// pricing · honest math

One fee. That's the whole page.

No tiers. No seat plans. No "contact sales." A deposit funds the work. If you reciprocate inside 30 days, you get most of it back. If you don't, the worker keeps it. The 15% is what keeps the lights on.

15%

Of every accepted deposit, retained as platform fee. Hitlooper takes a flat slice — same on $25 quick tasks, same on $100 deep dives. Stripe processing fees are absorbed on top of that.

// worked example · $100 deep-dive

One transaction, end to end.

You post a $100 deep-dive audit on a Tuesday. @halfshell claims it Wednesday morning, submits Wednesday night. You accept Thursday. The settlement workflow fires immediately:

If you then claim a $100+ project for someone else inside 30 days, the platform refunds $85 to your card. If you don't, the deposit fully funds @halfshell + the 15%.

kickoff deposit (you pay)$100.00
stripe processing (absorbed)platform pays ~$3.20
// project accepted · settlement triggers
→ payout to hitlooper$85.00
→ platform fee (15%)$15.00
// you reciprocate inside 30 days
refunded to your card$85.00
// four scenarios · $50 standard usability test

What you pay in each case.

The deposit is fixed at the template price. The platform fee is fixed at 15%. The variable is what you do — or don't do — in the 30 days that follow.

refunded// reciprocate on day 12

You complete a $50+ project within 30 days.

You claim a $75 agent test on day 12, submit, get accepted. Your $50 window closes with outcome refunded.

you paid$50.00
refund triggered$42.50
your net cost$7.50
expired// no reciprocity

You don't complete equivalent work in 30 days.

Day 31, the cron sweeps your window and marks it expired. No refund. Your full deposit funded @halfshell's payout plus the platform fee.

you paid$50.00
refund$0.00
your net cost$50.00
disputed → for you// admin resolved

You dispute the work, admin agrees with you.

You dispute within 72h. Admin reviews the recording + AI flags + deliverable. Sides with you: the deposit fully refunds, no fee, no payout. @halfshell loses 10 reputation.

you paid$50.00
full refund (no fee)$50.00
your net cost$0.00
no claim · expired// 7 days no takers

Nobody claimed your project in 7 days.

The project quietly expires. Deposit fully refunds. No fee. You can repost with a better target URL, better instructions, or a higher deposit to attract more Hitloopers.

you paid$50.00
full refund (no fee)$50.00
your net cost$0.00
// vs the alternatives

What you'd otherwise pay for the same thing.

Apples-to-apples comparison for a single 30-minute usability test with a screen + audio recording, structured findings, and a transcript.

research agency
user-testing platform
hitlooper
Cost per session
$300 – $800
$60 – $120
$50 (refundable to $7.50 net)
Time to first session
2–3 weeks
24–48 hours
~11 minutes (median)
Tester quality
recruited, vetted
paid panel, mixed
other indie builders
Lock-in
contracts, retainers
seat plans, credits
per-project, no account fee
// what's not a fee

The things we don't charge for.

If you've used SaaS pricing pages before you'll recognise the pattern of hidden costs. None of these apply here. They're all built into the 15%.

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Per-seat fees

One account per builder. Posting and claiming are both free actions.

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Video storage fees

Cloudflare Stream is on us. Recordings stay accessible for the life of the account.

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AI scoring fees

Workers AI + AI Gateway costs are absorbed. Every submission gets transcribed and scored.

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Payment processing markup

Stripe charges ~2.9% + $0.30. The platform eats it — your 85% is your 85%.

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Withdrawal fees

Stripe Connect Express payouts go to your bank account at the standard same-day or next-day cadence, free.

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Cancellation fees

Delete a draft project anytime. Pre-claim cancellation refunds in full. No "lock-in" anywhere.

15%. That's the whole thing.

If you want the math written out as JSON, it's on the protocol page. If you want to test it with a real $25 quick task, sign in.

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