial limit, deadline and completion evidence before the search begins.
For suppliers + stock owners
We agree what is available, what evidence exists, who can release it, the acceptable terms and what completion looks like.
Written before action
Your plan defines the monthly credits. Every success-fee engagement also needs a short outcome record, so both charges have a written boundary.
The monthly allocation, what uses credits and the rules that apply to unused credits.
The product, service or milestone, including specification, timing, authority and commercial limits.
The records that prove the outcome happened and the cases that do not count.
The success fee, any approved third-party costs, the review window and the dispute process.
Questions
It buys a monthly allocation of Intelligence credits. Those credits pay for work such as structuring requirements, researching supply, monitoring markets, checking evidence and comparing offers. Your plan states the credit allocation, usage rules and any rollover before you subscribe.
Yes. The monthly base pays for the intelligence work carried out and the credits used. If no agreed outcome is completed, there is no success fee on top.
It depends on the requirement, difficulty, urgency, transaction value and the result you want us to own. You will see either one fixed fee or one formula before you authorise the work. We do not change it after the search has started unless you change the outcome.
An unaccepted option does not count as success. If the agreed outcome requires an accepted offer and a completed handover, finding a possible option does not earn a success fee.
Only if we agree that milestone in writing before work starts. Some engagements may end at a verified introduction or completed handoff. Others may require collection, delivery, acceptance or cleared payment. The engagement record controls the answer.
Third-party costs such as inspection, testing, freight, insurance, escrow or specialist services are separate. Nothing chargeable is commissioned without your approval, and the engagement record states which party pays it.
The success fee is not treated as earned while the agreed evidence is missing or a dispute about the success criteria remains open. The written engagement sets the evidence, review window and resolution process.
Start narrow
Before you subscribe, we show you the monthly base rate, credit allocation and usage rules. Before outcome work starts, we show you the success definition, evidence and fee.
This page describes Middleman’s pricing approach, not a binding offer. Your subscription controls the base rate and credit terms. The written outcome engagement controls the success definition, fee, costs and completion terms.