Transparent Pricing.
No Hidden Fees.
Hiring stays inclusive. Providers and referrers can grow the network for free. Companies pay when Sorcrr becomes their operating system: Market, Books, SAI, company knowledge, customer support, and high-cost AI work.
How Hiring Pricing Works
The company pays the base placement fee at job posting. The backend computes the company-funded bounty pool from salary, holds distribution until post-hire settlement, and finalizes the amount only after salary reconciliation and chain selection clear. The employee contribution is optional and can be paid by the employee, covered by the employer, or declined according to the selected checkout scenario.
Three Scenarios
Employer 25% at posting + employee 25% after hire → backend settlement separates bounty pool from platform revenue.
Full economics, delayed until final salary and chain selection are known.
Employer pays the full monthly-equivalent amount → backend still separates bounty pool from platform revenue.
Employee pays nothing. Employer absorbs both sides of the placement economics.
Employer 25% only → backend applies the configured reduced-bounty scenario.
Reduced scenario math, eligibility, and minimum payouts are enforced server-side.
Where the Money Goes
Final distribution waits for hire, salary reconciliation, chain selection, and bounty eligibility.
~2% of annual salary per party — Traditional recruiters charge 15–25% of annual salary. Sorcrr charges 25% of one month from each side when both sides participate. The company-funded bounty pool rewards the people who actually made the connection after the backend true-up clears.
Bounty Distribution
The company-funded bounty pool uses an edge-favored geometric distribution after post-hire true-up. Two chains can be computed — one anchored on the candidate and one on the company — and merged: both endpoints earn 2× weight, decaying geometrically toward the middle. Maximum chain depth is 5.
- Referrers split the eligible bounty pool by proximity to either endpoint
- Distribution: 1 node = [100%], 2 = [50, 50], 3 = [40, 20, 40], 4 = [33.3, 16.7, 16.7, 33.3], 5 = [30.8, 15.4, 7.7, 15.4, 30.8]
- Endpoints (closest to candidate, closest to company) earn the most; middle earns the least
- When employee contribution is declined and not covered, backend applies the reduced-bounty scenario
- Internal hiring decision makers, voters, approvers, hiring managers, and financial controllers are analytics-only sharers, not bounty recipients for jobs they can influence
- Minimum payout: $50 per referrer
- Stripe payout fee: 0.25% + $0.25 (deducted from each payout)
Hiring Cost Calculator
How Market Pricing Works
Providers set their own prices and bounty percentages. The platform takes a small cut and passes Stripe fees through transparently.
Where the Money Goes
Provider sets bounty percentage • No bounty on direct bookings
Direct-Checkout Bounty — 16 Verticals
Providers choose their bounty percentage (what % of the sale funds the bounty pool) for eligible direct-checkout offerings. Startup/SaaS redirect offerings are attribution-only unless explicit signed third-party reward terms are enabled.
Maximum bounty: 50% • Default: 20%
Refund & Cancellation Policy
Refunds are processed through Stripe and reduce the authoritative booking economics. Before a referrer transfer, cancellation or refund cancels or reduces the unsettled referral allocation and held seller payable. After a referrer transfer, a later customer refund does not automatically claw back or repay the referrer; the provider-funded bounty remains a seller acquisition expense and may be covered by retained or future seller payables or a seller receivable. Stripe processing fees may be non-refundable depending on the payment and cancellation scenario.
This is industry standard — Airbnb, Uber, and all major marketplaces operate the same way. Stripe refund docs →
When Market Funds Release
Seller proceeds remain a held payable until service timing plus refund, dispute, risk, split, identity, and payout-eligibility checks clear. Providers cannot force-release a held payable.
Eligible referral allocations may release no earlier than seven full days after the later of service completion and the scheduled service time. Incomplete bookings cannot release, active pre-release disputes hold the allocation, and each Market referral transfer must be at least $0.50.
A Stripe transfer reversal is recorded as reversed or subject to recovery and is not automatically reissued. Any reissue requires separate recovery authority.
