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The fine print, in large print.

Two ways to hire, one set of rules. You pay when someone starts. Developers never pay.

Permanent12.5%of base salary

What it's on
Base salary only. Not package, super, bonus or equity.
When we invoice
Their start date. Not the offer, not the signed contract.
If it doesn't work out
6-month pro-rata guarantee. You pay for what you used: if they leave in the first six months, the unused months of your fee are credited against your next hire. Redundancies excluded.
What else
Nothing. No retainer, no exclusivity, no subscription, no "engagement fee".

Example: Hire a developer on $160,000 base. Your fee is $20,000, invoiced the day they start.

Contract: one number on top of their rate.

ABN contractor

15%

margin on their rate

They charge $1,000 a day. You pay $1,176 a day.

PAYG contractor

25%

markup on their rate

Their rate is $100 an hour. You pay $125 an hour.

No fee up front. No fee if they never start. Every invoice shows the contractor's rate and our margin as separate lines. No hidden spread.

The maths, since you were going to do it anyway.

On a $180,000 base

Typical agency (20%)

$36,000

They sent you a CV

Zagg (12.5%)

$22,500

The developer picked you

You keep $13,500. And the developer chose you before you ever saw them.

Australian agency fees average 17–18% of first-year base, 17–22% in IT (RCSA 2025 survey).

Developers pay nothing.

Not to join, not to start looking, not when they're hired. If we charged the people we're trying to protect from recruiters, we'd be recruiters.

For developers

Questions

You pay for what you used. If they leave after two months, you've used a third of the guarantee, so two-thirds of your fee comes off your next hire. On a $20,000 fee, that's $13,333.

Nothing to pay until someone starts.

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