The only time QSME takes a success fee is when public bidding wins you the work — 1% of the contract, capped at $2,000, invoiced once the job completes.
Run your own crew? Then we don’t care how big your projects are or how much you make. We never charge a percentage of your revenue.
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Every plan includes free public tendering. The 1% success fee applies only when public bidding finds your crew — invite your own tradies and it never applies.
One simple rule: if QSME’s public marketplace wins you the work, each side pays 1% — and it’s worth it. Public bidding puts your job in front of better tradies all over New Zealand.
The 1% exists for one reason: QSME’s public marketplace found you the work. Post a tender publicly, win a job publicly — that’s the only time a success fee applies.
When public bidding matches a client and a tradie, each side pays 1% of the contract value — and never more than $2,000, no matter how big the job.
Nothing up front. Nothing on award. The fee is invoiced once the work is actually done — if the job doesn’t go ahead, there’s nothing to pay.
Bring your own tradies or invite someone you already trust, and there is no fee at all. We don’t take a cut of work you found yourself.
What each side pays on a public win
Invoiced only when the job completes. Won the work outside public bidding — your own crew, your own invite? No fee at all.
Post your project or place your first bid today — you only ever pay when public bidding wins you the work.