A platform that is vague about its own revenue is asking you to trust that your interests and its interests point the same way. Here are both sides, stated plainly.
Where Knomart's money comes from
- Member contributions — Free is $0, Standard is $10 a month and Premium is $20 a month
- Merchant software — each trade app carries its own monthly price, from $4 to $40, and a merchant pays the sum of the apps they install
- Setup fees — one month of the plan, paid when a merchant is onboarded, and kept in full by the agent who did the work
- A 5% cut on posted work, paid by the merchant on top of what the member receives
- Exam fees — $5 per skills badge attempt, and $100 for the agent track
Where members' money comes from
- Merchant-funded work — tasks, jobs, services and supply requests, funded before they appear
- Community micro-tasks, some of which pay cash
- Agent commission — 50% of what their merchants pay, every month, for as long as the merchant stays
The line that keeps this honest
The member receives the full amount posted for a job. The 5% is added on top and paid by the merchant, so a member is never quietly earning less than the number they applied against.
And nothing in the revenue list pays anyone for recruiting a member. Growth in member count does not, by itself, produce income for anybody.
Where the interests genuinely align
Knomart earns most when merchants stay and keep using software they find useful, and when members contribute because there is work worth applying for. Both require the thing to actually work. That alignment is not a promise of good behaviour — it is just the shape of the model.
Where you should watch
The 5% cut means Knomart earns more when more work moves through the platform. That is fine as long as work is not manufactured to generate fees. The check on it is the funding rule: no job appears unless a merchant has already put the money in.
