Program · Economic model
How AILCN consultants get paid.
Simple by design. You keep 100% of every engagement you run. AILCN earns from membership — not from a share of your work. No revenue share. No commission decay.
How the model works
One model. Three principles. Aligned incentives.
Principle 1
You keep 100% of every engagement.
Every Workforce Alignment Assessment, Strategic Alignment Engagement, advisory retainer, course, and workshop you run belongs to you. AILCN takes no revenue share — not in Year 1, not ever.
100% yours — no revenue share
Principle 2
Your cost is membership, not a cut of your work.
A one-time $1,495 certification — which includes your first three months of full platform access — and then monthly membership from $495. Fixed, predictable, and unrelated to how much you bill.
$1,495 once · membership from $495/mo
Principle 3
One flat fee on platform payments.
When a client pays through the platform's billing rails, a flat 9.1% Platform processing fee is deducted from your payout. It covers processing, payouts, escrow, and reporting — and it replaces revenue share entirely.
9.1% — deducted from payout, never added on top
The only fee on your engagement revenue
The 9.1% Platform processing fee.
When a client pays you through the platform, a flat 9.1% Platform processing fee is deducted from your payout. It covers card processing, automated payouts, escrow handling, and the consolidated reporting that keeps your books clean. The client always pays the full invoiced amount — the fee is never added on top, and it replaces revenue share entirely.
| The client pays | Processing fee (9.1%) | You receive |
|---|---|---|
| $12,000 Workforce Alignment Assessment | $1,092 | $10,908 |
| $45,000 Strategic Alignment Engagement | $4,095 | $40,905 |
| $2,000 / mo client platform subscription | $182 | $1,818 |
Directional examples. The fee is computed on the gross amount the client pays and is withheld automatically at payout — there is nothing to invoice, reconcile, or chase.
What you'd otherwise piece together
One membership replaces a dozen tools — plus the methodology, AI, and network you couldn't build alone.
| If you built it yourself | Typical cost |
|---|---|
| Client CRM (Salesforce / HubSpot) | $50–$200 / user / month |
| Calendar scheduling (Calendly) | $10–$30 / user / month |
| Email marketing + newsletter (Mailchimp / Substack) | $20–$100 / month |
| Event hosting (Eventbrite / Zoom Events) | $50–$300 / month + per-event |
| Content + AI writing tools (Notion + Jasper) | $30–$100 / month |
| Proposal software (PandaDoc / Proposify) | $25–$100 / user / month |
| Payment processing (Stripe direct) | Manual install + 2.9% + 30¢ |
| WAOS methodology library | Months of research + writing |
| AI helpers grounded in your methodology | Engineer + ML consultant — six figures |
| Peer network that routes deals to you | Years of relationship building |
| AILCN: one membership, integrated | from $495 / month |
Dollar figures are directional list prices for the named alternatives. The point isn't the dollar count — piecing the same operational coverage together is a real second job, and you still wouldn't have the WAOS methodology, the AI helpers, or the network.
A few things worth saying out loud
AILCN doesn't promise you leads. We give you the methodology, the platform, and a network of consultants who trade deals with each other. The Find-a-Consultant directory generates inbound traffic for certified members — but the practice is yours to build.
Certification is required. Every consultant must be certified to use the platform. Certification is a one-time $1,495 program — a three-day virtual bootcamp on the methodology, the AI helpers, and the business-development system — and it includes your first three months of full-system platform access.
The processing fee, in plain terms. All payments run through the platform carry a flat 9.1% Platform processing fee, deducted from the consultant's payout. The client always pays the full invoiced amount — the fee is never added on top. It covers card processing, automated payouts, escrow, and reporting, and it is the only way the platform participates in engagement revenue. There is no revenue share.
Membership continues after the included months. Your certification includes three months of full-system (Leader-level) access. At month four, membership continues at the Leader rate ($995/month) unless you downgrade to Active ($495/month) or arrange Enterprise terms. Membership is monthly — no contract — and you can switch tiers anytime from the billing portal.
Ready to put real methodology behind your work?
Membership is by application. It begins with certification — a one-time $1,495 program that includes your first three months on the platform.