For skilled workers ready to go out on their own
We’ll pay to build your business. You pay us out of the sales we bring in.
If we accept your business for the funded plan, we cover the agreed build, marketing and ad spend. No upfront Branch Up Works fee. No equity. You own and run the company.
See if it’s a fit See what we build and how the numbers work. We’ll look at your trade, area and readiness.
The part everyone wonders about
What’s the catch?
We’re picky because we’re putting our own money in. If we take you on, we earn a percentage of the sales we bring in and you collect. We agree on the rate and how we’ll track those sales before either side commits.
Want to pay for the agreed services upfront? That’s an option, with a lower commission. Neither option takes equity.
Illustrative, not a quote
See how a month could split.
- You keep before costs
- $8,000
- Branch Up Works earns (20%)
- $2,000
Example funded plan: $0 upfront. This shows the commission split only, not profit.
Compare both plans over 12 months
Assumes the same collected sales each month, a 20% funded commission, or a 12% self-funded commission plus $2,000 upfront. All figures are examples, not agreed rates or fees, and exclude taxes, ad spend you pay directly, and other business costs.
- Funded: total paid to Branch Up Works
- $24,000
- Self-funded: total paid to Branch Up Works
- $16,400
Self-funded costs $7,600 less at this sales level, before any additional costs you cover.
The modeled costs tie at about $2,083/month in collected sales ($25,000/year). If you pay separately for ads or other costs, the actual crossover changes.
You already know the work.
That doesn’t mean you have to build the business alone.
Going out on your own shouldn’t mean learning pricing, ads, sales and software at night while you’re still working full-time.
The Branch Up Works build
We build what happens before and after the job.
One team helps you make the business decisions and then puts the plan to work. We agree on the scope and timeline before starting.
An offer you can deliver profitably.
Pick the jobs, territory and customers you want. Set the scope and pricing around the time and cost of doing the work.
A way to win and book those jobs.
Build the website and campaign, then set up a path from inquiry to quote, booking and follow-up.
A system you can run.
Set up scheduling, handoffs and reminders. Track booked jobs, collected sales and where work falls through.
Your workload, not just revenue
Build a month for your business.
Choose a business example, then change the numbers to match what you can realistically take on. See the sales and the work behind them.
Online stores & brands
Food & retail
Home & building
Auto & personal services
Four-week example
Build a route that rebooks
Hypothetical, not a forecast. Gross sales are before costs and commissions. Labor hours are combined staff time, not hours the business is open. Add prep, travel and admin separately.
How we earn our cut
No commission until
a customer pays you.
We don’t count a lead, a quote, or a booking as a sale. We earn our share only on the sales we bring in that you actually collect. Before we start, we agree on what counts and how we’ll track it.
- We bring in the job.We track where the customer came from.
- You do the work.You run the job and collect the payment.
- Then we earn our share.The commission follows the agreed, collected sale.
We don’t fund everyone
Are you ready to run it?
We look for people who already know their trade and are ready to take responsibility for the customer and the work. Before funding anyone, we review:
- What you can deliver consistently and how much work you can take.
- Whether the pricing, service area and likely demand make the numbers work.
- Whether we can track the jobs we generate through to collected sales.
If it looks like a fit, we’ll talk through the plan and terms on a call.