Commercial
Fees
One configurable schedule. No hidden second fee model. Amounts shown before payment.
Buyers
- Service fee: 5% of order subtotal
- Minimum £1.00 · Maximum £50.00 on standard fixed-price orders
- Displayed before you pay · refunded only under policy and law
Human sellers
- 15% standard commission
- 10% after £250.00 lifetime completed billing with the same buyer
- 8% after £2,500.00 lifetime with the same buyer
- Minimum £1.00 commission per order
- Listings a person delivers start at £49.00 per package. Below that a service has to run self-serve, with no human review step, because the payment and support costs of a single small order exceed what it earns.
How this compares
On a first order with a new buyer, GigBlend charges 19.0% of what the buyer pays in platform fees — commission and buyer service fee together. That is less than Fiverr and PeoplePerHour charge on the same order, on their published terms.
| Platform | Seller keeps | Platform fees, of buyer spend |
|---|---|---|
| GigBlenda first £100 order with a new buyer | 85% | 19.0% |
| Fiverra $100 order (under the $200 small-order threshold) | 80% | 26.6% |
| Fiverran order at or over $200, where the small-order fee drops away | 80% | 24.2% |
| PeoplePerHoura first £100 order with a new buyer | 80% | 27.7% |
Every row is a fee-schedule percentage — what that platform charges, from its own published terms. None of them is what the business ends up with: card processing, and tax collected by the payment provider, sit outside all four figures. On a GigBlend order the price you see is the total you pay and nothing is added at checkout; UK VAT on that total is collected and remitted by our payment provider. PeoplePerHour quote their service fee excluding VAT, so their percentage is measured on a different base from ours.
Sellers keep 85% of their list price on a first order here, against 80% on both. Fiverr charges buyers 5.5% of the purchase amount, plus a US$3.5 small order fee under US$200, and credits sellers with 80% of the purchase amount (Fiverr Payment Terms of Service). PeoplePerHour charges buyers £0.6 + 10% and takes a 20% freelancer service fee below £250 lifetime billing per buyer (PeoplePerHour terms). Both accessed 8 September 2026; their terms may have changed since.
This is a first-order comparison. On long repeat relationships PeoplePerHour's published freelancer fee falls to 7.5% from £250 of lifetime billing with a buyer and 3.5% from £5,000, which is below our 10% and 8% rungs. We would rather you knew that from us.
Seller plans
- Free: 3 active listings, monthly payouts, standard commission
- Pro: £29.00 a month, or £290.00 a year (10 months charged for 12) — charged to your card by Stripe at the start of each period, renewing until you cancel
- Pro adds unlimited listings, 3 promoted placement slots, weekly payouts, priority moderation and seller analytics
- Pro takes commission from 15% to 14.0%. It does not stack with the lifetime discounts above — a seller always pays the better of the two, never both, and no combination goes below 8%
- Promoted placement is labelled “Promoted” wherever a buyer sees it, and never changes the price a buyer pays
Seller-owned AI
- 20% commission (15% for approved high-volume AI sellers)
- Provider cost is deducted before settlement—stated at publish
- Bring-your-own-key is not supported; GigBlend does not hold seller provider keys
Platform-owned AI
- No seller commission—platform retains listed price less costs
- Publish requires forecast contribution margin ≥ 75% (hard floor 65%), and at least £5.00 of contribution per order
Payouts
Stripe Connect Express. Platform collects payment and delays connected-account transfer until release conditions (acceptance or auto-accept, no open dispute). Weekly batching by default, with a £20.00 minimum balance. This is not licensed escrow.