Market Pricing Calculator
The Startup Operating Layer
Sorcrr is free where people create network value: applying, referring, sourcing, interviewing, selling, and buying. Companies start paying when they use Sorcrr as the shared operating layer across Market, Books, customer-facing SAI, company knowledge, support, sales, and finance workflows.
Who Counts As An Operator?
Operator pricing is about internal business workflows, not ordinary participation. Hiring collaborators and supply-side contributors stay free so the referral network can compound.
AI Credits And Allowances
Credits stay simple: top up once and use the balance wherever SAI is doing work. Companies can also fund specific people without turning free hiring participants into paid seats.
Free taste, paid leverage. Free KB starts at 100 entries or 10MB before upgrade prompts, with a hard launch cap at 200 entries or 25MB. Paid plans expand persistence, retention, activation, and automation while usage-heavy model calls draw from AI credits.
Industry-Leading Pricing
Sorcrr Hiring vs. Traditional Recruitment
| Platform | Cost |
|---|---|
| Traditional recruiters | 15–25% of annual salary |
| LinkedIn Recruiter | $8,999–$13,999/year + job ads |
| Hired.com | 15% of first-year salary |
| Sorcrr Hiring | ~2% of annual salary — up to half goes to referrers |
Sorcrr Market vs. Service Marketplaces
| Platform | Take Rate |
|---|---|
| Fiverr | 25.5% |
| Upwork | 15–20% |
| StyleSeat | 30–35% |
| Mindbody | 20% + $139–$699/mo SaaS |
| Airbnb Experiences | 20% |
| Sorcrr Market | 8% platform + Stripe (~12% on referred) |
Frequently Asked Questions
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What does the employee actually pay?
After accepting an offer, the employee is invited to contribute 25% of their final monthly salary (Net-30). This is optional — the employee can opt out and request the employer cover it. If both decline, only the employer’s 25% applies, and the bounty for referrers is reduced. When the employee contributes, 100% of that contribution goes to the referrers who helped make the connection.
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Is there a subscription or monthly fee?
Sorcrr is free to start. Hiring participation is free for candidates, Sorcrrs, referrers, recruiters, supervisors, interviewers, and job-specific hiring teams. Companies get 3 non-HR/non-provider operators included, then pay $8/month for each additional operator. Market providers get 49 free offerings, with paid tiers for higher listing volume. SAI and automation use unified AI credits.
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What if the final salary differs from the posted range?
If the final negotiated salary differs by more than 10% from the posted average, a reconciliation process adjusts the fees. Underpayments are invoiced and overpayments are credited to your account.
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How does bounty distribution work?
The company-funded bounty pool is finalized after hire, salary reconciliation, and chain selection. Eligible referrers split the bounty via edge-favored geometric weights: a three-node chain splits 40/20/40; a five-node chain splits 30.8/15.4/7.7/15.4/30.8. If employee contribution is declined and not covered, backend applies the reduced-bounty scenario. Hiring decision makers and voters remain analytics-only sharers for jobs they can influence.
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What if there's no referral?
For Market: direct bookings with no referral chain only incur the 8% platform fee and Stripe processing. No bounty is deducted. For Hiring: the referral network is core to the platform, but employers can also post jobs without bounties.
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Can providers set any bounty percentage?
Providers choose 20–50% for eligible direct-checkout offerings across 16 verticals. Startup/SaaS redirect offerings use attribution only unless explicit signed third-party reward terms are enabled.
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Are Stripe fees included in the percentages shown?
No. Stripe processing and payout fees are separate and passed through or deducted as disclosed for the transaction. Sorcrr does not add any markup to Stripe's fees. You can verify current Stripe rates on Stripe's pricing page.
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How do I receive payouts?
Seller payouts use Stripe Connect after identity and bank onboarding. Sorcrr records a seller payable when a booking is paid, then releases eligible net funds after refund, dispute, risk, and split checks clear.
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