How the tool decides
Each answer nudges the result towards management or towards self-managing, and each one adds a reason you can read. Being uncomfortable with commission always points to self-managing, because commission is how most agencies are paid.
The result is deliberately worded “may”. Six answers cannot see your page, your audience or your goals, so treat it as a way to organise your thinking, not a verdict.
What an agency is really selling
Mostly time and experience: someone else doing the promotion, planning, messaging support and admin, so you can concentrate on creating. Whether that is worth it depends on how much that time is worth to you and whether the page grows enough to cover the commission.
If you only need help in one area, look for that rather than full management. Our services are listed separately for that reason.
The one sum to do first
Commission on net: earnings after the platform fee needed to break even = what you keep now ÷ (1 − commission)
Extra needed each month = that figure − what you keep now
The agency break-even calculator does this for you, on gross or net, with the rate you have been offered.
A worked example
A page earns $3,000 a month after the platform fee. An agency offers a hypothetical 25% on net (an example for the arithmetic only, not a suggested or typical rate).
| What you keep now | $3,000 |
|---|---|
| Break-even after platform fee ($3,000 ÷ 0.75) | $4,000 |
| Commission at break-even ($4,000 × 0.25) | $1,000 |
| Extra needed each month | $1,000 |
If the page stays at $3,000, you would keep $2,250 and be $750 a month worse off, unless the time you get back is worth that to you.
What to watch out for
- Anyone who promises a set income or “guaranteed growth”. Nobody can honestly promise that.
- Being asked to hand over your login password or change payout details to someone else’s account.
- Contracts with long minimum terms, large exit fees or commission that carries on after you leave.
- Pressure to sign quickly. A good agency will let you take time and ask questions.
- Managing more than you need. If only one part of the work is the problem, you may only need help with that part.
General information only, not financial or legal advice. The tool gives a rough steer from your answers and makes no prediction about what any page will earn.