Fintech vendors should pay you.
Finance teams get asked for free time every week: a demo, a "quick call". Your honest feedback is the most useful thing a vendor can buy, so charge for it.
- Your rate
- €300 /hr
- 30-min demo
- €150
- You receive
- €138.75
What your time is worth
Reaching one finance professional already costs a vendor hundreds. Here is where that money goes today.
- Events
- Stand, travel, sponsorship — 34% of spend
- Sales headcount
- SDRs chasing the meeting — 26% of spend
- Lead gen
- Lists, ads, agencies — 22% of spend
- Research
- Expert networks, panels — 18% of spend
Paid to the finance professional who showed up €0
Point that budget at people who agreed to talk and everyone does better. The vendor hears the truth early. You get paid — and once in a while you meet a tool that makes your own job easier. Your rate, your call.
Work out your own number
Your hourly rate
€300/hr × 30 min = €150 less 7.5% platform fee
You receive
What a vendor sees
Group Treasurer
- Name
- Withheld
- Employer
- Withheld
- Strengths
- Cash mgmt, FX, TMS selection
- Rate
- €300 / hour
Every professional is verified by hand. That vetting is what makes an anonymous profile worth paying for. The introduction isn't for sale.
From apply to paid
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Verified
A human checks your role and employer.
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Listed
Sector, scale, region and your rate.
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Paid
Up front. Decline anything, no reason needed.
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Your call
Stay anonymous, or open the door.
The questions you're already asking
Am I allowed to do this?
That depends on your employment contract and you should read it. Many have something to say about outside work and confidentiality. OutsideThread is built for professional opinion: how you run an evaluation, what a category gets wrong, where a product disappointed you. It is not a channel for confidential or market-sensitive information about your employer and any question heading that way should be declined.
How anonymous am I, exactly?
During an engagement, completely. We verify your identity and employment so your profile carries weight, but that stays with us. The vendor sees your role, sector, company scale and region. Afterwards you can choose to let them contact you directly. That choice is yours alone, it comes after payment and declining costs you nothing.
Can a vendor pay more to find out who I am?
No. The introduction isn't for sale. It isn't priced, it isn't negotiable and it's only ever offered once the engagement is complete and settled. A vendor's only route to a real relationship with you is to have been worth talking to.
What does it pay?
You set an hourly rate and every request carries a time commitment set by the task: ten minutes for a survey, twenty for a feature review, half an hour for a demo and your reaction to it. The fee is your rate against that time, so at €300 an hour the survey is priced at €50 and the demo at €150. You see the figure before you accept and the vendor has already paid it.
Are there fees?
We take 15% on each engagement, split evenly between the two sides: 7.5% comes off what you're paid and 7.5% goes on top of what the vendor pays. On that €150 demo, you receive €138.75 and the vendor is charged €161.25. No listing fee, no subscription and nothing at all for declining work.
Get paid for your time
Treasury, finance and payments professionals. The first 100 signups pay no platform fee — you keep 100% of your rate. Verification is by hand, so it takes a few days.